Little time bomb    (video)

 

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1. One's of them off her food, and the other one’s off his head,

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    and both of them are off down the boozer.

C                    G                C                           G

    To drink a toast to the one that he hates most,

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    and she says there are no winners, only losers.

 

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2. Well, if there are no winners, then what is this he thinks,

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    as he watches her complete a lap of honour.

C                                G                       C              G

    And he sits in the stands with his head in his hands,

                 Em                     G                          D                 G

    and he thinks of all the things he'd like to bring down upon her.

 

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3. Revenge will bring cold comfort in this darkest hour,

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    as the jukebox says 'It's All       Over Now'.

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    And he stands and he screams, “What have      I done wrong?”

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    I've fallen in love with a little time bomb,

            D         Em             C              G       - G7

    I've fallen in love with a little time bomb.

 

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4.     In public he's such a man,

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    he's punching at the walls with his bare and bloody hands.

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    He's screaming and shouting and acting crazy,

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    but at home he sits alone and he cries like a baby.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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5.    He holds your letters, but he can't read them,

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    as he fights this loneliness that you call freedom.

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    You said this would happen and you       were not wrong,

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    I've fallen in love with a little time bomb,

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    I've fallen in love with a little time bomb.

 

+ instrumental = verse 5

 

    (Billy Bragg)