Three Minute Boy

verse 1 ======= 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) ======= When he was young   Staring at the TV He watched the fun happenin’ to other people Now they scream   As they run after him Like a dream   Like Elvis and the Beatles   A three minute song is all he wrote   He only did it for a joke   They played him on the radio From Tokyo to Timbuktu   A three minute boy ain’t that somethin’ They named their children after him The good times rolled beneath his feet   He skipped along the one-way street   verse 3 She’s a pretty girl   She don’t know how it started   She made a movie   He almost remembered   She measured up   They moved into a basement "We’re so in love!"   They giggled to the nation   La la la la La la la la La la la la La Three minute millionaire they said The numbers rattled round his head They spun him three times round the globe   She waited patiently at home And all the pretty girls wanted him In places that he’d never been   Too much love will do you in   Forgive Forgive Forgive Forgive    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-----|             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) =========== 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        =====        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’