All This Usless Beauty

The Other End (Of The Telescope)
(Elvis Costello/Aimee Mann)

Verse: BbFCF
Dm Bb C
Bb F C F
Dm D#
Bb FC Bb FC BbFCF Bb CF
Shall we agree that just this once I'm gonna change my life
Until it's just as tiny or important as you like
And in time we won't even recall that we spoke
Words that turned out to be as big as smoke, as smoke that disappears in the air
There's always something that's smoldering somewhere
Chorus: C BbF :| F (e) Dm C Gm
Bb C
Bb
I know it don't make a difference to you but, oh, it sure made a difference to me
You'll see me off in the distance I hope at the other end...
At the other end of the telescope
Verse: Bb F C F
Dm Bb C
Bb F C F
Dm D#
The promise of indulgence in my confidential voice
Approached immortal danger but you'll never know how close
Then down the hall I overheard such a heavenly choir
They interrupted my evil designs, one day you're up in the clouds
The next thing you're down with the Sweet Adelines
Chorus: C BbF :| F (e) Dm C Gm
Bb C
Bb
You'll see me off in the distance I hope at the other end...
Bridge: C BbF
Lie down, baby,
Your head is so
I don't want to
C F DmCBbAm F Dm....D#
now don't say a word...There, there, baby, your vision is blurred
sore from all of that thinking
hurt you now but I think you're shrinking
Verse: Bb F C F
Dm Bb C
Bb F C F
Dm D#
You're half-naked ambition and you're half out of your wits
Or several tiny fractions that this portrait still omits
And it's so hard to pick the receiver up when I call
I never noticed you could be so small
The answer was under your nose but the question never arose
Chorus: C BbF :|
F (e) Dm C :|
Cause late in the evening as I sit here moping
With a bamboo needle on a shellac of Chopin
And the cast-iron heart that you failed to tear open
Gm Bb C
Bb...
At the other end...
The 'Til Tuesday version, from William Vaughan
Here's Til Tuesday's "The Other End of the Telescope" written by

Amiee Mann and Elvis Costello. Capo at the 3rd fret. All the
chords are basic ones, so no need for a chart - sometimes though,
they add the high G on the E string to the C chord --> x32013
instead of x32010. Also, the C/G is 3x2013.
Intro C
C
G
D
G
Shall we agree that just this once
Em
D
I'm gonna change my life
C
G
D
G
Em
F
Until its just as tiny or important as you like
C
G
D
C
And in time, we won't even recall that we spoke
G
D
C
Words that turned out to as big as smoke
Em
D
G
Like smoke disappears in the air
C
Em
D
G
There's always something smoldering somewhere
*chorus*
D
C
G
I know it don't make a difference to you
D
C
G
But Oh it sure made a difference to me
Em
D
C
G
You'll see me off in the distance I hope
Am
At the other end
C
D
C/G
*same as first verse except leave out F - stay on Em in the second
line*
There was a time not long ago I dreamt the world was flat
All the colors bled away and that was that
And in time, I could only believe in one thing
The sky was just phorphorus stars hung on a string
And you swore that they'd always be mine
When you can pull them down anytime
*same as other chorus*
You'll see me off in the distance I hope
At the other end
*bridge*
D
C
G
There there baby now don't say a word
D
C
G
Lie down baby your vision is blurred
Em
D
C
G
your head is sore from all of that thinking
Em
I don't want to hurt you now
Am
C
But I think you're shrinking
Am
(I think you're shrinking)
*same as first verse except where noted*
Your half-naked ambition and your half out of your mind
And though your wristwatch always works
Your necktie never fits
Now its so hard to pick the reciever up and when I call
I never noticed you could be so small
The answer was under your nose
C
D
G
But the question never arose
D
C
G
D
C
G
Em
D
C
G
When you find me here at the end of my rope
Em
D
C
G
When the head and heart of it finally elope
Em
D
C
G
You can see us off in the distance I hope
Em
Am
At the other end
C
D
C/G
Little Atoms
Tabbed by Pete Decaro <[email protected]>

Off Video of the Aug. 1995- Beacon Appearance.
(Also Working on "It's Time" from Letterman
Appearance)- Please E-mail any corrections/additions

to me. (It's My FIRST TAB)
CHORDS USED
EADGBe
G - 32OOO3
D - OOO232
Em- O22OOO
C - O32O13
Riff AYou're Really just switching from a "G" to a "D"
then back to a "G". ( But You're Playing One note
in the "D" CHORD)
NOTE: When Playing this Riff the 4th time in Verse I,
II, or III Hold The "D" an Full Rest before playing
The "G" Chord.
e
B
G
D
A
E
--------------3-----------------------------------------0--0-----------------------------------------2--0-----------------------------------------0--0--------------------------------2--3--2--0--0--------------------------------------------3-------------------------------
"G" RIFF
(Strum "G" Chord then play Riff)
D--------------------------------------------------A--O--2--2--3--2--O--2-------O--2--2--3--2--O------E----------------------3----------------------2--3-^ Strum G
G
Riff A
I arose and Marigold lay down with Curious Iris
G
Riff A
Cherry gave to Victor her prudence and her virus
G
Riff A
For the sake of purity I can recall the time and place
G
Riff A (4th time- see above)
Between Wisdon and Murder she gave up her immaculate face
CHORUS
D
G
My poor belated chastity fell foul of grown up games,
D
With false and lovely modesty
Em
I can recall the names I'll miss
C
D
In the particle of me that care for this
Em
C
D
G Riff
I betrayed those little atoms with a kiss
( Same Changes as 1st Verse)

Patience has her virtue still
But every grace must have have its price
I through some felicity
May spin a tale of constant vice
I took my better nature out,
Drowned it in the babbling stream
Took the blossom of my youth
And blew it all to smithereens
CHORUS
And if You still Don't like my song,
Then you can just go to Hell
I don't care if I'm right or wrong
Or if my typewriter can spell
But I cannot promise You I've said
"Goodbye" to childish things
There's still some pretty insults left
And such sport in threatening
CHORUS (plus...)
Em
And for the sake of clarity
Em
They "Faith, "Hope" and "Charity"
C
D
G
In the Particle of Me that cares for this
C
D
GRiff (End on "G" CHORD)
I betrayed those little atoms with a kiss.
Alternate version:
Verse: G (a b) C (b a f#)G :|3x G (a b) C (b) Am... G
I arose and Marigold lay down with Curious Iris
Cherry gave to Victor her prudence and her virus
For the sake of purity I can recall the time and place
Between wisdom and murder she gave up her immaculate face
Chorus: D G D Em....
CD Em CD... G
My poor belated chastity fell foul of grown up games
With false and lovely modesty I can recall the names I'll miss
In the particle of me that cares for this
Verse: G (a b) C (b a f#)G :|
Patience has her virtue still but every grace must have it's price
I, through some felicity, may spin a tale of constant vice
Took my better nature out, drowned it in the babbling stream
Took the blossom of my youth and blew it all to smithereens
CD Em CD... G
Verse: G (a b) C (b a f#)G :|
And if you still don't like my song then you can just go to hell
I don't care if I'm right or wrong or if my typewriter can spell
But I cannot promise you I've said "goodbye" to childish things
There's still some pretty insults left and such sport in threatening
CD Em CD... G
Out: Em... Em... CD Em
CD G
And for the sake of clarity
They "Faith", "Hope" and "Charity"
All This Useless Beauty
Intro: D A G A :|
Verse: D DMaj7 Bm D7
G D(f#bass) Em (f# g) A
D DMaj7 Bm D7
G D(f#bass) BmA E...
It's at times such as this she'd be tempted to spit if she wasn't so
ladylike
She imagines how she might have lived back when legends and history
collide
So she looks to her prince finding since he's so charmingly slumped at
her side
Those days are recalled on the gallery wall and she's waiting for passion
or humor to strike
Chorus: A G....G..A D to intro

What shall we do? What shall we do with all this useless beauty
All this useless beauty
D DMaj7 Bm D7
Good Friday arrived, the sky darkened on time till he almost began to
negotiate
She held his head like a baby and said "It's okay if you cry"
Now he wants her to dress as if you couldn't guess, he desires her to
impress his associates
But he's part ugly beast and Hellenic deceased so she finds that the
mixture is hard to deny
Bridge: C DG G (f#) Em
C DG:| C (b) A
She won't practice the looks from the great tragic books that were later
defaced, disgraced celluloid
It don't even make sense but you can bet if she isn't a sweetheart, a
plaything or pet
The film turns her into an unveiled threat
D DMaj7 Bm D7
Nonsense prevails, modesty fails, grace and virtue turn into stupidity
While the calander fades almost all barricades to a pale compromise
And our leaders have feasts on the backsides of beasts, they still think
they're the gods of antiquity
If something you missed didn't even exist it was just an ideal..Is that
such a surprise?
DAG D
Complicated Shadows
Verse: A DG
A DG
D D
A DG
A DG :|
Well, you know your time has come
And you're sorry for what you've done
You should've never been playing with a gun in those complicated shadows
Well, there's a line that you must toe
And it will soon be time to go
But it's darker than you know in those complicated shadows
Bridge: G D E
A DG
A DG
G D E E
All you gangsters and rude clowns
Who were shooting up the town
When you should've found someone to put the blame on
Though the fury's hot and hard

I still see that cold graveyard
There's a solitary stone that's got your name on
Verse: A DG
A DG
A DG
D D
A DG
A DG
You don't have to take it from me
But I know of what I spake
You think you're like iron and steel
But iron and steel will bend and break in these complicated shadows
No...
-JamBridge: G D E
A DG
A DG
G D E E
Sometimes justice, you will find,
Is just dumb not color blind
And your poor shattered mind can't take it all in
All those phantoms and their shades
Should jump up on Judgement Day
And say to the Almighty "I'm still stinking of sin"
Verse: A DG
A DG
D D
A DG
A DG
A DG
A DG
A DG
D D
A DG
A DG
But the jury was dismissed
Took his neck and they gave it a twist
So you see, you won't be missed in those complicated shadows
You can say just what you like
In a voice like a John Ford film
Take the law into your hands
And you will soon get tired of killing in those complicated shadows
-JamWhy Can't A Man Stand Alone?
Verse: A AB E
F#m C#m Gdim E A E
A E
A E
DMaj7 C#m B E
G#m E AG#m
Why can't a man stand alone?
Must he be burdened by all that he's taught to consider his own?
His skin and his station, his kin and his crown
His flag and his nation, they just weigh him down
You know pride is a sin that we tend to forgive, but it gets hard to live
When you don't have the love in your heart to begin with
Why can't a woman be just what she seems?
Must she be tarnished by men who can only be men in their dreams?
When beauty meets ignorance they shout in the street
Repeating their offer to each girl they meet
The respect that she needs, it isn't a gift, but it gets hard to lift
yourself up
When you don't have the strength to begin with
Why can't a woman stand alone?
Why can't a baby sleep at night and dream of the time to come
And never fear the world outside the touch of someone very near?
Why can't a man stand up?

Distorted Angel
Tab by Patrick Proctor

The bass line on this tune adds a lot of
the bass is Bruce or Elvis or actually a
I think the chords are as follows...like
particularly on the Emi sections, and on
its character, and who knows if

guitar pr whatever. But anyway,
I said the bass adds a lot,
the D chord in the verse....
Intro: Emi
D
A
Bmi
A
Strange things seem to occur, somewhere behind the nursery door
D
A
Bmi
A
Though I was just a bit of a kid, it was the bit that she was looking for
Emi
Bmi
C
G
A
Now I don't know where to begin confessing
D
A
Bmi
The way she's making me feel it can't be a sin
Emi
D
A
Bmi
A
I was taught to believe you were looking down on everyone
D
A
Bmi
And your benevolent face is beautiful to gaze upon
Emi
Bmi
C G A
Now I just don't know who to tell to go to hell
D
A
D G D
Who put the old devil in the distorted angel
Emi
A
D
Distorted angel...pure illuminated sweetness
Emi
A
D
Frightening small children is just about your only weakness
F#mi
Bmi
F#mi Bmi
F#mi
I thought that you would tell me what I'm living for but I can't see you
anymore
Emi
D
A
Bmi
A
I don't know what we did but I'm sorry if it made you cry
D
A
Bmi
A
And if there was any justice at all I'd be punished for it, I'd surmise
Emi
Bmi C
G A
It will mark the spot very well where I fell
D
A
Bmi
Under the shadow of the distorted angel
Emi
D
A
Bmi
Beneath the shadow of the distorted angel
Emi
D
A
Bmi
You are the shadow of the distorted angel
Emi
Angel...
D
A
Bmi
Emi
D
A
Bmi
Emi
Angel...
Shallow Grave
(Elvis Costello/Paul McCartney)

Verse: Em....
When I fall in endless sleep I hope that I'll be buried deep
Let me be the one that fortune favors, even good children got shallow
graves
Chorus: Em A
Em A
Em A
A B7.....
GD GD Em B Em
E (d) (c#) (c) B7 (a) E
So throw another clown to the lions...Throw another Joan on the blaze
Cast me away on the cruel calm ocean and leave me for days and days and
days and days and days
I won't lie in this poor shallow grave, I won't lie
I won't lie in this poor shallow grave
So dig me down deep where the dead men sleep
Bless the poor cause like the rich they all end up in a ditch
In this world of fools and knaves even good children got shallow graves
Bridge: B B B B
Em.....
The tinker, the tailor, the fabulous five
Nobody gets out of this alive
So throw another clown to the lions...Throw another Joan on the blaze
Cast me away on the cruel calm ocean and leave me for days and days and
days and days and days
I won't lie in this poor shallow grave, I won't lie
Dig me down deep where the dead men sleep
Dig me down deep...Dig me down deep

Poor Fractured Atlas
Verse: D Dm G EmA
F#dim Em F#dim Em
Em B Em Em B Em G A
He's out in the woods with his squirrel gun to try and recapture his
anger
He's screaming some words at the top of his lungs until he begins to feel
younger
But back at his desk in the city we find our trembling punch-drunken
fighter
Who can't find the strength now to punish the length of the ribbon in his
little typewriter
Chorus: G
Poor fractured Atlas threw himself across the mattress
Waving his withering pencil as if it were a pirate's cutlass
I'm almost certain he's trying to increase his burden
He said "That's how the child in me planned it, a woman wouldn't
understand it"
I believe there was something I wanted to say before I conclude this
epistle
But you would forgive me for holding my tongue cause man made the blade
and the pistol
Yes, Man made the waterfall over the dam, to temper his tantrum with
magic
Now you can't be sure of that tent of azure since he punched a hole in
the fabric
Poor fractured Atlas threw himself across the mattress
Waving his withering pencil as if it were a pirate's cutlass
I'm almost certain he's trying to increase his burden
He said "That's how the child in me planned it, a woman wouldn't
understand it"
"A woman wouldn't understand it"
"A woman wouldn't understand it"
Starting To Come To Me
Verse: C... G
C
C
CE7Am F
It's started to come to me your new career would probably end like this
All that professional lipstick pressed into an amateur kiss
Farewell to the studied lines and carefully broken hearts
The overpowering perfume and the glimpse of her garter
Mingling with the sweet smoldering scent of the martyr
Chorus: C F C F
Well, it's starting to come to me (Come to me, Come to me)
Starting to come to me
So you began to recognize the well-dressed man that everybody loves
It started when you chopped off all the fingers of those pony skin gloves
Then you cut a hole out where the lovelight used to shine
Your tears of pleasure equal measure crocodile and brine
You tried to laugh it off saying "I knew all the time"
But it's starting to come to me (Come to me, Come to me)

Bridge: G D
Sometimes you drag me down to play reluctant confidante
You say you may reward him if he gives you what you want
But these are the days to treasure and to hold, they are much too
precious to be sold
You'd probably play the pirate if you weren't so busy digging up the gold
Now you could tell he wanted you cause you almost taste it on his breath
But you always cheated life just like the bold daredevil cheated death
Incidentally, late last night your understudy finally got what you
deserve
In private she's seductive but in public she's prim, porcelain and
nervous
Afraid someone will recognize the shame in her eyes, you've still got
your dignity or the next best disguise
You never know when to say no and when to compromise
But it's starting to come to me (Come to me, Come to me)
You Bowed Down
From Pete Decaro <[email protected]>

"You Bowed Down"
From The Album "All This Useless Beauty" By Elvis Costello
Orginally appeared on Roger Mcquinn's "Live From Rio"
Intro RIFF ( Best if played on 12 string)
e--2----------------------------B--3----------------------------G--2----------------------------D--0---------------------0-2-4-2A--x--4--2--0-----0-2-----------E--x----------2-3-----3---------Chord Definitions:
D
G
E
Em
A
C
e--2---3---0---0----0---0-B--3---0---0---0----2---1-G--2---0---1---0----2---0-D--0---0---2---2----2---2-A--0---2---2---2----0---3-E--0---3---0---0----0---0-(VERSE I)
D
G
Em
A
I expect you're entitled to know why I'm making con-tact,
G
D
Em
with acquaintances scattered all over the land.
D
G
Em
A
I'd promise you now and again that I'd honor the con-tract,
G
D
Em
If it hadn't crumbled away in my hand
G
D
Em
A
So we broke that vow, independently now...
E
G
But I don't know why, you absolutely deny
(Intro RIFF)
You Bowed Down
(Intro RIFF)
You Bowed Down
(VERSE II)
D
G
Em
A
When you first looked away, I might say it was really a kind-ness
G
D
Em
It must have hurt you to see your dreams sour
D
G
Em
A
Now they say that justice and love are the next things to blind-ness
G
D
Em
Well, you're getting plenty of both of them now
G
D
Em
A
And so you parade, where appointments are made
E
G
And never meant to be kept, unless you accept
(Intro RIFF)
You Bowed Down
You Bowed Down
(Intro RIFF)
(BRIDGE)
Em
A
Em
A
You value the burnt amber of falling leaves and you long to delay
Em
A
Em
When you feel their breath they whisper "It won't hurt you now to
betray"
D
C
G
If you just bowed down
(VERSE III)
(Same changes as first two verses)
And now every time that we meet on the edge of hysteria
You're helping them sell off some new party line
I remember a time when you would have seemed so superior
Now you say, "Will you please meet this good friend of mine"
Now you're in demand, as long as they kiss your hand
But all the applause, is for their name and not yours
You Bowed Down
You Bowed Down
It's Time
Verse: C#m G# E B A A#dim E C#m...

A A#dim B G#mB
The party's over, your time is up
You've had your last pointless teardrop washed down in that broken coffee
cup
This magic moment concludes when that cigarette ends
Did you get what you wanted? Well, I suppose that depends... Well, I
suppose that depends
Chorus: E G# C#m A
E C#m BBbG#....
C#m AA#dim....
AAAAA
E :|
If you go, if you go where passion is squandered and money is spent
It's time It's time...
It's time It's time
It's time
You must see it's time that you wept
You must see it's time that you went
Our brief acquaintance was such a mistake
Now it seems more like a sentence or something you always had to fake
This magic moment concludes when they turn out the light
It's not the days when you leave me but all I fear are the nights But
all I fear are the nights
It's time It's time
It's time
Bridge: D E A F#m D F#dim
E D C#m C E
You told the same joke to me too many times
I wish that someone would hit it just before you reach...
Just before you reach...
Just before you reach the punchline
The party's over, time we broke up
It always seemed like a bad dream, one where I finally woke up
This magic moment concluding our mutual fate

But if you do have to leave me, who will I have left to hate?
have left to hate?
Who will I

It's time It's time
It's time
I Want To Vanish
From: [email protected]
With the capo on the third fret, the chord fingering would work out
as follows:
Eb=C
Fdim=Ddim
Gm=Em
Cm=Am
Fm7=Dm7
Ab=F
Bb=G
Ebm=Cm
D=B
Abm=Fm
Db=Bb
Gb=Eb
Bbaug=Gaug
Intro:
Eb Fdim
Eb
Fdim
Eb
Gm
I want to vanish this is my fondest wish
Cm
Fm7
Ab
Bb
Eb
To go where I cannot be captured laid on a decorated dish
Fdim
Eb
Gm
Even in splendour this curious fate
Cm
Fm7
Ab
Is more than I care to surrender now it's too late
Ebm
D
Abm
Whether in wonder or indecent haste
Db
Gb
You arrange the mirrors and the spoons
Gb
To snare the rare and precious jewels
Eb
Bb
That were only made of paste
Eb
Fdim
Eb
If you should stumble upon my last remark
Cm
Fm7
Eb
Eb
Db
Bb
Bbaug
Gm
Ab
Bb
Eb
I'm crying in the wilderness I'm trying my best to make it dark

Fdim
Eb
Gm
How can I tell you I'm rarer than most
Cm
Fm7
Ab
Eb
I'm certain as a lost dog pondering a signpost
Ebm
D
Abm
Whether in wonder or indecent haste
Db
Gb
You arrange the mirrors and the spoons
Gb
To snare the rare and precious jewels
Eb
Bb
That were only made of paste
Eb
Db
Bb
Bbaug
Eb
Fdim
Eb
Gm
I want to vanish this is my last request
Cm7
Fm7
Ab
Eb
I've given you the awful truth now give me my rest
Eb
Abm

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The Other End (Of The Telescope)

(Elvis Costello/Aimee Mann)

Here's Til Tuesday's "The Other End of the Telescope" written by

Tabbed by Pete Decaro <[email protected]>

Appearance)- Please E-mail any corrections/additions

(Strum "G" Chord then play Riff)

( Same Changes as 1st Verse)

Chorus: A G....G..A D to intro

Though the fury's hot and hard

Why can't a man stand up?

Tab by Patrick Proctor

its character, and who knows if

(Elvis Costello/Paul McCartney)

I won't lie in this poor shallow grave

But it's starting to come to me (Come to me, Come to me)

From Pete Decaro <[email protected]>

You Bowed Down

Verse: C#m G# E B A A#dim E C#m...

This magic moment concluding our mutual fate

If you go, if you go where passion is squandered and money is spent

I'm crying in the wilderness I'm trying my best to make it dark

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