This Is Hell Chords by Elvis Costello

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This is hell, this [A] is hell I [G] am sorry to tell you it _ [F#m] never gets _ better [Em] or _ _ worse _ _
[G] _ _ But you'll [D] get _ used [G] to it _ after a [D] spell [G] But _ heaven [A] is hell in [C] _ _ reverse _ _ _
_ [G] The bruises, spine, a hula hoop, [D] all the bomb and green and black
[G] And the on-iron _ nightclub [D] flickers on And our friends _ finally [C] blew out
The irritating _ jingle [Am] _ of the ballet _ dancing phony [C] _ Turkish girls
The eerie glare [A] of _ _ ultraviolet, perfect and [D] wise
_ [A] This is hell, I [G] am sorry [E] to tell [Em] you [D] it never [A] gets _ better [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ or [D] worse
But you'll [A] get used to [G] it _ [Em] after a _ spell [D] But _ heaven [A] is _ [Em] hell in [C] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ reverse
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The failed Don Juan and the Big Bo-Tak is [D] very sorry that it's _ _ [G] spoke
But he's mislaid his [D] punchline while they're halfway through a very _ [C] tasteless joke
The foul-eyed cotton-peeking [A] down her gown, he's yelling in [C] her ear
And all at once the music [Am] stops as he was into the [A] net, _ mellowing my _ [D] tears
This is hell, [A] this is hell [G] I am _ sorry [E] to tell [G] you [D] it _ never gets [A] _ better [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ or [D] worse
But you'll [A] get used [G] to it after [Em] a spell [D] But heaven is [A] _ hell [C] in _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ [G] reverse
[D] [Dm] The shirt you wore, [G] the courage, and [C] the violet [G] nylon [F] suit _
[C] _ [Dm] Reappear upon your [G] back and undermine [C] _ the _ [F] punchline you [Dm] try to suit
It's [G] not the toner of [C] the flames that finally [F] sees you [D] flesh _ -corrupted
It's the small _ _ _ humiliations that your memory [G] piles up
This is [Em] hell, this is hell _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ My _
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_ [C] _ favorite things are playing _ _ [F#] again and again
But [G] it's by Julie _ _ Andrews [D] and not by John _ Coltrane
_ [G] _ Endless vomit _ breezes in [D] perfect _ sunset's frame
_ [Bm] _ Vintage wine for _ breakfast and [D] naked _ starlets floating in [C] champagne
_ All the passions of [Am] your youth are _ tranquilized [C] and changed
You may think it looks [Am] familiar, _ though you may [A] ignore it by another _ _ name
[D] This is hell, this is _ [G] hell I am _ [D] sorry [Em] to tell you [D] it never [A] gets better [G] or worse
It never [Em] gets better or [D] worse
But you'll [A] get used to [G] it _ after [Em] a spell
[D] For heaven [A] is hell [D] in [C] reverse
This is hell, this is hell _ _ _ _
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