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Date: Mon, 29 Aug 94 01:10:35 EDT
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Subject: CRD:Brilliant Mistake, Elvis Costello
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In article <1994Aug29.050641.21114@Princeton.EDU> you write:
>
>SONG: Brilliant Mistake
>Elvis Costello
>Transcribed by phillip@phoenix.princeton.edu
> 
>Intro
> 
>G  F Am G
> 
>G                             D
>He thought he was the King of America
>      C                             G       D
>Where they pour Coca Cola just like vintage wine
>    G                           D
>Now I try hard not to become hysterical
>            C                        G   D
>But I'm not sure if I am laughing or crying
>  C                               
>I wish that I could push a button
>                                 F             
>And talk in the past and not the present tense
>C                                         
>And watch this hurtin' feeling disappear
>            F      Em    
>Like it was common sense
>   G     C     G          C     
>It was a fine idea at the time
>G          D                G Am G/B C
>Now it's a brilliant mistake
> 
>G Am G/B C  G Am G/B C C G/B Am G
> 
>She said that she was working for the ABC News
>It was as much of the alphabet as she knew how to use
>Her perfume was unspeakable
>It lingered in the air
>Like her artificial laughter
>Her mementos of affairs
>"Oh" I said "I see you know him"
>"Isn't that very fortunate for you"
>And she showed me his calling card
>He came third or fourth and there were more than one or two
>He was a fine idea at the time
>Now he's a brilliant mistake
> 
>He thought he was the King of America
>But it was just a boulevard of broken dreams
>A trick they do with mirrors and with chemicals
>The words of love in whispers
>And the axe of love in screams
>I wish that I could push a button
>And talk in the past and not the present tense
>And watch this lovin' feeling disappear
>Like it was common sense
>I was a fine idea at the time
>Now I'm a brilliant mistake
> 
> 
>