Riot Act
Elvis CostelloVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
= x20232
= x2x23x
= x1x23x
Forever
doesn't mean forever anymore
I said forever
But it doesn't look like I'm gonna be around much anymore
When the heat gets so tropical
And the talk gets so topical
(can use
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Riot act - you can read me the riot act
You can make me a matter of fact
Or a villain in a million
A slip of the tongue is gonna keep me civilian
Why do you talk such stupid nonsense
When my mind could rest much easier
Instead of all this dumb dumb insolence
I would be happier with amnesia
They say forget her
Now it looks like you're either gonna be before me or against me
I got your letter
Now they say I don't care for the color that it paints me
Trying to be so bad is bad enough
Don't make me laugh by talking tough
Don't put your heart out on your sleeve
When your remarks are off the cuff
Chorus . . . . . .
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Readable chord sheet for Riot Act by Elvis Costello
[D/C] = x20232 [Bm7] = x2x23x [Bbmaj7] = x1x23x [A] [Dm] Fore[A]ver [Dm] [A] d[Dm]oesn't me[C]an forever any[F]more I[A] sa[Dm]id forever [A] B[Dm]ut it doesn't look like I[C]'m gonna be around [F]much anymore W[D]hen the heat gets so[G] tropical A[Bm]nd the talk gets [Em]so topical [D] [D/C] [Bm7] (can use [B5]) Riot act - you can read me the riot act Y[Bbmaj7]ou can make me a ma[Em7]tter of fact O[A]r a villain in a million A[Em7] slip of the tongue is gonna [A]keep me civilian W[C#m]hy do you talk su[C]ch stupid nonsen[Bm]se W[Bb]hen my mind could [A]rest much easier I[C#m]nstead of al[C]l this dumb dumb ins[Bm]olence I[Bb] would be happier[A] with amnesia T[A]hey sa[Dm]y forget her[A] N[Dm]ow it looks like yo[C]u're either gonna [F]be before me or against me I[A] go[Dm]t your letter[A] N[Dm]ow they say I don't [C]care for the co[F]lor that it paints me T[D]rying to be so ba[G]d is bad enough D[Bm]on't make me la[Em]ugh by talking tough D[D]on't put your he[G]art out on your sleeve W[Em]hen your remarks are off the cuff Chorus . . . . . .