Chords for Chris Rice - Tick Tock
Tempo:
97.25 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
Gm
D
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Start Jamming...
All right
I'm so [D#] glad you are all here in my [A#] backyard
[C#m] Have a good time enjoy yourselves, and we're gonna just
Do whatever it takes to keep the [F] rain from falling and even if it does if anyone runs
We'll laugh at you.
How's that all right time is a weird thing [N] if you ever really think about it
And I do does anyone else think about time ever and get freaked out like times [A] weird
Like you know moments come like in succession
I'm sure Einstein had something about how that's not really true, but I can't figure it out that way
I just kind of live them one at a time one moment at a time and then somehow it's all
Going somewhere history's going somewhere, and so I think I have thoughts like that just weird weird thoughts
Sorry, I do
And if you think about like right now the moment like now or okay, that's gone, but now is Is
Like the exact middle of two eternities you think about it right?
It's like now is it the eternity goes that way eternity goes that way [E] and so right now is that middle?
And it just keeps happening, and it's just such a weird thing and my head's
[F#] [G]
This song is [F#] about time and about how we either use it or waste it and
[N] It's a fun song that reminds me that every minute counts [B] so
[F] [G]
[C] [G]
[C]
[Gm] Got our heels dug in [G] time is dragging us to war
[C] the time when time [E] won't
Matter anymore, [Gm] they say [G] life is but a vapor just a blip on the radar screen
[C] Not the dates on your tombstone, [G] but the dash in [Gm] between there's just [G] today
That's all we [C] got
[Gm] There's just today
[G] [C] That's all we got
[Gm] It's it's ah the past is locked just far away
[D] Can't go back and hurry it up gotta [C] learn
[G] Tick-tock is now o'clock [Gm] the little [C] hand is ours
[D] The second hand sweeps us around [C] and the big
Big
Hand has power
[G] [G] Well am I living am I dying will the world get another [Gm] day
Here [C] a baby crying and I pluck [A] out another gray.
I'm [G] always talking about a change
The talking's all I've done
[C] Gonna start tomorrow, but tomorrow never comes.
There's [G] just a day
That's all we [C] got
There's just a day
[G] It's ah the past is locked [C] the future's far away
[D] Can't go back and hurry it up [C] gotta learn
[Dm] Tick-tock is now o [C]'clock the little hand is ours
[D] Second hand sweeps us [C] around and the big
Big
[D] [B]
[C] Even in a hurry life is rolling on
[A] Give me just a second.
Wait another [E] minute sleep another hour.
See another day at [A] dawn
Call you next week.
See you in a [C] month celebrate a season now another years gone
[Gm] Well, there goes a decade a century millennium.
Here comes [C] eternity eternity eternity
[G] eternity Eternity
[C] [G] Tick-tock [Gm] the past is long
futures far away
[D] We can't go back can't hurry [C] it up gotta learn
[Gm] the live today
[G] Tick-tock is now o'clock.
The little hand is ours
[D] second
[C] [Gm] [C] The big
Has the [G] power
Tick-tock the past is [C] locked.
It's just far away.
[D] We can't go back and hurry it [C] up gotta learn
[Gm] Tick-tock now o [C]'clock the little hand is ours
[D] Second hand sweeps us around [C] and the big man has the power
[Gm]
[C] [G]
[C] [Gm]
[Cm] [Dm] [G]
[C]
[G] Oh
Got our heels dug in [C] what's up with you?
[Gm] [G]
[Dm]
[G]
[Cm]
[G]
[D] [C]
I
[E]
Got my heels
[Gm] [C]
[Gm]
[G] [C]
[N]
I'm so [D#] glad you are all here in my [A#] backyard
[C#m] Have a good time enjoy yourselves, and we're gonna just
Do whatever it takes to keep the [F] rain from falling and even if it does if anyone runs
We'll laugh at you.
How's that all right time is a weird thing [N] if you ever really think about it
And I do does anyone else think about time ever and get freaked out like times [A] weird
Like you know moments come like in succession
I'm sure Einstein had something about how that's not really true, but I can't figure it out that way
I just kind of live them one at a time one moment at a time and then somehow it's all
Going somewhere history's going somewhere, and so I think I have thoughts like that just weird weird thoughts
Sorry, I do
And if you think about like right now the moment like now or okay, that's gone, but now is Is
Like the exact middle of two eternities you think about it right?
It's like now is it the eternity goes that way eternity goes that way [E] and so right now is that middle?
And it just keeps happening, and it's just such a weird thing and my head's
[F#] [G]
This song is [F#] about time and about how we either use it or waste it and
[N] It's a fun song that reminds me that every minute counts [B] so
[F] [G]
[C] [G]
[C]
[Gm] Got our heels dug in [G] time is dragging us to war
[C] the time when time [E] won't
Matter anymore, [Gm] they say [G] life is but a vapor just a blip on the radar screen
[C] Not the dates on your tombstone, [G] but the dash in [Gm] between there's just [G] today
That's all we [C] got
[Gm] There's just today
[G] [C] That's all we got
[Gm] It's it's ah the past is locked just far away
[D] Can't go back and hurry it up gotta [C] learn
[G] Tick-tock is now o'clock [Gm] the little [C] hand is ours
[D] The second hand sweeps us around [C] and the big
Big
Hand has power
[G] [G] Well am I living am I dying will the world get another [Gm] day
Here [C] a baby crying and I pluck [A] out another gray.
I'm [G] always talking about a change
The talking's all I've done
[C] Gonna start tomorrow, but tomorrow never comes.
There's [G] just a day
That's all we [C] got
There's just a day
[G] It's ah the past is locked [C] the future's far away
[D] Can't go back and hurry it up [C] gotta learn
[Dm] Tick-tock is now o [C]'clock the little hand is ours
[D] Second hand sweeps us [C] around and the big
Big
[D] [B]
[C] Even in a hurry life is rolling on
[A] Give me just a second.
Wait another [E] minute sleep another hour.
See another day at [A] dawn
Call you next week.
See you in a [C] month celebrate a season now another years gone
[Gm] Well, there goes a decade a century millennium.
Here comes [C] eternity eternity eternity
[G] eternity Eternity
[C] [G] Tick-tock [Gm] the past is long
futures far away
[D] We can't go back can't hurry [C] it up gotta learn
[Gm] the live today
[G] Tick-tock is now o'clock.
The little hand is ours
[D] second
[C] [Gm] [C] The big
Has the [G] power
Tick-tock the past is [C] locked.
It's just far away.
[D] We can't go back and hurry it [C] up gotta learn
[Gm] Tick-tock now o [C]'clock the little hand is ours
[D] Second hand sweeps us around [C] and the big man has the power
[Gm]
[C] [G]
[C] [Gm]
[Cm] [Dm] [G]
[C]
[G] Oh
Got our heels dug in [C] what's up with you?
[Gm] [G]
[Dm]
[G]
[Cm]
[G]
[D] [C]
I
[E]
Got my heels
[Gm] [C]
[Gm]
[G] [C]
[N]
Key:
C
G
Gm
D
A
C
G
Gm
_ _ All right _ _ _
I'm so [D#] glad you are all here in my [A#] backyard
_ [C#m] Have a good time enjoy yourselves, and we're gonna just
Do whatever it takes to keep the [F] rain from falling and even if it does if anyone runs
We'll laugh at you.
How's that all right time is a weird thing [N] if you ever really think about it
And I do does anyone else think about time ever and get freaked out like times [A] weird
Like you know moments come like in succession
I'm sure Einstein had something about how that's not really true, but I can't figure it out that way
I just kind of live them one at a time one moment at a time and then somehow it's all
Going somewhere history's going somewhere, _ and so I think I have thoughts like that just weird weird thoughts _
Sorry, I do
_ _ And if you think about like right now the moment like now or okay, that's gone, but now is Is
Like the exact middle of two eternities you think about it right?
It's like now is it the eternity goes that way eternity goes that way [E] and so right now is that middle?
And it just keeps happening, and it's just such a weird thing and my head's
[F#] _ _ _ [G] _
_ This song is [F#] about time and about how we either use it or waste it and
[N] _ _ It's a fun song that reminds me that every minute counts [B] so
_ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] Got our heels dug in [G] time is dragging us to war
[C] the time when time [E] won't
Matter anymore, [Gm] they say [G] life is but a vapor just a blip on the radar screen
[C] Not the dates on your tombstone, [G] but the dash in [Gm] between there's just [G] today
_ That's all we [C] got _
[Gm] There's just today
[G] _ [C] That's all we got
_ [Gm] _ It's it's ah the past is locked just far away
[D] Can't go back and hurry it up gotta [C] learn
_ _ _ [G] Tick-tock is now o'clock [Gm] the little [C] hand is ours
[D] The second hand sweeps us around [C] and the big
_ _ Big
Hand has power _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ Well am I living am I dying will the world get another [Gm] day
Here [C] a baby crying and I pluck [A] out another gray.
I'm [G] always talking about a change
The talking's all I've done
[C] Gonna start tomorrow, but tomorrow never comes.
There's [G] just a day
That's all we [C] got _
There's just a day _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ It's ah the past is locked [C] the future's far away
_ [D] Can't go back and hurry it up [C] gotta learn _
[Dm] _ Tick-tock is now o [C]'clock the little hand is ours
[D] Second hand sweeps us [C] around and the big _
Big
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _
[C] Even in a hurry life is rolling on
[A] Give me just a second.
Wait another [E] minute sleep another hour.
See another day at [A] dawn
Call you next week.
See you in a [C] month celebrate a season now another years gone
[Gm] Well, there goes a decade a century millennium.
Here comes [C] eternity eternity eternity
[G] eternity Eternity
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ Tick-tock [Gm] the past is long
futures far away
[D] We can't go back can't hurry [C] it up gotta learn
[Gm] the live today
[G] Tick-tock is now o'clock.
The little hand is ours
[D] second _
_ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ [C] The big
Has the [G] power
_ Tick-tock the past is [C] locked.
It's just far away.
[D] We can't go back and hurry it [C] up gotta learn _
_ [Gm] Tick-tock now o [C]'clock the little hand is ours
[D] Second hand sweeps us around [C] and the big man has the power
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Gm] _
_ [Cm] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] Oh
Got our heels dug in _ _ _ _ [C] _ what's up with you?
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ Got my heels
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm so [D#] glad you are all here in my [A#] backyard
_ [C#m] Have a good time enjoy yourselves, and we're gonna just
Do whatever it takes to keep the [F] rain from falling and even if it does if anyone runs
We'll laugh at you.
How's that all right time is a weird thing [N] if you ever really think about it
And I do does anyone else think about time ever and get freaked out like times [A] weird
Like you know moments come like in succession
I'm sure Einstein had something about how that's not really true, but I can't figure it out that way
I just kind of live them one at a time one moment at a time and then somehow it's all
Going somewhere history's going somewhere, _ and so I think I have thoughts like that just weird weird thoughts _
Sorry, I do
_ _ And if you think about like right now the moment like now or okay, that's gone, but now is Is
Like the exact middle of two eternities you think about it right?
It's like now is it the eternity goes that way eternity goes that way [E] and so right now is that middle?
And it just keeps happening, and it's just such a weird thing and my head's
[F#] _ _ _ [G] _
_ This song is [F#] about time and about how we either use it or waste it and
[N] _ _ It's a fun song that reminds me that every minute counts [B] so
_ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] Got our heels dug in [G] time is dragging us to war
[C] the time when time [E] won't
Matter anymore, [Gm] they say [G] life is but a vapor just a blip on the radar screen
[C] Not the dates on your tombstone, [G] but the dash in [Gm] between there's just [G] today
_ That's all we [C] got _
[Gm] There's just today
[G] _ [C] That's all we got
_ [Gm] _ It's it's ah the past is locked just far away
[D] Can't go back and hurry it up gotta [C] learn
_ _ _ [G] Tick-tock is now o'clock [Gm] the little [C] hand is ours
[D] The second hand sweeps us around [C] and the big
_ _ Big
Hand has power _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ Well am I living am I dying will the world get another [Gm] day
Here [C] a baby crying and I pluck [A] out another gray.
I'm [G] always talking about a change
The talking's all I've done
[C] Gonna start tomorrow, but tomorrow never comes.
There's [G] just a day
That's all we [C] got _
There's just a day _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ It's ah the past is locked [C] the future's far away
_ [D] Can't go back and hurry it up [C] gotta learn _
[Dm] _ Tick-tock is now o [C]'clock the little hand is ours
[D] Second hand sweeps us [C] around and the big _
Big
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _
[C] Even in a hurry life is rolling on
[A] Give me just a second.
Wait another [E] minute sleep another hour.
See another day at [A] dawn
Call you next week.
See you in a [C] month celebrate a season now another years gone
[Gm] Well, there goes a decade a century millennium.
Here comes [C] eternity eternity eternity
[G] eternity Eternity
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ Tick-tock [Gm] the past is long
futures far away
[D] We can't go back can't hurry [C] it up gotta learn
[Gm] the live today
[G] Tick-tock is now o'clock.
The little hand is ours
[D] second _
_ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ [C] The big
Has the [G] power
_ Tick-tock the past is [C] locked.
It's just far away.
[D] We can't go back and hurry it [C] up gotta learn _
_ [Gm] Tick-tock now o [C]'clock the little hand is ours
[D] Second hand sweeps us around [C] and the big man has the power
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Gm] _
_ [Cm] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] Oh
Got our heels dug in _ _ _ _ [C] _ what's up with you?
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ Got my heels
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _