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Key: F major•
Verse 1
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F#m
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If I have
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understood correctly
F#m
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Velocity equals the distance traveled
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Divided by time
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I've read every word ever printed
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On quantum physics
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And now it is time to try
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F#m
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I read your book, I found your notes
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I dusted this thing off and turned on
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The key
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The rumbling motors
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The buzzing incredible gadgets
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The hissing electricity
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And now the moment has come
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I'm traveling back in time
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Verse 2

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They're run ning down the hall

I've started the countdown
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They want me to stop

But I don't think so
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I'm ready to go
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Let's get the job done
Verse 3
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Beyond the paradoxical
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All the lights are dazzling

Pass the planes, and trains,
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and satellite navigation
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Pass the time I spent today
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Through the nearest wormhole

In a stunning ball

Of white
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D
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The light explodes and lands on you
Verse 4
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And you're five
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Always running away
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And I was dying to kiss you
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And I
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I don't want to cry

I don't want to see
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E
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Where the moving van takes you
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So I travel on
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Beyond the stars
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At one hundred and eighty-six
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thousand thousand miles per second
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I can fly
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Forward a few years
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To nineteen hundred and seventy nine
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I caught a glimpse of the sky
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Verse 5

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They're com ing down
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the road

They're coming to get me
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I never should have come

I hide the time machine
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I'm run ning down the hall
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I think I'm in my old house
Verse 6
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Pass the place where I grew up
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Number nine Lake Road
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Pass the swimming pool

And Mable park
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And past Troy Clifford's house

To the Argonaut ?

To the fish and chip shop

Out the back and down the road
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To the place I got beat up

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Verse 7
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Bm
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Hey, put that rock down
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Can't you see he's half
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your size?
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G
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Hey, he looks familiar
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Bm
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G
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Oh my god, he's me, age nine
Verse 8
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Put your shoes on
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And run away from here
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I can't get involved
Bm
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Em
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This is all so weird
F#m
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I'm meeting myself
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This is all so clear
Interlude 1
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Verse 9
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All the things I've lost
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All the people I've hurt
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All the times I lied
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All the moments wasted
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All I never did
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All the dreams I had

All the things I would change
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I can change them
Verse 10
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All the things I've lost
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All the people I've hurt
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All the times I lied
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All the moments wasted
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Bm
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F#m
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Verse 11
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Bm
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I'm gonna make right
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What I did wrong
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And change how the fu
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ture has come
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Through appliance of science
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I'll take a hold of my enemies
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Take their obscenities
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Kiss them, and leave them like
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lovers who've gone
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I'll call my dad
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I'll tell him I miss him
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And tell my reflection: 'it's
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not your fault'
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And now the moment has come
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I'm traveling back in time
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Verse 12

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They're running down the hall

I've started the countdown
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They want me to stop

But I don't think so
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I'm ready to go
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Let's get the job done
Verse 13
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Put your shoes on and
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G
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Run away from here
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I can't get involved
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This is all so weird
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(It's me aged nine)
Bm
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Let's get the job done
Verse 14
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All the things I've lost
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All the people I've hurt
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All the times I lied
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Em
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All the moments wasted
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All I never did
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All the dreams I had
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All the things I would change
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Em
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I can change them
Verse 15
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Beyond the paradoxical
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All the lights are dazzling

Pass the planes, and trains,
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and satellite navigation
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Pass the time I spent today
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G
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Through the nearest wormhole

In a stunning ball

Of white
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The light explodes into another moment

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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • D

  • A

  • F#m

    2

  • E

  • Bm

    2

  • G

  • Em

Capo: 3

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The original key of How to Build a Time Machine by Darren Hayes is F major.

The primary chords used in How to Build a Time Machine are F, C, Am, G, Dm, Bb.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 3 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like F, C, Am, G, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of How to Build a Time Machine is approximately 120 beats per minute.

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