Countdown

O[Eb]h, I was 17 when I heard the countdown start. It started                      [C#]                           [Eb]

s[F#]lowl[Ab]y and I thought it was my heart. But then I realised that

t[F#]his t[Ab]ime it was for real. There was no place to hide, I had

t[C#]o go[Eb] out and feel that there was time to kill. And so i

w[C#]alke[Eb]d my way round town. i tried to love the World. Oh,

a[F#]nd t[Ab]he world just got me down. And so, I looked for you

i[F#]n ev[Ab]ery street of every town. I wanna see your face, I

w[C#]anna[Eb], I wanna see you now. I wanna see you now. Oh

a[C#]nd s[Eb]o it went, so it went for several years. I couldn't stand

i[F#]t, n[Ab]o, it must be getting near. No, no, you don't understand.

H[F#]ow m[Ab]any people have seen you in the arms of some other

m[C#]an. [Eb]I've got to meet you, and find you, and take your

h[C#]and.[Eb] Oh my God, my god, you've got to understand that I

w[F#]as 1[Ab]7 - I didn't, didn't know a thing at all. I've got no

r[F#]easo[Ab]n, I've got no reason at all, oh no.               [C#]                   [Eb]

O[C#m]h, the time of my

l[Ab]ife, oh, I think you came too soon (yeah, it came [Eb]too soon

t[C#m]hen). Oh, and it c[Ab]ould be tonight, if I ever leave this r[Eb]oom

([C#m]if I ever leave this room now).  Wasting all my time on all those

s[Ab]tupid things that only get me down. Oh, and the sky i[Eb]s crying                       [C#m]

o[Ab]ut tonight for me to leave this town (telling me[Eb] to leave this

town...goodbye...okay...).

Yeah, you can leave me, you
can, you can go some other place. You can forget it, yeah,
you know that it's okay. Because I own this town, yeah I
brought it, I brought it down on it's knees. Can you hear it
crying? Can you hear it begging me "please?" I know it's
coming, so soon now, oh it's on it's way. Oh no, oh no I
can hear them say - they say they can't survive. They say it's
all a lie and now, it's coming down, oh baby now please...

(Chorus)

It's okay, you don't have to care, really, oh, really I
swear. No, no, you owe me nothing, you owe nothing to
me. Oh, and if I messed it up baby, that's all up to me,
yeah. And if you go then I won't follow, no...no...So many
times I've been thinking maybe I should. No, I'm gonna
stay, I'm gonna make my way. I'm gonna get on through
babe. I'm gonna make it someday.

(Chorus)

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