Chord All This Useless Beauty by Elvis Costello

all this useless beauty D D/C# it’s at times such as this she’d be tempted to spit Bm D7/A if she wasn’t so ladylike G D/F# she imagines how she might have lived Em Em/F# Em/G A back when legends and history collide D D/C# Bm so she looks to her prince finding since he’s so charmingly D7/A slumped at her side G D/F# those days are recalled on the gallery wall Bm Bm/A E and she’s waiting for passion or humor to strike A G what shall we do , what shall we do with all this useless beauty? G A D all this useless beauty D D/C# good friday arrived , the sky darkened on time Bm D7/A ’til he almost began to negotiate G D/F# Em Em/F# Em/G A she held his head like a baby and said "it’s okay if you cry" D D/C# now he wants her to dress as if you couldn’t guess Bm D7/A he desires to impress his associates G D/F# but he’s part ugly beast and hellenic deceased Bm Bm/A E so she finds that the mixture is hard to deny chorus C D G she won’t practice the looks from the great tragic books G G/F# Em that were later disgraced to face celluloid C D G it won’t even make sense but you can bet C D G if she isn’t a sweetheart or plaything or pet C A the film turns her into an unveiled threat D D/C# nonsense prevails , modesty fails Bm A grace and virtue turn into stupidity G D/F# Em Em/F# Em/G A while the calendar fades almost all barricades to a pale compromise D D/C# and our leaders have feasts on the backsides of beasts Bm A they still think they’re the gods of antiquity G D/F# if something you missed didn’t even exist Bm Bm/A E it was just an ideal - - is it such a surprise? chorus x2