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Heart Shaped Bruise

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Intro: A7  
Tell me Dnow
Or Gare you only Dteasing?
I felt the cold hard facts of F#mlife
GFive degrees from Afreezing
Does it Gamuse you to always Ahurt me Dso?
I try my Gbest it's not enough
Should I give Aup and let you?
DWhat more is there to Gtake from me?
There's nothing Delse to Ggive you, dear
There's nothing Dmore that GI can lose
CExcept this DHeart Shaped GBruise
It will C#mfade
AFrom purple to Dviolet
It will C#mfade
           A               D      G          A(A7)
Just as the day dissolves into twilight
Tell me Dnow
GOr am I only Ddreaming?
You said that you'd be mine for F#mlife
GAnd now you say you're Aleaving
If I couGld hold you once more beAfore you Dgo
When I Gapproach you just lash out
Should I Agive up and let you?
DWhat more is there to Gtake from me?
There's nothing Delse to Ggive you, dear
There's nothing Dmore that GI can lose
CExcept this DHeart Shaped GBruise
It will C#mfade
AFrom purple to Dviolet
It will CfadeA  
It will CfadeA  
It will CfadeA  

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Heart Shaped Bruise

by Elvis Costello

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

C#m

Intro:

Tell me now

G D

Or are you only teasing?

F#m

I felt the cold hard facts of life

G A

Five degrees from freezing

G A D

Does it amuse you to always hurt me so?

I try my best it's not enough

Should I give up and let you?

D G

What more is there to take from me?

D G

There's nothing else to give you, dear

D G

There's nothing more that I can lose

C D G

Except this Heart Shaped Bruise

C#m

It will fade

A D

From purple to violet

C#m

It will fade

A D G A A7

()

Just as the day dissolves into twilight

Tell me now

G D

Or am I only dreaming?

F#m

You said that you'd be mine for life

G A

And now you say you're leaving

G A D

If I could hold you once more before you go

When I approach you just lash out

Should I give up and let you?

D G

What more is there to take from me?

D G

There's nothing else to give you, dear

D G

There's nothing more that I can lose

C D G

Except this Heart Shaped Bruise

C#m

It will fade

A D

From purple to violet

C A

It will fade

C A

It will fade

C A

It will fade

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