Biography:
The Boomtown Rats is a rock group led by Bob Geldof (full name: Robert Fredrick Zenon Geldof, born October 5th 1951). Playing punk and New Wave influenced music, their initial incarnation lasted from 1976 to 1986), but the band recently reformed. All six primary members (Gary Roberts, Pete Briquette, Gerry Cott, Simon Crowe, and Johnnie Moylett alongside Geldof) were originally from Dun Laoghaire, Dublin, Ireland.
Originally, they used the moniker 'The Nightlife Thugs'.
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Like Clockwork - The Boomtown Rats
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Tabbed by: Mick 2009
Like Clockwork - The Boomtown Rats (from the album "A Tonic For The Troops")
Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock
Tick tock, tick tock
Am
Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock
F
Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock
Am
I'm not disconnected
F
I'm not unaware
Am
I'm in one place at one time
F
I'm neither here nor there
Am
I'm hooked to the mainstream
Tuned into the world
F
Plugged into my surroundings
not out on a limb
Am
I'm thinking in a straight line
I'm thinking that these thoughts are mine
F
My heart is beating oh so fast
I feel the hours crashing
C G E Am
And my mind beats time like clockwork
C G E Am
And I think in sync like clockwork
Am
Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock
F
Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock
Am
She's done away with emotion
F
She sees things clearly now
Am
She says she sees it all from her room
F
And it looks so small from her room
Am
It's all right, it's all right
F
I'm on your side...for a while
Am
She thinks time is the concept by which we measure our age
F
She wants to say it again, but she don't have time
C G E Am
Because her mind beats time like clockwork
C G E Am
And she thinks in sync like clockwork
Am
Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock
F
Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock
C Bm E
Count the hours, count the months and minutes
C Bm E
You're born in tears and you die in pain and that's your limit
C Bm
You're lookin' for so many reasons but there's none
E
there, why don't you admit it
C Bm E
We make the most of what we've got, that's the ticket
Am
My, my, my
Am
I stayed in that room a long, long time
F
And watched the seasons gliding by
And hey...what's the matter?
We've got time, lots of time
It's alright, it's alright
I'm on your side for a while
We'll wind up
We'll slow down
We'll speed up, move around, or we'll maybe overwind..
C G E Am
Because our minds beats time like clockwork
C G E Am
And now we think in sync like clockwork ooh ooh ooh
C G E Am
And our minds beats time like clockwork
C G E Am
And we think in sync like clockwork
Am
Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock
Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock
Mick 2009
Like Clockwork - The Boomtown Rats
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tabbed by: Mick 2009
Like Clockwork - The Boomtown Rats (from the album "A Tonic For The Troops")
Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock
Tick tock, tick tock
Am
Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock
F
Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock
Am
I'm not disconnected
F
I'm not unaware
Am
I'm in one place at one time
F
I'm neither here nor there
Am
I'm hooked to the mainstream
Tuned into the world
F
Plugged into my surroundings
not out on a limb
Am
I'm thinking in a straight line
I'm thinking that these thoughts are mine
F
My heart is beating oh so fast
I feel the hours crashing
C G E Am
And my mind beats time like clockwork
C G E Am
And I think in sync like clockwork
Am
Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock
F
Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock
Am
She's done away with emotion
F
She sees things clearly now
Am
She says she sees it all from her room
F
And it looks so small from her room
Am
It's all right, it's all right
F
I'm on your side...for a while
Am
She thinks time is the concept by which we measure our age
F
She wants to say it again, but she don't have time
C G E Am
Because her mind beats time like clockwork
C G E Am
And she thinks in sync like clockwork
Am
Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock
F
Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock
C Bm E
Count the hours, count the months and minutes
C Bm E
You're born in tears and you die in pain and that's your limit
C Bm
You're lookin' for so many reasons but there's none
E
there, why don't you admit it
C Bm E
We make the most of what we've got, that's the ticket
Am
My, my, my
Am
I stayed in that room a long, long time
F
And watched the seasons gliding by
And hey...what's the matter?
We've got time, lots of time
It's alright, it's alright
I'm on your side for a while
We'll wind up
We'll slow down
We'll speed up, move around, or we'll maybe overwind..
C G E Am
Because our minds beats time like clockwork
C G E Am
And now we think in sync like clockwork ooh ooh ooh
C G E Am
And our minds beats time like clockwork
C G E Am
And we think in sync like clockwork
Am
Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock
Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock
Mick 2009
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