Intro: D - C - G - (E) Fmaj7  (X2)

Verse:

D                    F
  What's that sound?
  What's that sound?
  What's that sound?

    G                  C                               D
You got me hanging on, listenin' to confessions on the telephone

D                    F
  Hear me now
  Hear me now
  Hear me now

    G
You leave me black & blonde
    C                             D
Somebody tell me what the hell is going on


Chorus:

            A
You beat me black & blonde
F                    D
Tickin' like a bomb, tickin' like a bomb
         A
Leave me black & blonde
F                    D
Tickin' like a bomb, tickin' like a bomb

A
Black & blonde
F                       G (hold)
Break me down until I'm gone.
                                  D
Somebody tell me what the hell is going on


Verse:

D                    F
  Dumb it down
  Dumb it down
  Dumb it down

     G
I'll spell it out for you
        C                                D
I'm the greatest fucking thing that ever happened to you (ooh-ooh)

D                    F
  It's over now
  Oh, over now
  It's over now

       G              C                           Bb (hold)
What a way to go 'cuz no one one ever even really has to know
                                 D
Cause he was just another bloody so-and-so (oh-oh)


Chorus:

            A
You beat me black & blonde
F                    D
Tickin' like a bomb, tickin' like a bomb
         A
Leave me black & blonde
F
Tickin' like a bomb
    D
You take me down & I'll take you on
A
Black & blonde
  G (hold)
Until I'm gone
                          D
Somebody tell me what the hell is going on


Bridge:

D     C
Sleep little child
G        (E) Fmaj7
I forgive you

D             C
  And for the tears I caused
G          (E) Fmaj7
  I'm sorry too


Outro chorus:

A
Black & blonde
F                    D
Tickin' like a bomb, tickin' like a bomb
             A
You leave me black & blonde
F
Tickin' like a bomb
    D
You break me down and I'll take you on
A
Black & blonde
F
Tickin' like a bomb
    D
You break me down & I'll take you on
A
Black & blonde
F
Tickin' like a bomb
    D
You break me down & I'll take you on
A
Black & blonde
F
Tickin' like a bomb
    D
You break me down & I'll take you on
A
Black & blonde
F
Tickin' like a bomb
    D
You break me down & I'll take you on
A
Black & blonde
  F       G (hold)
Until I'm gone.