Rancid – Time Bomb
165 bpm 4/4 8th Note Strumming
[…And Out Come the Wolves 1995]
Intro
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Verse 1
Bm
If you wanna make a move
E
then you better come in…
Bm
It's just the ability to reason
E
that wears so thin…
Bm
Living and dying
E
and the stories that are true…
Bm
Secret to a good life's…
E
knowing when you're through…
Chorus
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BLACK COAT… WHITE SHOES… BLACK HAT…
E D
CADILLAC… Yeah… the boy's a time bomb…
A D
BLACK COAT… WHITE SHOES… BLACK HAT…
E D
CADILLAC… Yeah… the boy's a time bomb…
Verse 2
Bm
Well he's back in the hole
E
where they got him living…
Bm
like a rat but he's smarter than
E
that nine lives like a
Bm
cat fifteen years old they take
E
him to the youth authority home…
Bm
First thing you learn you got
E
to make it in this world alone…
Chorus
A D
BLACK COAT… WHITE SHOES… BLACK HAT…
E D
CADILLAC… Yeah… the boy's a time bomb…
A D
BLACK COAT… WHITE SHOES… BLACK HAT…
E D
CADILLAC… Yeah… the boy's a time bomb…
Verse 3
Bm
Now he's gotten out he gotten
E
free he gotta go got a
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car he's twenty one years old
E
he's running numbers from the…
Bm
bar… His pager's beeping…
E
He's getting deep in…
Bm
whatever he can move on
E
and you know that kid is a creeping in…
Chorus
A D
BLACK COAT… WHITE SHOES… BLACK HAT…
E D
CADILLAC… Yeah… the boy's a time bomb…
A D
BLACK COAT… WHITE SHOES… BLACK HAT…
E D
CADILLAC… Yeah… the boy's a time bomb…
Bridge
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Yeah… the boy's a time bomb…
Solo
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Verse 4
Bm
Tears come from the razor
E
that's been tattooed…
Bm
below his eye…
E
His mother cries she knows that he is…
Bm
strong enough to die he's rolling in the
E
Cadillac it's midnight sunroof is
Bm
down three shots ring out
E
the hero is dead… the new king is
Refrain
A D
crowned… BLACK COAT… WHITE SHOES… BLACK HAT…
E D
CADILLAC… Yeah… the boy's a time bomb…
A D
BLACK COAT… WHITE SHOES… BLACK HAT…
E D
CADILLAC… Yeah… the boy's a time bomb…
A D
BLACK COAT… WHITE SHOES… BLACK HAT…
E D
CADILLAC… Yeah… the boy's a time bomb…
A D
BLACK COAT… WHITE SHOES… BLACK HAT…
E D
CADILLAC… Yeah… the boy's a time bomb…
Outro
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Oh-hhh… time bomb…