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From michael@magick.net Sun May  4 10:34:41 1997
Date: Sun, 06 Apr 1997 21:16:02 GMT
From: michael p mccullough 
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: CRD: Elvis Costello    //////   Riot Act
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature,alt.guitar.tab,alt.fan.elvis.costello

Riot Act by Elvis Costello
from the album *Get Happy*

D/C   =  x20232
Bm7 (x20202@1)=  x2x23x         BbMAJ7  =  x1x23x

A (x02220@1) Dm (xx0231@1)  A (x02220@1)             Dm (xx0231@1) A (x02220@1)        Forever
        Dm (xx0231@1)    C (x32010@1)          Fdoesn't (133211@1)mean forever anymore
ADm        AI (x02220@1)said forever
               Dm (xx0231@1)                    C (x32010@1)               FBut (133211@1)it doesn't look like I'm gonna be around much anymore
D (xx0232@1)                GWhen (320003@1)the heat gets so tropical
Bm (x24432@1)             EmAnd (022000@1)the talk gets  so topical
D (xx0232@1)        D/C (x30232@1)               Bm7(can (x20202@1)use B5)
Riot act - you can read me the riot act
BbMAJ7            Em7
You can make me a matter of fact
     AOr (x02220@1)a villain in a million
  Em7                         AA (x02220@1)slip of the tongue is gonna keep me civilian
C#m (x13321@4)           C (x32010@1)            BmWhy (x24432@1)do you talk such stupid nonsense
            Bb (x1333x@1)             AWhen (x02220@1)my mind could rest much easier
C#m (x13321@4)      C (x32010@1)                BmInstead (x24432@1)of all this dumb dumb insolence
           Bb (x1333x@1)            AI (x02220@1)would be happier with amnesia
A (x02220@1)  Dm (xx0231@1)       AThey (x02220@1)say forget her
                         Dm (xx0231@1)              C (x32010@1)              FNow (133211@1)it looks like you're either gonna be before me or against me
A (x02220@1)Dm (xx0231@1)        AI (x02220@1) got your letter
               Dm (xx0231@1)               C (x32010@1)           FNow (133211@1)they say I don't care for the color that it paints me
D (xx0232@1)             GTrying (320003@1)to be so bad is bad enough
Bm (x24432@1)          EmDon't (022000@1)make me laugh by talking tough
D (xx0232@1)            GDon't (320003@1)put your heart out on your sleeve
EmWhen (022000@1)your remarks are off the cuff

Chorus . . . . . .


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