Pulp Countdown (Jarvis Cocker, Steve Mackey, Candida Doyle, Nick Banks, Russell Senior) Single version Ebm G#m e ------6--- e ------4--- B ------7--- B ------4--- G ------8--- G ------4--- D ------8--- D ---4--6--- A ---9--6--- A ------6--- E ---------- E ------4--- (12" mix only: "Hush - keep very still, for the strangest things are about to happen.") Ebm Oh I was 17 When I heard the countdown start It started slowly I thought it was my heart G#m But then I realised This time it was for real There was no place to hide I had to go out and feel Ebm But there was time to kill I walked my way round town I tried to love the world Oh, but the world just got me down G#m Oh, so I looked for you In every street, of every town I wanna see your face I wanna, I wanna see you now Ebm Yeah, I wanna see you now And so it went So it went for several years I couldn't stand it Oh, it must be getting near Oh no you just don't know No you just don't understand How many times I've seen you in the arms of some other man I've got to meet you and find you and take you by the hand My God! My God! You've got to understand That I was 17 I didn't know a thing at all I've got no reason No reason at all, oh no! D ---8-8-8-8-8-8-08-08--- A ---6-6-8-8-9-9-11-11--- E ----------------------- Chorus C# G#m Oh Time of my life Ebm I think you came too soon (You came too soon there) C# G#m And it could be tonight Ebm If I ever leave this room I never leave this room C# G#m Oh, wasting all my time on all those stupid things Ebm That only get me down (Get down, oh!) C# G#m Oh, and the sky is crying out tonight Ebm For me to leave this town So I'm gonna go Really Bye Bye Yeah, you can leave me You can go some other place You can forget it Oh, that's OK Because I own this town I brought it to its knees Can't you hear it crying, yeah? Can you hear it begging to me, "please"? I know it's coming, so soon now, It's on it's way Oh no My God! My God! I can hear them say They say it's all a lie They'll say I'll never leave the ground They say I can't survive And it's coming down Oh baby now please Oh Time of my life I think you came too soon (Yeah, you came too soon there) And it could be tonight If I ever leave this room I never leave this room 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 See ya Bye Bye OK, you don't have to care Really, really I swear You owe 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 I won't follow, no Oh, so many times I've been thinking I've been thinking maybe I should No, I'm gonna stay I'm gonna make my way I'm gonna get on through babe I'm gonna make it all some day! Oh baby now Time of my life I think you came too soon (Yeah you came too soon babe) And it could be tonight Oh if I ever leave this room (I never ever leave this room) Oh, wasting all my time on all those stupid things That only get me down (Get down, oh!) Oh and the sky is crying out tonight For me to leave this town I'm gonna leave this town, oh now baby now time is crying out tonight for me to leave this town I'm gonna leave this town now baby now time is crying out tonight for me to leave this town and this time this time I'm gonna go I'm gonna leave this town I'm not gonna hang around no Fire .... will never ever laugh Me and stars and moon are falling down. (12" mix only: "You've just heard one of the most remarkable applications in modern electronics.")