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[Intro]
F Am C
F Am C
[Verse 1]
Wanna be Fsomeone,
AmWanna turn you Con,
Wanna take an Fairplane,
AmAround the Csun,
Gonna Fstop stop stop,
AmStop the Cclock,
FStopping the ticking,
AmRun away CGoldilocks,
Wanna be Fout there,
AmOn my Cown,
Wanna be Fsomewhere,
AmWith a broken Cphone,
Gonna Frun run run,
AmRun Caway,
Got a Fone way ticket,
AmGuess I wasn’t born to Cstay,
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Let’s Fget Amto the Cpart,
Where Fmy Amlife can Cstart,
[Chorus 1]
All the Fladies say,
Am“Boy you better find Csomeone,”
‘cause the Fclock keeps ticking and Amticking until the time bomb Ccomes,
All the Ffellas say,
Am“Girl you better find a Cman,”
And they’ll Fnever know, never know, Amnever know, never know where I Cstand,
[Interlude]
F Am C
[Verse 2]
Wanna be Fsailing,
AmThe seven Cseas,
Just to be Fsomewhere,
AmWhere time will Cfreeze,
If I Fbreak break break,
AmBreak your Cheart,
FPut it back together,
AmShow you where the pieces Care,
[Pre-Chorus 2]
I’ll Fget Amto the Cpart,
Where Fmy Amlife can Cstart,
[Chorus 2]
All the Fladies say,
Am“Boy you better find Csomeone,”
‘cause the Fclock keeps ticking and Amticking until the time bomb Ccomes,
All the Ffellas say,
Am“Girl you better find a Cman,”
And they’ll Fnever know, never know, Amnever know, never know where I Cstand,
All the Fladies say,
Am“Boy you better find Csomeone,”
‘cause the Fclock keeps ticking and Amticking until the time bomb Ccomes,
All the Ffellas say,
Am“Girl you better find a Cman,”
And they’ll Fnever know, never know, Amnever know, never know where I Cstand,
[Bridge]
DmOh, I live my Clife,
DmOn my own Ctime,
DmMay not be a moon man or Cmovie star, but I’m,
[Pre-Chorus 3]
FOn Ammy Cway,
FSo long AmyesterCday,
[Chorus 3]
All the Fladies say,
Am“Boy you better find Csomeone,”
‘cause the Fclock keeps ticking and Amticking until the time bomb Ccomes,
All the Ffellas say,
Am“Girl you better find a Cman,”
And they’ll Fnever know, never know, Amnever know, never know where I Cstand,
All the Fladies say,
Am“Boy you better find Csomeone,”
‘cause the Fclock keeps ticking and Amticking and ticking and ticking and Cticking till the time bomb comes,
All the Ffellas say,
Am“Girl you better find a Cman,”
And they’ll Fnever know, never know, Amnever know, never know where I Cstand,
[Outro]
F Am C
F Am C

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Ticking

by Freedom Fry

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[Intro]

F Am C

[Verse 1]

Wanna be someone,

Am C

Wanna turn you on,

Wanna take an airplane,

Am C

Around the sun,

Gonna stop stop stop,

Am C

Stop the clock,

Stopping the ticking,

Am C

Run away Goldilocks,

Wanna be out there,

Am C

On my own,

Wanna be somewhere,

Am C

With a broken phone,

Gonna run run run,

Am C

Run away,

Got a one way ticket,

Am C

Guess I wasn’t born to stay,

[Pre-Chorus 1]

F Am C

Let’s get to the part,

F Am C

Where my life can start,

[Chorus 1]

All the ladies say,

Am C

“Boy you better find someone,”

F Am C

‘cause the clock keeps ticking and ticking until the time bomb comes,

All the fellas say,

Am C

“Girl you better find a man,”

F Am C

And they’ll never know, never know, never know, never know where I stand,

[Interlude]

F Am C

[Verse 2]

Wanna be sailing,

Am C

The seven seas,

Just to be somewhere,

Am C

Where time will freeze,

If I break break break,

Am C

Break your heart,

Put it back together,

Am C

Show you where the pieces are,

[Pre-Chorus 2]

F Am C

I’ll get to the part,

F Am C

Where my life can start,

[Chorus 2]

All the ladies say,

Am C

“Boy you better find someone,”

F Am C

‘cause the clock keeps ticking and ticking until the time bomb comes,

All the fellas say,

Am C

“Girl you better find a man,”

F Am C

And they’ll never know, never know, never know, never know where I stand,

All the ladies say,

Am C

“Boy you better find someone,”

F Am C

‘cause the clock keeps ticking and ticking until the time bomb comes,

All the fellas say,

Am C

“Girl you better find a man,”

F Am C

And they’ll never know, never know, never know, never know where I stand,

[Bridge]

Dm C

Oh, I live my life,

Dm C

On my own time,

Dm C

May not be a moon man or movie star, but I’m,

[Pre-Chorus 3]

F Am C

On my way,

F Am C

So long yesterday,

[Chorus 3]

All the ladies say,

Am C

“Boy you better find someone,”

F Am C

‘cause the clock keeps ticking and ticking until the time bomb comes,

All the fellas say,

Am C

“Girl you better find a man,”

F Am C

And they’ll never know, never know, never know, never know where I stand,

All the ladies say,

Am C

“Boy you better find someone,”

F Am C

‘cause the clock keeps ticking and ticking and ticking and ticking and ticking till the time bomb comes,

All the fellas say,

Am C

“Girl you better find a man,”

F Am C

And they’ll never know, never know, never know, never know where I stand,

[Outro]

F Am C

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