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Verse 1
(D major) (G major) The sun struggles up
another beautiful day
And I felt glad (E minor) in my own
sus (D major) picious way (G major)
Yeah, (C major) yeah, (G major) yeah, (C minor) yeah
Des (G major) pite the contra
(E minor) diction and con (A minor) fusion
Felt (D major) tragic without (C major) reason
There's malice and there's
(D major) magic in every season
Verse 2
(G major) From the foaming breakers
of the (E minor) poisonous surf (Baug)
The (G major) other side (E minor) of summer (A minor)
(D major) (G major) To the burning forests in
the (E minor) hills of (Baug) (C minor) Astroturf
The (Dsus4) other side (D major) of (C major) summer
(G major) (D major)
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Verse 3
(C major) The (G major) automatic (D minor) gates close up between
the shanties (B flat major) and the (A major) palace
The blowtorch (D minor) amusements,
the voo (B flat major) doo (A major) chalice
The pale (D minor) pathetic promises
that (B flat major) everybody (A major) swallows
(D major) A teenage girl is (A major) crying 'cause she
(D major) don't look like a million dollars
So help her if you can
'Cause she don't (E minor) seem to
(D major) have the attention span
Verse 4
(G major) From the foaming breakers
of the (E minor) poisonous surf (Baug)
(G major) The other side (E minor) of summer (A minor)
(D major) (G major) To the burning forests in the (E minor) hills
(A minor) (Baug) of Astroturf
(Dsus4) The other side (D major) of (C major) summer
(G major) (D major)
Verse 5
(C major) Was (G major) it a millionaire (D minor) who said
"Ima (B flat major) gine no posses (A major) sions"?
A poor (D minor) little schoolboy who said (B flat major) "We
don't (A major) need no lessons"?
The (D minor) rabid rebel dogs ran (B flat major) sack
the shampoo (A major) shop
The pop (D major) princess is
(A major) downtown shoot (D major) ing up
And if that goddess if fit for burning
The sun will struggle up the world
will still keep turning
Verse 6
(G major) Madman standing by the side
of the road saying
"Look at my eyes, (E minor) look at my eyes,
look at my (D major) eyes, look at my eyes" (G major)
Yeah, (C major) yeah, (G major) yeah, (C minor) yeah
Now (G major) you can't af (E minor) ford to fake (A minor) all the
drugs your (D major) parents used to (C major) take
Because of their mis (D major) takes
Verse 7
you'd better be wide awake
(G major) From the foaming breakers
of the (E minor) poisonous surf (Baug)
The (G major) other side (E minor) of summer (D major)
(G major) To the burning forests in the (E minor) hills
(Baug) (G major) of Astroturf
(Dsus4) The other side (D major) of summer (C major) (G major)
Verse 8
The mightiest (G major) rose
The (E minor) absence of per (Baug) fume
The casual (G major) (E minor) killers
The military (D major) curfew
The cardboard (G major) city
An (E minor) unwanted birth (Baug) day
The (Dsus4) other side (D major) of summer (C major)
(G major) The dancing
Verse 9
was desperate,
the music (E minor) was worse (G major)
They bury your dream (E minor) s and
(A minor) dig up (D major) the worthless
Good (G major) night
God bless
And kiss "Good (E minor) bye" to the earth (Baug)
The (G major) other side (D major) of summer (C major) (G major)
The other side (D major) of summer (C major) (G major)
The other (D major) side of (C major) summer (G major)
The other side of sum (C major) mer (G major)
The other side (D major) of sum (C major) mer (G major)
The other side of sum (D major) mer (G major)
The other side
(C major) The other side (G major)
The other side, (D major) (C major) oh (G major)
Outro 1
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The Other Side of Summer
Elvis Costello
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