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Tears At The Birthday Party chords by 
Elvis CostelloSteve Nieve 
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Verse 1
G
F
G
Dm
Em
G
Oh,
F
C
it's so funny to be seeing you after so long, girl
F
The way you look,
Em
F
I understand that you were not impressed
Em
F
I heard you let that little friend of mine
Bb
G
take off your party dress
F
Em
F
I'm not gonna get too sentimental
G
F
like those other stick -of
Em
-valentines
Am
G
F
Cause I don't know if
Em
F
you were lovin' somebody
Bb
G
F
I only know that isn't mine
C
F
G
Alison, I know this world
Em
F
G
F
is killing you
C
F
G
C
Alison, my aim is true
F
C
When I see you got a husband now
F
You leave your pretty fingers
Em
like in the wedding cake
G
F
You used to hold him right
Em
in your hand
Am
Bb
G
But it took everything
that he could take
F
Sometimes I wish that I could
Em
G
stop you from talking
F
Em
When I hear the silly things that you say
Am
G
F
I think somebody better
Em
put out the big light
Am
Bb
Cause I can't stand to
C
G
F
see you this way
C
Allison
F
G
Em
Am
G
F
I know this world is killing you
C
Allison
F
G
C
F
My aim is true.
Bb
G
C
F
My aim is true.
Bb
G
C
F
Bb
G
C
My aim is true.
F
Bb
G
C
F
My aim is true.
Bb
G
Laugh everyone at the clown,
C
F
G
he's the best one in town
Bb
G
C
F
Bb
But somewhere
G
deep in his shell
F
Bb
G
C
F
There's an ember of pride
Bb
G
F
People say I'm the life of the party
G
C
F
Cuz I tell a joke or two
Bb
G
C
F
Although I may be laughing loud and hard
Bb
G
C
F
Deep inside I'm blue
Bb
So take a good look at my face
C
F
Bb
You'll see my smile
C
Bb
C
F
looks out of place
Bb
G
F
C
F
If you look closer it's easy to trace
Bb
G
C
F
The tracks of my tears
Bb
G
C
F
The tracks of my tears
Bb
G
F
Just like how that archer did
Bb
G
I'm gonna keep my
C
F
sadness hidden
Bb
G
C
Though I'm smiling in the public eye
F
Bb
In my lonely room I cry
C
F
Bb
The tears of a clown
C
F
Bb
G
C
The tears of a clown
F
Bb
G
No sponge has the power
C
F
To absorb the shower
Bb
Of what pancake and powder
G
C
F
Couldn't cover
Bb
G
C
F
But today as I look in the mirror
Bb
G
Am
I see things a whole lot clearer now
F
Bb
C
Bb
No more tear -stained
C
F
Bb
G
C
F
make -up for me
Bb
B
G
No more tear -stained make
C
F
Bb
G
Bb
C
F
-up for me me.
Bb
G
C
F
Cloud time is over.
Bb
C
F
Cloud time is over .
Bb
G
C
F
Cloud time is over.
Bb
G
C
F
It's over. It's over. It's over.
Bb
C
F
It's over. over. It's over.
Bb
G
C
Bb
F
Bb
G
C
Whoa, ho, ho
All right Steve Mullin with a Pell G'day
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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Chords
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F
Dm
Em
C
Bb
Am
B
Capo: 4
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