Chords for Elvis Costello - Brilliant Mistake (Studio Version)

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_ [G] _ I'm not _ [D] _ _ _
_ [C] sure if I'm laughing [G] or [D] crying.
[C] I wish that I could push a button and talk in the past and [F] not the present.
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I watched this hurt and fever disappear like [F] it was common [Em] _ sense. _
_ [G] It [Dm] wasn't fine, [G] I'd give it [F]
time.
[G] Now [Em] it's a real [C] _ _ [D] _
_ [G] [C] mistake.
_ [G] _ _ [C] She _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
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said she was working for [D] the ABC News.
It wasn't [C] much of the alphabet.
[G] She knew [D] how to use [G] her purse.
It was unspeakable.
[D] It lingered in the air.
Like [C] her eyes, her smile, her laughter, her [G] mementos, [D] all her affairs.
[C] So I said, I say, you know him.
Isn't that [F] very fortunate for you?
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She showed me his calling card.
He gave her the both and there [F] were more than one [C] [Em] or two. _
[G] _ He was [F] a [G] fighter in [Dm] his [G] prime.
Now [Em] he's a _ [C] [D] real _
_ [G] _ [C] mistake.
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He thought he was the king [D] of America.
[C] But it was just a [G] boulevard of [D] broken dreams.
[G] The trip they do with mirrors [D] and with _ chemicals.
[C] The words you love and whispers and the [G] acts of love [D] and [C] screams.
I wish that I could push a button and talk in the past [F] and not the present.
[C] _ I watched _ this love and fever disappear [F] like it was common [Em] sense. _ _
_ [G] I was [F] a fine [G] idea [F] at the [G] time.
[Em] Now I'm a real [C] _ [D] _
_ [G] mistake.
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ [C]
I [G] _ was [F] a fine [G] idea at [F] the [G] time.
Now I'm [Em] a real [C] mistake.
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