Chord Deep Dark Truthful Mirror by Elvis Costello

G Bm one day you’re gonna have to face Am G G/C G a deep dark truthful mirror D and it’s gonna tell you things that i still C D love you too much to say G Bm the sky was just a purple bruise Am G G/C G the ground was iron D and you fell all around the town C G until you looked the same chorus : C C G B the same eyes , the same lips Em C the same lie from your tongue trips horns : E | | - - - - - - - - - - - - - | | B | | - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - | | G | | - - - - - - - 0 - 2 - - - | | D | | - - - 0 - 2 - - - - - - - | | A | | - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - | | E | | - - - - - - - - - - - - - | | C Am C C/B Am D/F# G horns deep dark , deep dark truthful mirror C Am C C/B Am D/F# G deep dark , deep dark truthful mirror C C G Bm now the flagstone streets where the newspaper shouts Am G G/C G ring to the boots of roustabouts D and you’re never in any doubt C D there’s something happening somewhere G Bm you chase down the road ’til your fingers bleed Am G G/C G on a fiberglass tumbleweed D you can blow around the town C G but it all shuts down the same chorus Bm Em so you bay for the boy in the tigerskin trunks C C G C C G they set him up , set him up on a stool Bm Em he falls down , he falls down like a drunk C C G C C G and you drink till you drool C Bm G and it’s his story you’ll flatter C Bm G you’ll stretch him out like a saint C Bm Em but the canvas that he splattered C D C#dim will be the picture that you never paint Em C G horns C Am C C/B Am D/F# G horns deep dark , deep dark truthful mirror C Am C C/B Am D/F# G deep dark , deep dark truthful mirror G Bm a stripping puppet on a liquid stick Am G gets into it pretty thick D a butterfly drinks a turtle’s tears C D but how do you know he really needs it G Bm ’cos a butterfly feeds on a dead monkey’s hand Am G jesus wept , he felt abandoned D you’re spellbound , baby , there’s no doubting that that’s where it’s at C D G did you ever see a stare like a persian cat chorus