Key: E major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Nostradamus said I predict
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That the world will end at half past six
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What he didn't say was
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exactly when
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Was he listening to the radio?
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Was he listening to the government?
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Well he got us spooked
Verse 2
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anyway
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We'd been running hot up until today
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But a wind of change blew
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across our sales
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We were coasting on a win
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ning streak
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We were kings until the
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power failed
Verse 3
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[Chorus:] We've been
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living in a tinderbox
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And two sparks can set the
whole thing off
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Eb
Rubbing up together around the clock
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Lately we've been getting
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more roll than rock
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Db
You and me together in a Tinderbox
Verse 4
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Gm
Tinderbox,
Cm
two sparks can set the whole thing off
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Eb
Rubbing up together around the clock
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Lately we've been getting
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more roll than rock
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B
Db
You and me together in aTinder
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box
Interlude 1
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Verse 5
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Godzilla came in disguise
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Tore the building down
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right before our eyes
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Kept the needle out of the
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red balloon
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Was he worried we might go too far
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Maybe wind up rhyming moon and June
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Verse 6
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The sun descends down in Mexico
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While a fancy car back on Savile Row
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Shows the price of fame
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leads to overkill
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Things are gonna have to change
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Some holes along the road
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get filled
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[Chorus] Tinderbox,
Verse 7
Cm
two sparks can
set the whole thing off
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Eb
Rubbing up together around the clock
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Db
Lately we've been getting more roll than rock
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B
C#
D#
Gm
Cm
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G#
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F#
Db
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You and me together in a
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C#
D#
E#
Tinderbox
Verse 8
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Pressure's gonna cook
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us if we don't unlock it
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C
E#
Guns going off if we don't uncock it
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We've gotta climb out of the
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other one's pocket
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A#
Or we're gonna burn, out on this beautiful rocket
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Interlude 2
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Gm
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B
Db
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Gm
[Chorus] Tinderbox,
Verse 9
Cm
two sparks can
set the whole thing off
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Eb
Rubbing up together around the clock
F#
Lately we've been getting
Db
more roll than rock
E
B
Db
You and me together in a Tinder
Eb
box...
Outro 1
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