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Revision as of 11:10, 4 October 2015
Tears on your blackmail |
First known performance: Alternate versions
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Covers
Steve Nieve | instrumental, performed live, 2020-04-24, The Daily Improvisation, France | 2020 | Facebook - 8:55 |
Radio Costello | performed live, 2023-10-01, The Rhodehouse, Sutton Coldfield, England | 2023 |
Erich Sellheim | home studio production, sung in German | 2014 | YouTube |
Chords
[C] [F] [C] [Ab] [C]Tears on your [F]blackmail [Am]Written turn to [Dm]ransom [C]A point of the [F]fingernail [Am]Says he's so [Dm]handsome Chorus: [C]Clowntime is [F]over [Ab]Time to take [Fm]over [C]While others just [F]talk and talk [Am]Somebody's [Dm]watching where the others don't walk[G] [G]Clowntime is over [C] [F] [C] [Ab] [C]A voice in the [F]shadows [Am]Says that his [Dm]men know [C]He don't step [F]back as expected [Am]He's otherwise [Dm] unprotected (Chorus) [C]Almost too [F]good to be true [Am]Who do you [Dm]What do you Why do you [C]do? While everybody's [F]hiding under covers [Am]Who's making lover's lane [Dm]safe again for lovers? (Chorus)