Written by Elvis Costello
C C/B Am Am/G F F/E Dsus2 No one looks in this place for motive or any hope G C F Dsus2 But for the dead shot of an amber glass, the blue light of a votive C C/B Am Am/G F F/E Dsus2 Rain obscured the window as the pain was dulled by the grains G C F Dsus2 Absolved by spoons in flames and fear in time dissolving G G/A G/B C C/B Am Am/G F It's not for the faint of pulse or anybody false Dsus2 G Gsus4 G Those amateurs who simply she'd their skins G G/A G/B C C/B Am Am/G F Where are those traitors now, we once called patriots? Dsus2 G Gsus4 Just like those saints who seem to revel in their sins C B Bb A G Oh, my eyes were filled with tears that were stinging C B Bb A G After our assassin's work was done Am G F Em Dsus2 The bells and hands were only there for the wringing F C C/B Am Am/G F F/E Dsus2 And we were bringing bullets for the new-born king C C/B Am Am/G F F/E Dsus2 The trumpet sound lamenting, tramping down the blooms of the deceased G C F Dsus2 The double agent girl and the fallen priest were heading for the border C C/B Am Am/G F F/E Dsus2 Somewhere in the high command, there stayed the palest hand G C F Dsus2 That saw the order countermand, erased a tape recorder F C And then they hung him from a window cord G G/A G/B C C/B Am Am/G F Swallow down that voodoo vial and stay your breath a while Dsus2 G Gsus4 G Before we spill the tale that we have spun G G/A G/B C C/B Am Am/G F And now I shall confide all that I have denied Dsus2 G Gsus4 Oh, I'm so sorry for the things I've done C B Bb A G Oh, my eyes were filled with tears that were stinging C B Bb A G After our assassin's work was done Am G F Em Dsus2 The bells and hands were only there for the wringing F C C/B Am Am/G F F/E Dsus2 And we were bringing bullets for the new-born king