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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 ....
Am Dm
Written ...
C F
A point of ...
Am Dm
Says ...
C F
Clowntime ...
Ab F
Time to ...
C F
While others just ...
Am Dm G
Somebody's watching where ....
G C
Clowntime ...
A voice in the ....
Chorus
C F
Almost too good ...
Am Dm
Who do you? why do you? ...
C F
While everybody's ...
Am Dm Dm/E Dm/F G
Who's making lover's lane safe ...
Chorus
I like to end with the intro followed by a sustained C12 (open C chord with a
high G added) chord.
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Last Updated: February 7, 2026