Intro: Am-G-F-Em-C-Dm-F-Bm-E
- I tend to play the final E chord as a standard bar chord, since it doesn't sound right in a minor or a full-on
major chord along the fretboard - feel free to make suggestions on the intro below though!
- then play just Am before Simon comes in for the verses
Verses: Am-Dm
- play a G chord before entering the chorus riff
Chorus/Outro: F-A-Dm-C-G
Middle 8: Am
[Intro]
Am G F Em C
Dm F Bm E
Am
[Verse 1]
Am
A little ray of comfort in the afternoon
Dm
To brighten up the room
To lighten up your mood
Am
The whole world is an ink spot on a plastic spoon
Dm
You can fight it
Or invite it
G
Live beside it, laughing 'til you're crying
[Chorus 1]
F A
Hold on to your time boy
Dm C G
Don't be scared of what they'll say
F A
You'll pull it off fine girl
Dm C G
If you got the face for today...yeh!
Am
Oh yeh, oh yeh... mmmm
[Verse 2]
Am
Around around the wall of death, around you go
Dm
What keeps you in the air
Is having not a care... yeh
Am
And time flies like a dancing man on crystal glow
Dm
You can fight it
Or invite it
G
Live beside it, laughing 'til you're crying
[Chorus 2]
F A
Hold on to your time boy
Dm C G
Don't be scared of what they'll say
F A
You'll pull it off fine girl
Dm C G
You've got that thing which makes us smile, yeh!
F A
Hold on to your time boy
Dm C G
Make up your own fat cache
F A
You'll pull it off fine girl
Dm C G
If you got the face for today... yeh!
Am
G
Yeh!
[Middle 8]
F A Dm C G
F A
Dm C G
When you got the face for today... yeh!
[Chorus 3]
F A
Hold on to your time boy
Dm C G
Don't be scared of what they'll say
F A
You'll pull it off fine girl
Dm C G
You've got that thing which makes us smile, yeh!
F A
Hold on to your time boy
Dm C G
Wake up on that speeding train
F A
You'll pull it off fine girl
Dm C G
If you got the face for today... yeh!
F A Dm
C G
The face for today... yeh!
F A Dm
C G
The face for today... yeh!
[Outro]
F A Dm C G
F A Dm C G
