Three Minute Boy

	  		
verse 1 
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Here today  
Gone this afternoon  
Another tune we almost remember  
What's the story  
Sex and drugs again  
Business as usual  
The clock's already ticking  
La la la la  

verse 2 (Gtr. 1 strums up to Interlude) 
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     B      Em7 
When he was young  
D/F#    G 
Staring at the TV 
               Am  C9                 D 
He watched the fun happenin' to other people 
B        Em7 
Now they scream  
   D/F#     G 
As they run after him 
       Am 
Like a dream  
     C9            D 
Like Elvis and the Beatles  


  Am                          G 
A three minute song is all he wrote  
   F 
He only did it for a joke  
     Bb 
They played him on the radio 
     Dm       G     E/G# 
From Tokyo to Timbuktu  
  Am                            G 
A three minute boy, ain't that somethin' 
     F 
They named their children after him 
    Bb   
The good times rolled beneath his feet  
   Dm                G       E/G# 
He skipped along the one-way street 
 

verse 3 
 
        B      Em7 
She's a pretty girl  
    D/F#       G 
She don't know how it started  
           Am 
She made a movie  
   C9           D 
He almost remembered  
    B        Em7 
She measured up  
     D/F#    G 
They moved into a basement 
             Am 
"We're so in love!"  
     C9             D 
They giggled to the nation  

Am          G 
La la la la La la la la 
C           D 
La la la la La 


Am                              G 
Three minute millionaire they said 
    F 
The numbers rattled round his head 
     Bb 
They spun him three times round the globe  
    Dm            G     E/G# 
She waited patiently at home 
    Am                          G  
And all the pretty girls wanted him 
   F 
In places that he'd never been  
Bb 
Too much love will do you in  
   Dm           G       E/G# 
Forgive Forgive Forgive Forgive 
 

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Interlude (Gtr. 2) 

       |--hold--|     
e|-----------------------3-|---------------------| 
B|---7-5-----------7-5---5-|---7-5-----------7-5-| 
G|-4-7-5---------4-7-5---5-|-4-7-5---------4-7-5-| 
D|-5-7-5---------5-7-5---5-|-5-7-5---------5-7-5-| 
A|-5-5-3-2-3-2-0-5-5-3-2-3-|-5-5-3-2-3-2-0-5-5-3-| 
E|-3-------------3---------|-3-------------3-----| 

   C  Gm Bb Ab   C  Gm Bb F 
e|-------------|-------------| 
B|-------------|-------------| 
G|-5~----------|-5~----3~-5~-| (Gtr. 1 plays associated chords) 
D|-5~-5~-8~-6~-|-5~-5~-3~-3~-| (Chord progression repeated until end of song) 
A|-3~-5~-8~-6~-|-3~-5~-1~-3~-| 
E|----3~-6~-4~-|----3~-------| 

Guitar Solo (Gtr. 3) 
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e|-----------------------------8---------------------11------------| 
B|---------------8---------------11b13~13r11p8---------------------| 
G|---------------8-----8-10b12-----------------10b12----12r10-8----| 
D|------------10---10~------------------------------------------10-| 
A|-----6s8-10------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-6s8-------------------------------------------------------------| 

e|--------------------------------------------11-13b15r13p11-13-11-| 
B|--------------------------------11----11s13----------------------| 
G|-8b9---------8b9--------8s10-12----12----------------------------| 
D|-----10p8--------10-10~------------------------------------------| 
A|----------10-----------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 

e|-13-13b15-15-15-15r13-11----11----------------------------------8-| 
B|-------------------------13-14b16r14p11------------8--------------| 
G|----------------------------------------12~------8-8----8-10b12---| 
D|--------------------------------------------8s10-----10-----------| 
A|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|------------------------------------------------------------------| 

e|-------------------------8-8-8-8~----------------18--------| 
B|--------------------8-11----------------16-18b20----18b20~-| 
G|-10b12-8-10-8~----8---------------10s17--------------------| 
D|---------------10------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------| 

Outro 
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e|-------------|-------------| 
B|-------------|-------------| 
G|-5~----------|-5~----3~-5~-| (Gtr. 1 plays associated chords) 
D|-5~-5~-8~-6~-|-5~-5~-3~-3~-| 
A|-3~-5~-8~-6~-|-3~-5~-1~-3~-| 
E|----3~-6~-4~-|----3~-------| 


Three minute kid is here again 
Surrounded by three minute friends  
He found someone to understand  
To shock the world and hold his hand 
No religion, no restraint 
No direction, no complaints  
No future and no way out  
No time now to think about it  
All the money's gone  
He don't know what he spent it on  
Girlfriends gone off with the Jag  
Gone back to her mum and dad 
He's curled up on the studio floor 
He just can't do it anymore  
The flashgun went off without warning 
He'll read about it tomorrow morning 
She's goin' out with someone new 
In this week at number two  
Three minute boy ain't that somethin'