The Other Side Of Summer
Words & Music:
Declan Patrick
Aloysius MacManus (Elvis Costello)
Chorded by Paul
Tibbetts
I heard Elvis Costello do a
kick-ass version of this in 3/4 waltz time live in concert. It's a great variation.
Cm/Eb = [x 6 5 5 4 x] and notes in parentheses
are single notes, not chords.
G
Em Am
The sun struggles up another
beautiful day and I felt glad in my own suspicious way.
G C G
Cm
Yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah
(yeah) yeah (yeah)
G
Em
Am D
C
Despite the contradiction and
confusion, felt tragic without reason.
D
There's malice and there's
magic in every season.
CHORUS:
G
F Em
Cm/Eb
G Em Am D
From the foaming breakers of
the poisonous surf - the other side of summer.
G
F
Em
Cm/Eb G D Am G D
Am G
To the burning forests in the
hills of Astroturf - the other side of summer.
Dm
Bb
A7
The automatic gates close up
between the shanties and the palace.
Dm
Bb A7
The blowtorch amusements, the
voodoo chalice.
Dm Bb A7
The pale pathetic promises
that everybody swallows.
Dm
A7
Dm
(B C B A D) D
A teenage girl is crying
'cause she don't look like a million dollars.
(B
C B A D) D (B C B A D)
D
So, help her if you can. 'Cause she don't seem to have the
attention span.
CHORUS:
BRIDGE:
Dm
Bb A7
Was it a millionaire who said,
"Imagine no possessions"?
Dm
Bb
A7
A poor little schoolboy who
said, "We don't need no lessons"?
Dm
Bb
A7
Dm
A7
Dm
The rabid rebel dogs ransack
the shampoo shop the pop princess is downtown shooting up
(B C B A D) D (B C B
A D) D
And if that goddess-- is fit
for burning--
(B C B A D)
D
The sun will struggle up, the
world will still keep turning.
G
Madman standing by the side of
the road saying,
Em
Am
"Look at my eyes, look at
my eyes, look at my eyes, look at my eyes".
G C G
Cm
Yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah
(yeah) yeah (yeah)
G
Em Am
D
C
Now you can't afford to fake
all the drugs your parents used to take.
D
Because of their mistakes
you'd better be wide-awake.
CHORUS:
G F
The mightiest rose.
Em Cm/Eb
The absence of perfume.
G Em
The casual killers.
Am D
The military curfew.
G F
The cardboard city.
Em Cm/Eb
And an unwanted birthday.
G Em Am G
The other side of summer.
G F
Em Cm/Eb
The dancing was desperate and
the music was worse.
G Em
Am D
They bury your dreams and dig
up the worthless.
G F
Goodnight, God bless.
Em
Cm/Eb
And kiss "goodbye"
to the earth.
G Em Am G
The other side of summer.
G Em Am G
The other side of summer.