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.
