Four minute warning (2003) (video)

Dm - F - C - G (2x)

Dm F

Four minutes left to go, is this the end, then ?

C G

Message on your stereo: four minute warning,

Dm F

Everybody wants to know, what should we do ?

C G

A few short stories, a four minute warning.

Dm F

1. Sasha stands in his yellow cafe,

C G

yes, the heart of the city is here, so he tells me,

Dm F C

sitting on his red leather sofa, he‘s rolling another,

G

“Man, I‘ll see you when I see you“

Dm F

2. Polly is said to be the next big thing

C G

in her high-heeled boots and her two-inch earrings,

Dm F

Heart of glass, Blondie sings in her ear,

C G

you‘re a Rock Queen, honey, and we all hear you, come on !

Dm F

Three minutes left to go, is this the end, then ?

C G

Message on your stereo: four minute warning,

Dm F

Everybody wants to know, what should we do ?

C G

A few short stories, a four minute warning.

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Dm F

3. Lucy had a hard time with love,

C G

but love recently chose the right time for Lucy.

Dm F

Loving, when you know, it‘s the final time,

C G

she now holds time in her own mind.

Dm F

4. Yeah, Jimmy is the local for Michael,

C G

a Guinness in one hand, in the other a fable, able.

Dm F

I once asked, “Are you a lonely man?“

C G

His reply was non-committal: “I am what I am, man !“

Dm F

Two minutes left to go, is this the end, then ?

C G

Message on your stereo: four minute warning,

Dm F

Everybody wants to know, what should we do ?

C G

A few short stories, a four minute warning.

Dm F

+ Cry, laugh, feel love, these high moments,

C G

these are your four minutes.

Dm F C

I'm counting you down, four minutes of sound,

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it's always a rush when you're around…..

Dm F

5. The final story is one of me,

C G

who with four minutes left has used up three,

Dm F

I think of you, I think of me,

C G

then I think of nothing, it‘s the end, you see.

Dm F

One minute left to go, is this the end, then ?

C G

Message on your stereo: four minute warning,

Dm F

Everybody wants to know, what should we do ?

C G

A few short stories, a four minute warning.

Dm F

Thirty seconds left to go, is this the end, then ?

C G

Message on your stereo: four minute warning,

Dm F

Everybody wants to know, what should we do ?

C G

What would you do ? What would you do, yeah ?

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Dm F - C - G

+ With a four minute warning, a four minute warning.

Dm F C G

I‘m fading away, I‘m fading away, if anybody wants to know.

Dm - F

I‘m fading away ….

(Mark Owen)