• Song:

    Little Time Bomb

  • Artist:

    Billy Bragg

  • Album:

    Going to a Party Way Do...

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>From rousseaf@nil.IRO.UMontreal.CA (Francois Rousseau)
Subject: AOTW: Billy Bragg: Little Time bomb
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1993 05:54:49 GMT

                           Little Time Bomb
                             (Billy Bragg)

GOne's (320003@1)of them off her food
C (x32010@1)               GAnd (320003@1)the other's off his head
     Em (022000@1)               G (320003@1)         DAnd (xx0232@1)both of them are off down the boozer
C (x32010@1)          GTo (320003@1)drink a toast
C (x32010@1)           GTo (320003@1)the one that he hates most
         Em (022000@1)             G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)    GAnd (320003@1)she says there are no winner, only losers

G (320003@1)               EmWell (022000@1)if there are no winners
      C (x32010@1)           GThen (320003@1)what is this he thinks
        Em (022000@1)           G (320003@1)              DAs (xx0232@1)he watches her complete a lap of honour
C (x32010@1)                  GAnd (320003@1)he sits in the stands
         C (x32010@1)         GWith (320003@1)his head in his hands
          Em (022000@1)               GAnd (320003@1)he thinks of all the things
             D (xx0232@1)            GHe'd (320003@1)like to bring down upon her

G (320003@1)                 Em (022000@1)               C (x32010@1)        GRevenge (320003@1)will bring cold comfort in this darkest hour
           G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1)        D (xx0232@1)      GAs (320003@1)the jukebox says 'It's All Over Now'
           Em (022000@1)          GAnd (320003@1)he stands and he screams
              C (x32010@1)    GWhat (320003@1)have I done wrong
      D (xx0232@1)         Em (022000@1)         C (x32010@1)       GI've (320003@1)fallen in love with a little time bomb
      D (xx0232@1)         Em (022000@1)         C (x32010@1)       GI've (320003@1)fallen in love with a little time bomb

C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)        Am (x02210@1)   GIn (320003@1)public he's such a man
        C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)        GHe's (320003@1)punching at the walls with his bare ad bloody hands
        C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)          Am (x02210@1)   GHe's (320003@1)screaming and shouting and acting crazy
         C (x32010@1)                    DBut (xx0232@1)at home he sits alone and he cries like a baby
   G (320003@1)           Em (022000@1)       C (x32010@1)      GHe (320003@1)holds your letters but he can't read them
        G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)   D (xx0232@1)     GAs (320003@1)he fights this loneliness you call freedom
        Em (022000@1)          G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)         GYou (320003@1)said this would happen and you were not wrong
       D (xx0232@1)      Em (022000@1)             C (x32010@1)     GI've (320003@1)fallen in love with a little time bomb
       D (xx0232@1)      Em (022000@1)             C (x32010@1)     GI've (320003@1)fallen in love with a little time bomb


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Francois Rousseau
Laboratoire Incognito (Computer Languages)
Universite de Montreal, Canada
E-mail: rousseaf@iro.umontreal.ca
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