{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1731746,"song":"After The Fall","artist":"Elvis Costello","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11369895-after-the-fall-chords-by-elvis-costello/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1731746?type=chord","rating":4.83082,"votes":26,"content":"This is my first tab - felt I needed to give after enjoying everyone else's efforts.\r\nGreat underrated Elvis song - play with menacing 3/4 on the verses and enjoy.\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]F#[/ch]                                     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nIn an anonymous rendez-vous where the forbidden lovers repair[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey're burning down another damned candle[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#m[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthey're melting the tables and chairs[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                             [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nBeneath them applause from the balcony[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]Bm[/ch] \r\nwhenever they accomplish making love    [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOther times they thought they heard laughter[/tab]\r\nF#m                     G     G/F#/E (on sixth string to Em chord)\r\ncoming from the balcony above\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]E[/ch]                       \r\nShe lies to his right and she carelessly recites[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                       [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nAll of her brand new appetites[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShe seems brittle and small it don't sound like her at all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                        [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nSince she came back to him after the fall[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bm[/ch]                  [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nShe said \"You never visit the countryside[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSo I've made you a country to order\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe put up a little tent in the bedroom[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCrickets played on a tape recorder[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]                         [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nThe ceiling was festooned with phosphorus stars[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nShe noticed his skin turning cold[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBurning all his clothes on the bonfire[/tab]\r\nF#m                       G                      G/F#/E (on sixth string to Em chord)\r\nRelax, she whispered, and tightened the blindfold\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShe lies to his right and she carelessly recites[/tab]\r\nFm#                      C#m\r\nAll of her brand new appetites\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShe seems brittle and small it don't sound like her at all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                         [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nSince she came back to him after the fall[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]                       [ch]F#[/ch]\r\n\"You've changed, but not for the better babe[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI'd tell you why but what's the use[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\n'Cause it's the same kind of pity[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F#m[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA drunkard gives as his excuse[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nYou were sharp and ideal as a bobby-pin[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nNow your eyes are deserted and quiet[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe both look like those poor shattered mannequins[/tab]\r\nF#m                            G    G/F#/E (on sixth string to Em chord)\r\nThrown through the window in a riot\"\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShe lies in his arms and without any qualms[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                 [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nRevels in shallow delight[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShe seems brittle and small it don't sound like her at all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                         [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nSince she came back to him after the fall[/tab]","plain_text":"This is my first tab - felt I needed to give after enjoying everyone else's efforts.\nGreat underrated Elvis song - play with menacing 3/4 on the verses and enjoy.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nF#m                     G     G/F#/E (on sixth string to Em chord)\ncoming from the balcony above\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nF#m                       G                      G/F#/E (on sixth string to Em chord)\nRelax, she whispered, and tightened the blindfold\n\n\nFm#                      C#m\nAll of her brand new appetites\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nF#m                            G    G/F#/E (on sixth string to Em chord)\nThrown through the window in a riot\"","chords":["Bm","F#","D","A","F#m","G","G/F","E","Em","C#m","Fm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}