Elvis Costello 
 

Suit of lights 

 
 
         |C             G/B            |F/A                     C/G 
1 (1). While Nat King Cole sings "Welcome To My World"
|F                          C/E         |Dm                            Em
you request some song you hate you sentimental fool
      |Em                  |Am          |Em                                        |F
and it's the force of habit. If it moves then you fuck it. If it doesn't move then you stab it. 
 
2 (1). And I thought I heard the "Working Man's Blues".
He went out to work that night and wasted his breath.
Outside there was a public execution. Inside he died thousand deaths. 
 
               |C              G/B         |F/A         C/G 
Refr. And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground (2 ggr)
|C              G/B          |C7/Bb     |F/A                   |C/G                            |G (2/4) |(C)
and they pulled him out of the cold cold ground and they put him in a suit of lights 
 
Mid. |C G/B |F/A C/G |F C/E |Dm C 
 
3 (1). In the perforated first editions where they advocate the hangman's noose.
They tell the sorry tale of the spent Princess. Her uncouth escort looking down her dress. 
 
4 (2). Anyway they say that she wears the trousers  (som 1)
       |F                C/E               |Dm
and learnt everything that she does
     |E7                     |C                            |F                    |Gsus4  |G
and doesn't know if she should tell him yes or let him go.
 
Refr. 
                |G                    |C                     |G                     |G 
Bridge. Well it's a dog's life in a rope leash or a diamond collar.
    |G                              |C                             |F                         |F
It's enough to make you think right now but you don't bother 
 
4 (2) For goodness sake as you cry and shake.
Let's keep your face down in the dirt where you belong
and think of all the pleasure that it brings though you know that it's wrong 
 
Bridge. And there's still life in your body but most of it's leaving.
Can't you give us all a break? Can't you stop breathing? 
 
5 (3). And I thought I heard the "Working Man's Blues". (som 1)
I went to work last night and wasted my breath. (som 1)
|Em                                 |Am                      |Em                 |Am              |G                       |Gsus4
Outside they're painting tar on somebody. It's the closest to a work of art that they will ever be. 
 
              |C               G/B         |F/A         C/G 
End. And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground (2 ggr)
|C               G/B         |C7/Bb     F/C
and they pulled him out of the cold cold ground
|C/G                            |G        C
and they put him in a suit of lights (2 ggr)
|C/G                            |G (2/4) |(C)
and they put him in a suit of lights. 
 
Mid. (and fade)