After The Fall Chords

by Elvis Costello
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Difficulty: intermediate
Capo: no capo
Author dougieb [a] 179. Last edit on Apr 21, 2015

Chords

Bm
F#
D
A
F#m
G
E
C#m

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This is my first tab - felt I needed to give after enjoying everyone else's efforts.
Great underrated Elvis song - play with menacing 3/4 on the verses and enjoy.
 
Bm              F#                                     Bm
In an anonymous rendez-vous where the forbidden lovers repair
        D                           A
They're burning down another damned candle
        F#m                    G
they're melting the tables and chairs
Bm                             F#
Beneath them applause from the balcony
                                Bm
whenever they accomplish making love    
D                                   A
Other times they thought they heard laughter
F#m                     G     G/F#/E (on sixth string to Em chord)
coming from the balcony above
 
 
    A                         E
She lies to his right and she carelessly recites
F#m                       C#m
All of her brand new appetites
          A                          E
She seems brittle and small it don't sound like her at all
F#m                        F#
Since she came back to him after the fall
 
          Bm                  F#
She said "You never visit the countryside
                              Bm
So I've made you a country to order"
        D                       A
She put up a little tent in the bedroom
F#m                         G
Crickets played on a tape recorder
    Bm                         F#
The ceiling was festooned with phosphorus stars
                             Bm
She noticed his skin turning cold
D                              A
Burning all his clothes on the bonfire
F#m                       G                      G/F#/E (on sixth string to Em chord)
Relax, she whispered, and tightened the blindfold
 
    A                         E
She lies to his right and she carelessly recites
Fm#                      C#m
All of her brand new appetites
          A                          E
She seems brittle and small it don't sound like her at all
F#m                         F#
Since she came back to him after the fall
 
        Bm                       F#
"You've changed, but not for the better babe
                                Bm
I'd tell you why but what's the use
D                            A
'Cause it's the same kind of pity
   F#m                  G
A drunkard gives as his excuse
         Bm                   F#
You were sharp and ideal as a bobby-pin
                               Bm
Now your eyes are deserted and quiet
   D                                   A
We both look like those poor shattered mannequins
F#m                            G    G/F#/E (on sixth string to Em chord)
Thrown through the window in a riot"
 
    A                    E
She lies in his arms and without any qualms
F#m                 C#m
Revels in shallow delight
          A                          E
She seems brittle and small it don't sound like her at all
F#m                         F#
Since she came back to him after the fall
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After The Fall – Elvis Costello
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