Elvis Costello - Basement Kiss Chords

[Intro]
Asus4  A  Asus4  A
 
[Verse]
D
Lucy Grace can't show her face
     A
Down in the North End Road
          Bm
or in Belgravia
  C
Rumors have been whispered
                           A
And suggestions have been made
 D
Did you sell your friends out
          A
When the heat got too intense?
    Bm
You say you like the danger
          F#m
But it's only a pretense
    C
You say you need the money
        Em
When everybody knows you can always
                   Asus  A
Fall back on your inheritance
 
[Chorus]
          G         A              D     G
Did you bruise your arms on those false alarms
          G          A            D       G
Did you bruise your pride on his smile so wide?
     G       A         D       Bm
Only fingertips from forbidden bliss
          G                        Asus4      D
Did you bruise your lips in this basement kiss?
 
[Verse]
 D
Who's that sneaking 'round the door?
      A
You can't come here no more
              Bm
Can't you go home again?
     C
She used to sit alone for hours
                                    Asus4  A
Spend her evening watering dried flowers
 D
When her mother came to stay
       A
And finally went to bed
 Bm
Lucy Grace was in the frontroom
  F#m
Shooting through your
     C
She tried to take your breath away
Em                             Asus4  A
And give you something else instead
 
[Chorus]
          G         A              D     G
Did you bruise your arms on those false alarms
          G          A            D       G
Did you bruise your pride on his smile so wide?
     G       A         D       Bm
Only fingertips from forbidden bliss
          G                        A      D
Did you bruise your lips in this basement kiss?
 
[Bridge]
      G
Next year she'll serve her function
          A
In that Audrey Hepburn hat
    G
It still won't suit her much
                D
But she'll get over that
           G
She'll be pale and feign indifference
             A
As they're handing out the prizes
           G
Spilling Daddy's words of wisdom
                           Asus4    A
And her ugly sister's tranquilisers
 
[Chorus]
          G      A           D        G
Why were you so tardy putting up your guard?
          G       A             D      G
When you hurt so easily and you try so hard
          G         A              D     G
Did you bruise your arms on these false alarms
          G          A            D       G
Did you bruise your pride on his face so snide?
     G       A         D       Bm
Only fingertips from forbidden bliss
          G                        A      D
Did you bruise your lips in this basement kiss?