Clowntime Is Over


#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 21:15:18 -0400 From: "D. W. Bennett" Subject: c/costello_elvis/clowntime_is_over.crd Clowntime Is Over (Elvis Costello from the album "Get Happy!" - Words and Music by Elvis Costello) Transcribed by D. W. Bennett Intro: C F C Csus4 Ab G C F Tears on your blackmail Am Dm Written to ransom C F A point of the fingernail Am Dm Says that he's handsome C F Clowntime is over Ab F Time to take cover C F While others just talk and talk Am Dm G Somebody's watching where the others don't walk G C Clowntime is over A voice in the shadows Says that his men know He don't step back as expected He's otherwise and unprotected Chorus C F Almost too good to be true Am Dm Who do you? why do you? what do you do? C F While everybody's hiding under covers Am Dm Dm/ E Dm/ F G Who's making lover's lane safe again for lovers? Chorus I like to end with the intro followed by a sustained C12 (open C chord with a high G added) chord.