Costello Elvis - After The Fall guitar tab

After The Fall - Elvis Costello

Am E Am

In an anonymous rendez-vous where the forbidden lovers repair

C G

They're burning down another damn candle

E Fmaj7

they're melting the tables and chairs

Am E

Beneath them applause from the balcony

Am

whenever they accomplished making love

C G

Other times they thought they heard laughter

E Fmaj7 (here there obviously is more....)

coming from the balcony above

G D

She lies to his right and she carelessly resites

Em D

All of her brand new appetites

G D

She seems brittle and small it don't sound like her at all

Em E

Since she came back to him After the fall

She said You never visited the countryside

So I've made you a country to order

She put up a little tent in the bedroom

Crickets played on a tape recorder

The ceiling was festooned with phosphorous stars

She noticed his skin turning cold

Burning all his clothes on the bonfire

Relax she whispered and tightened the blindfold

She lies to his right.....

You've changed but not for the better, babe

I'd tell you why but what's the use

'Cause it's the same kind of pity

a drunkard gives as his excuse

You were sharp and ideal as a bobby pin

Now your eyes are deserted and quiet

We both look like those poor shattered mannequins

Thrown through the window in the riot

She lies in his arms and without any qualms

Revels in shallow delights

She seems brittle and small it don't look like her at all

Since she came back to him After the fall