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Deep Dark Truthful Mirror

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Some of the chord shapes I've tried to graph out, and the basic
chord shapes and barre chord shapes I didn't, but if you need any
GOne day you're gonna Bmhave to face
A Amdeep dark truthful Gmirror
DAnd it's gonna tell you things that I still
CLove you too much to Dsay
GThe sky was just a Bmpurple bruise
AmThe ground was Giron
DAnd you fell all around the town
CUntil you looked the GsameC  
[chorus]
GThe same eyes, Bthe same lips
EmThe same lie from Cyour tongue trips
C    Am    C    C/B  Am   D/F# G      ---C/B--------     ---D/F#--------
                                      | 2 2 | | |     2 | | 2 | |
                                      | | | | | |     | | | | 3 |
    C      Am      C  C/B     Am   D/F#  G  
Deep dark, deep dark truthful mirror
Now the Gflagstone streets where the Bmnewspaper shouts
AmRing to the boots of Groustabouts
DAnd you're never in any doubt
There's Csomething happening someDwhere
You Gchase down the road till your Bmfingers bleed
AmOn a fiberglass Gtumbleweed
DYou can blow around the town
But Cit all shuts down the GsameC  
[chorus]
                            Bm                Em   C   C   G(strum down)
So you bay for the boy in the tigerskin trunks
They set him upC, CseGt him up on a stool
BmHe falls down, he falls Emdown like a drunkC  C  G  
And you drink till you drooClC  G  
CAnd it's Bmhis story you'll Gflatter
C      Bm                     Em  (I think I play this as G again)
CBut the Bmcanvas that he Emsplattered
C                        D         B/D#        ----B/D#-------
                                               | 2 | | 2 |
                                               | | | | | 3
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[instrumental break]   Em    C  G  
    C      Am      C  C/B     Am    D/F#  G  
Deep dark, deep dark truthful mirror
    C      Am      C  C/B     Am    D/F#  G  
Deep dark, deep dark truthful mirror
GA stripping puppet on a Bmliquid stick
AmGets into it pGretty thick
DA butterfly drinks a turtle's tears
But Chow do you know he really Dneeds it
Cos a Gbutterfly feeds on a Bmdead monkey's hand
AmJesus wept, he fGelt abandoned
You're Dspellbound, baby, there's no doubting that
CDid you ever see her stare like a GPersian caCt
[chorus]

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Deep Dark Truthful Mirror

by Elvis Costello

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C/B

D/F#

B/D#

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Some of the chord shapes I've tried to graph out, and the basic

chord shapes and barre chord shapes I didn't, but if you need any

G Bm

One day you're gonna have to face

Am G

A deep dark truthful mirror

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

The ground was iron

And you fell all around the town

C G C

Until you looked the same

[chorus]

G B

The same eyes, the same lips

Em C

The same lie from your tongue trips

C/B D/F#

C Am C C/B Am D/F# G ----------- -----------

| 2 2 | | | 2 | | 2 | |

| | | | | | | | | | 3 |

C Am C C Am D/F# G

Deep dark, deep dark truthful mirror

G Bm

Now the flagstone streets where the newspaper shouts

Am G

Ring to the boots of roustabouts

And you're never in any doubt

C D

There's something happening somewhere

G Bm

You chase down the road till your fingers bleed

Am G

On a fiberglass tumbleweed

You can blow around the town

C G C

But it all shuts down the same

[chorus]

Bm Em C C G

(strum down)

So you bay for the boy in the tigerskin trunks

C C G

They set him up, set him up on a stool

Bm Em C C G

He falls down, he falls down like a drunk

C C G

And you drink till you drool

C Bm G

And it's his story you'll flatter

C Bm Em (I think I play this as G again)

C Bm Em

But the canvas that he splattered

B/D#

C D B/D# -----------

| 2 | | 2 |

| | | | | 3

| | | | | |

Em C G

[instrumental break]

C Am C C Am D/F# G

Deep dark, deep dark truthful mirror

C Am C C 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

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

You're spellbound, baby, there's no doubting that

C G C

Did you ever see her stare like a Persian cat

[chorus]

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