Riot Act

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From [email protected] Sun May 4 10:34:41 1997

Riot Act by Elvis Costello

from the album *Get Happy*

D/C = x20232

Bm7 = x2x23x BbMAJ7 = x1x23x

A Dm A Dm A

Forever

Dm C F

doesn't mean forever anymore

A Dm A

I said forever

Dm C F

But it doesn't look like I'm gonna be around much anymore

D G

When the heat gets so tropical

Bm Em

And the talk gets so topical

D D/C Bm7 (can use B5)

Riot act - you can read me the riot act

BbMAJ7 Em7

You can make me a matter of fact

A

Or a villain in a million

Em7 A

A slip of the tongue is gonna keep me civilian

C#m C Bm

Why do you talk such stupid nonsense

Bb A

When my mind could rest much easier

C#m C Bm

Instead of all this dumb dumb insolence

Bb A

I would be happier with amnesia

A Dm A

They say forget her

Dm c F

Now it looks like you're either gonna be before me or against me

A Dm A

I got your letter

Dm C F

Now they say I don't care for the color that it paints me

D G

Trying to be so bad is bad enough

Bm Em

Don't make me laugh by talking tough

D G

Don't put your heart out on your sleeve

Em

When your remarks are off the cuff

Chorus . . . . . .

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