Tick Tick Boom - 30/90

[intro]
C

[verse]
C               Fsus2
Stop the clock, take time out
C                 Fsus2
Time to regroup before you lose the bout
C                 Fsus2
Freeze the frame, back it up
C5                Fsus2
Time to refocus before they wrap it up
G                 G/B
Years are getting shorter,
G                      G/B            G
lines on your face are getting longer
                 G/B            Em7
Feel like you're treading water,
                   E                F
but the rip tide's getting stronger
                             Dm7
Don't panic, don't jump ship
                           Bb/D
Can't fight it, like taxes
                         F/C         G C
At least it happens only once in your life

[chorus]
                 Am7
They're singing "Happy Birthday,"
Em               F                C
you just want to lay down and cry
           Fm7            Dm7
Not just another birthday,
            C/E G
it's thirty ninety
C                  Am7
Why can't you stay twenty-nine?
      Em
Hell, you still feel like
F                 C
you're twenty-two
             Am7              Dm
Turn thirty, nineteen ninety, bang!
                  F   G   C5
You're dead, what can you do?
         Fsus2 C5
What can you   do?
             Fsus2 C
What can you do?

[verse]
                         F
Clear the runway, make another pass
C
 Try one more approach
  F
before you're out of gas
G                   G/B
Friends are getting fatter,
G                      G/B             G
hairs on your head are getting thinner
            G/B           Em7
Feel like a cleanup batter
               E               F
on a team that ain't a winner?
                                  Dm7
Don't freak out, don't strike out
                          Bb/D
Can't fight it, like city hall
At least you're not alone, your
F/C              G C
friends are there too

[chorus]
                 Am7
They're singing "Happy birthday"
Em                F              C
You just wish you could run away
           Am7              Dm7
Who cares about a birthday?
           C/E G   C
But thirty ninety, hey!
           Am7
Can you be optimistic?
Em               F           C
You're no longer the ingenue
             G/A          Am
Turn thirty, nineteen ninety
Dm
Boom!
              Fsus2
You're passe!
     G   C5
What can you do?
         Fsus2 C5
What can you   do?
             Fsus2 E D A G
What can you do?

[bridge]
Dm            G
Peter Pan and Tinker Bell, which
C            F
way to Never Never Land?
Bb             Eb
Em'rald City's gone to hell,
Ab               F        C/E         Dm
since the wizard blew off his command
                  G               C
On the street you hear the voices:
               F
lost children, crocodiles
Bb             Eb
You're not into  making choices, wicked witches,
Cm7
poppy fields, or men behind the curtain
Ab
Tiger lilies, ruby slippers
Fm7               G          G/A     D
Clock is ticking, that's for certain

[chorus]
                 Bm7
They're singing "Happy Birthday"
F#m       G                D
I wish it all were a dream
              Bm7                Em
It feels much more like doomsday
            D/G A
Fuck thirty ninety!
D                 Bm7
Seems like I'm in for a twister,
F#m            G                D
I  don't see a rainbow, do you?
            Bm7
Turn thirty in the nineties
Em
Into my hands now the ball is passed
  Bm
I want the spoils but not too fast
    Em
The world is calling,
                 Bm
it's now at Neverland

Why can't I stay a child forever?
Em
And thirty ninety
              Bm
Thirty ninety,     thirty ninety,
              G
thirty ninety, thirty ninety,
                  G/A
thirty thirty ninety!
           D5 Gsus2 D5
What can I do?
           Gsus2 Dsus2
What can I do?
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