Beyond Belief — Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Chords and lyrics for Beyond Belief by Elvis Costello & The Attractions (key of F).

Chords

D - xx0232
Dm - xx0231

Intro

[D]

Part 1

[D]History repeats the old conceits
The [G]glib replies, the same defeats
[D]Keep your finger on important issues
With [F]crocodile tears and a pocketful of tissues

Part 2

[D]I'm just the oily slick
On the [G]windup world of the nervous tick
[D]In a very fashionable [F]hovel

Part 3

[D]I hang around dying to be tortured
[G]You'll never be alone in the bone orchard
This [D/F#]battle with the bottle is [F]nothing so novel

Part 4

[D]So in this almost empty [G]gin palace
[D/F#]Through a two-way looking glass
You[F] see your Alice

Part 5

[D]You know she has no sense
[G]For all your jealousy
[D]In a sense she still smiles [F]very sweetly

Part 6

Charged with [D]insults and flattery
[G]Her body moves with malice
[D]Do you have to be so [F]cruel to be callous
[D]And now you find you fit this[G] identikit completely[D/F#]
You say you have no [F]secrets and then leave discreetly

Chorus

[G]I might make it California's fault
[G]Be locked in Geneva's deepest vault
Just [Bm/F#]like the canals of Mars and the Great Barrier Reef[G]
I come to you beyond [Dm]belief

Part 7

[D]My hands were clammy and cunning
[G]She's been suitably stunning
[D]But I know there's not a [F]hope in Hades
[D]All the laddies cat [G]call and wolf whistle
[D]So called gentlemen and ladies dog[F] fight like rose and thistle

End

[D]I got a feeling
[G]I'm going to get a lot of grief
[D/F#]Once this seemed so appealing
[F]Now I am beyond belief
[D]I got a feeling
[G]I'm going to get a lot of grief
[D/F#]Once this seemed so appealing
[F]Now I am beyond belief
[D]I got a feeling
[G]I'm going to get a lot of grief
[D/F#]Once this seemed so appealing
[F]Now I am beyond belief
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