verse 1
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Here today
Gone this afternoon
Another tune we almost remember
What's the story
Sex and drugs again
Business as usual
The clock's already ticking
La la la la
verse 2 (Gtr. 1 strums up to Interlude)
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BEm7
When he was young
D/F#G
Staring at the TV
AmC9D
He watched the fun happenin' to other people
BEm7
Now they scream
D/F#G
As they run after him
Am
Like a dream
C9D
Like Elvis and the Beatles
AmG
A three minute song is all he wrote
F
He only did it for a joke
Bb
They played him on the radio
DmGE/G#
From Tokyo to Timbuktu
AmG
A three minute boy, ain't that somethin'
F
They named their children after him
Bb
The good times rolled beneath his feet
DmGE/G#
He skipped along the one-way street
verse 3BEm7
She's a pretty girl
D/F#G
She don't know how it started
Am
She made a movie
C9D
He almost remembered
BEm7
She measured up
D/F#G
They moved into a basement
Am
'We're so in love!'
C9D
They giggled to the nation
AmG
La la la la La la la la
CD
La la la la La
AmG
Three minute millionaire they said
F
The numbers rattled round his head
Bb
They spun him three times round the globe
DmGE/G#
She waited patiently at home
AmG
And all the pretty girls wanted him
F
In places that he'd never been
Bb
Too much love will do you in
DmGE/G#
Forgive Forgive Forgive Forgive
Three minute kid is here again
Surrounded by three minute friends
He found someone to understand
To shock the world and hold his hand
No religion, no restraint
No direction, no complaints
No future and no way out
No time now to think about it
All the money's gone
He don't know what he spent it on
Girlfriends gone off with the Jag
Gone back to her mum and dad
He's curled up on the studio floor
He just can't do it anymore
The flashgun went off without warning
He'll read about it tomorrow morning
She's goin' out with someone new
In this week at number two
Three minute boy ain't that somethin'