Pulp
Countdown
(Jarvis Cocker, Steve Mackey, Candida Doyle, Nick Banks, Russell Senior)
Album version
Dm Gm
e ------5--- e ------3---
B ------6--- B ------3---
G ------7--- G ------3---
D ------7--- D ---3--5---
A ---8--5--- A ------5---
E ---------- E ------3---
Keyboard line
e ------5----3----1----0-------0--1--3----1----0------------0--1--5---
B ------6-------------------3--------3--------------3----3--------6---
G ------7----------------------------3----------------------------7---
D ------7-------------------------3--5-------------------------3--7---
A ---8--5----------------------------5----------------------------5---
E -----------------------------------3--------------------------------
Dm
Oh I was 17
When I heard the countdown start
It started slowly
And I thought it was my heart
Gm
But then I realised
This time it was for real
There was no place to hide
I had to
To go out and feel
Dm
But there was time to kill
And so I, I walked my way round town
I tried to love the world
Oh, but the world just got me down
Gm
And so I looked for you
In every street, of every town
I wanna see your face
I wanna, I wanna see you now
Dm
I wanna see you now
Oh, and so it went
Oh, so it went for several years
I couldn't stand it, no
Oh, it must be getting near
No, but you just don't know
Oh no you just don't understand
How many people have seen you
In the arms of
Of some other man
I've got to meet you
And find you
And take you by the hand, oh
My God! My God!
You've got to understand
That I was 17
I didn't, I didn't know a thing at all
I've got no reason
I've got no reason at all, oh no
D ---7-7-7-7-7-7-07-07---
A ---5-5-7-7-8-8-10-10---
E -----------------------
Oh
C Gm
The time of my life
Dm
Oh I think you came too soon
(Yeah you came too soon there)
C
Oh, and it could
Gm
It could be tonight
Dm
If I ever leave this room
I never leave this room, no
C Gm
Oh, wasting all my time on all those stupid things
Dm
That only get me down
(Get down, oh!)
C Gm
Oh, and the sky is crying out tonight
Dm
For me to leave this town
So I'm gonna leave this town
Goodbye
OK
Yeah, you can leave me
Oh, you, you can go some other place
You can forget it
Yeah, you know, you know that's OK
'Cos, 'cos I own this town
Yeah, yeah I brought it to its knees
Can you hear it crying?
Can you?
Can you hear it begging to me, "please"?
I know it's coming, so soon now,
Oh, oh it's on it's way
Oh no, oh no, oh I can hear them say
They say I can't survive
They say I'll
I'll never leave the ground
They're saying it's all a lie
And now, and now it's coming down
Oh baby now please!
Oh
The time of my life
Oh, I think you came too soon
(Yeah, you came too soon there)
Oh and it could
Oh, it could be tonight
If I ever leave this room
I ever leave this room now
Oh, wasting all my time on all these stupid things
That only get me down
(Get down, oh!)
Oh, and the sky is crying out tonight
For me to leave this town
So I'm gonna go
Yeah, really
I'm gonna go
Bye Bye
It's OK
You don't have to care
Really
Oh, oh really I swear
No, no you owe me nothing
You owe nothing to me
And if I mess it up babe, then
Then, that's all up to me
And if you go,
Then, then I won't follow no no,
'Cos so many times I've been
I've been thinking maybe
Oh maybe I should
No, I, I'm gonna stay
I... I'm gonna make my way, oh
I'm gonna get on through babe
I'm gonna make it all some day!
Oh baby now
Time of my life
Oh no, I think you came too soon
(Oh, it came too soon there)
Oh, and it could
Oh, it could be tonight
If I ever leave this room
(I never never leave this room, no)
Oh, wasting all this time on all those stupid things
That only get me down
(Get down, oh!)
And the sky is crying out tonight
For me to leave this town
So I'll leave this town,
Oh, the sky is crying out tonight
For me to leave this town
Yeah, I'm gonna leave this town
And Time is crying out tonight
for me to leave this town
So I'm gonna go yeah
I'm gonna go
Really
Bye Bye
I'm gonna leave this town
Not gonna hang around
Oh, oh
The sky and stars and God will never ever ever laugh
Oh oh oh
Me and stars and moon are falling down.