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from: Christian Korbanka, Cologne, Germany
e-mail: Christian_Korbanka@msn.com
lyrics and chords of: This Is Hell by Elvis Costello And The Attractions
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This is hell, this is hell, I am ...sorry to tell you,
D A G (G) (G/F#) (G/E)
It ...never gets better, or worse,
But you'll get used to it, after a spell,
For heaven is hell in re - verse!
The bruiser spun a hula - hoop
While all the barmen preen and pout,
The neon "I" of "night club" flickers on and off,
And finally blew out,
The irritating jingle of the belly-dancing phoney Turkish girls,
The eerie glare of ultra - violet perfect dental work!
This is hell, this is hell, I am ...sorry to tell you,
It ...never gets better or worse! (It never gets better or worse!)
But you'll get used to it, after a spell,
For heaven is hell in re - verse!
The failed Don Juan, in the big bow-tie,
Is very sorry that he spoke,
For he's mislaid his punch-line,
More than half- way through a very tasteless joke,
The Fräulein caught him peeking down her gown,
He's yelling in her ear,
And all at once the music stopped,
As he was intimately bellowing, "My dear...
...This is hell, this is hell, I am ...sorry to tell you,
It never gets better or worse, (It never gets better or worse!)
But you'll get used to it, after a spell,
For heaven is hell in re - verse!
The shirt you wore with courage,
And the violent nylon suit,
Reap - pear upon your back,
And under - mine the polished line you try to shoot,
It's not the torment of the flames,
That finally seize your flesh cor - rupted,
It's the small humiliations that your memory piles up,
(This is hell!) This is hell, (This is hell!) this is hell! (Hell!)
'My favourite things' are playing a - gain, and again,
But it's by Julie Andrews, and not by John Coltrane,
Endless balmy breezes in perfect sunsets framed,
Vintage wine for breakfast, and naked starlets floating in Cham - pagne
All the passions of your youth ...are tranquilised and tamed,
You may think it looks fa - miliar,
Though you may know it by another name...
...This is hell, this is hell, I am ...sorry to tell you,
It never gets better or worse, (It never gets better or worse!)
But you'll get used to it, after a spell,
For heaven is hell in re - verse, (This is hell!) This hell!
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