Firecracker

Intro 

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Cm      C 

Cm      C 


 
Cm 
Blue-, blue-, blue-eyed scruffy fella 
    C               F 
Helicopters buzzed against our cheeks and ears and necks and 
                                 C 
Turned us all around in terms of color 
          G 
Blushing, queasy, spinning 
Am         F      Bb 
And irrevocably endearing 
         F                   G 
Drinking fountains, puppies, penguins, little lambs 
 

 
G 
Dont you dare go 
F                  C 
Making me like you more 
           G 
I hate you more and more 
                 F 
Every second Im with you 
      C                       G 
Every second youre making me like you more and more 
           F                C 
I hate you more, I hate you more 
 

 
C                    Eb 
Firecrackers have no choice 
    F 
The fuse gets lit 
                         C                 G 
The voice comes shooting out in sparks and sparkles 
      Am             F                 Bb 
And a minute lasts a lifetime, lasts a heartbeat 
      F               G               Bb 
Never lasts for sixty seconds like it should 
       F 
And no matter what 
           G 
Its never long enough 
               Cm 
But its still good 


Instrumental 

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C   G   Am   F 

Bb   F   G 
 

 
C 
True, true, true, I would be your boyfriend if youd be mine 
    F 
But this whole situation is becoming so ridiculous 
           C 
Mr. Potato Heart 
          G 
Indeed it seems 
    Am          F 
You lack a few essential pieces 
Bb            F 
Would it be taboo for me 
   Bb                 F 
To skip-bo right past go 
        Bb           F 
Play operation and connect for good 
    G 
The clues to cure 
           F                 G 
This sorry state of constant aggravation? 
 

 
          G 
Dont you dare go 
F                C 
Pushing my love away 
                     G 
If youre gonna just pick up the slack and pull it right back 
     F                         C 
In a stupid kind of tug-of-war game 
                   G 
That I dont wanna play unless Im on your side 
             F                 C 
In which case Ill be with you all the way 
 

 
C                    Eb 
Firecrackers have no choice 
    F 
The fuse gets lit 
                         C                 G 
The voice comes shooting out in sparks and sparkles 
      Am             F                 Bb 
And a minute lasts a lifetime, lasts a heartbeat 
      F               G               Bb 
Never lasts for sixty seconds like it should 
       F 
And no matter what 
           G 
Its never long enough 
               Cm 
But its still good 
 

 
G 
I could go a day without you 
F            C 
I could go a hundred days 
        G 
But Id spread those hundred days 
           F 
Out over a century 
   C 
If thats okay with you 
G 
Sometimes I get the feeling 
F           C 
Im just on display 
     G 
Like some little punks been 
F 
Pressing against me 
N.C. 
Setting me off for a pyrotechnicolorful 

Refrain 
G 
Dont you dare go 
F         C 
Dont you dare go 
G 
Dont you dare go 
F         C 
Dont you dare go 
G 
Dont you dare go 
F         C 
Dont you dare go 
G 
Setting me off and running away 
     F 
When Ive got something 
                G 
I still want to say 

Again 
 

 
C                    Eb 
Firecrackers have no choice 
    F 
The fuse gets lit 
                         C                 G 
The voice comes shooting out in sparks and sparkles 
      Am             F                 Bb 
And a minute lasts a lifetime, lasts a heartbeat 
      F               G               Bb 
Never lasts for sixty seconds like it should 
       F 
And no matter what 
           G 
Its never long enough 
               Cm 
But its still good 
 

Outro 
    G 
And no matter what 
     F 
Its never long enough 
         F 
But its still so, oh, oh, oh-oh-oh 
Cm 
Good