All This Useless Beauty

All This Useless Beauty easy guitar chords by Elvis Costello

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Capo
  • D

  • G

  • A

  • F#m

    2
  • Bm

    2
  • Em

  • E

  • C

  • D

  • G

  • A

  • F#m

    2
  • Bm

    2
  • Em

  • E

  • C

  • Verse 1
    D
    G
    A
    D
    G
    A
    D

    It's at times such as this,
    F#m

    she'd be tempted to spit
    Bm
    D

    If she wasn't so ladylike
    G

    She imagines how she
    D

    might have lived
    Em

    Back when legends and history
    F#m
    G
    A

    collide
    Verse 2
    D

    So she looks to her prince,
    F#m

    finding he's so charmingly
    Bm
    D

    Slumped at her side
    G

    Those days are recalled on
    D

    the gallery wall
    Bm

    And she's waiting for pas
    D
    E

    sion or humor to strike
    Verse 3
    A

    What shall we do,
    G
    Em

    what shall we do with all this useless beauty?
    G
    A
    D

    All this useless beauty
    Verse 4
    D


    Good Friday arrived,
    F#m

    the sky darkened on time
    D
    Bm
    D

    Till he almost began to negotiate
    G
    D

    She held his head like a baby and said
    Em
    F#m
    G
    A

    "it's okay if you cry"
    D

    Now he wants her to dress as if
    F#m
    D

    you couldn't guess
    Bm
    D

    He desires to impress his associates
    G

    But he's part ugly beast and
    D

    Hellenic deceased
    Bm

    So she finds that the mixture
    D
    E

    is hard to deny
    Verse 5
    A

    What shall we do,
    G

    what shall we do with all this useless beauty?
    Bm
    G
    A
    D

    All this useless beauty
    Verse 6
    C

    She won't practice the looks from
    D
    G

    the great tragic books
    D

    That were later disgraced
    Em

    to face celluloid
    C

    It won't even make sense,
    D
    G

    but you can bet
    C

    If she isn't a sweetheart
    D
    G

    or plaything or pet
    C
    Em
    Bm

    The film turns her into an
    D
    A

    unveiled threat
    Verse 7
    D
    F#m

    Nonsense prevails, modesty fails
    D
    Bm
    D

    Grace and virtue turn into stupidity
    G
    D

    While the calendar fades almost all
    Em
    F#m
    G
    A

    barricades to a pale compromise
    D

    And our leaders have feasts on the
    F#m
    D

    backsides of beasts
    Bm

    They still think they're
    D

    the gods of antiquity
    G

    If something you missed
    D

    didn't even exist
    Bm

    It was just an ideal,
    D
    E

    is it such a surprise?
    Verse 8
    A

    What shall we do,
    G
    Em

    what shall we do with all this useless beauty?
    G
    A
    D

    All this useless beauty
    Verse 9
    D

    A

    What shall we do,
    G
    Em

    what shall we do with all this useless beauty?
    D
    G
    A

    All this useless beauty
    Outro 1
    D

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