Tinseltown To The Boogiedown chords by Scritti Politti

SimplifiedAm · G · Dm · F · C

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Verse 1
Am 
Time keeps slipping,
G 
Am 
keeps slipping
G 
Am 
G 
Am 
G 
Am 
Time, time keeps slipping
G 
Dm 
Am 
Time,
Dm 
time keeps
Am 
Dm 
F 
slipping
Dm 
Am 
Time, time keeps slipping
Dm 
Yo, the only

Verse 2
Am 
thing Major don't
waste is time in bed
Dm 
C 
My time is  rare, take time,
Dm 
time to prepare
Am 
No time for fear,
G 
Am 
how many times I said it this year?
At what time ya going to
Dm 
realize that time is near?

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Verse 3

Call a time out,

Scritti Politti, major climb down

The cracks of the streets

waste no time on beats

Mos' Def, most definitely

the rap chief

The new release, time to make cream,

Verse 4
time to take a piece
Am 
And  at the same time, time to rebuild,
time is rilla
Dm 
I swear I bring the heat,
the tracks to Val Kilmer
Am 
G 
You know that time waits for no man,
Am 
in time you'll see
C 
That you're wasting all you time
Dm 
while you're watching TV

Verse 5
Am 
G 
And yo' Scritti, I'm on it like
Am 
walls to graffiti
Dm 
From night sticks, to plungers,
to NYPD
Am 
G 
From Lucille BB King,
Am 
you've seen me rhyme
G 
You stay away from drama if
Dm 
it's wasting your time

Verse 6
Am 
The time tables keep turning
from Tinseltown
Dm 
You've got the both ends burning up
Am 
to the Boogiedown
(Time, time keeps slipping)
Dm 
They play for time and work
for spaces

Verse 7
Am 
The time tables keep turning
and clocks are wound
Dm 
You've got the both ends burning
G 
Am 
up and worked around
(Time, time keeps slipping)
Dm 
And in their prime they change
their faces
Am 
Yeah, from

Verse 8
Boogiedown to the Tinseltown I had
em' all gettin' down
C 
Dm 
My baggage claim's got exotic names,
Am 
I get around
G 
Am 
How I'm livin' now,
well that's a whole lot different now
G 
From where I'm sitting now,
Dm 
Am 
got a whole clearer vision now

Verse 9
I played the tables hard,
wild cards I was flipping now
Dm 
My partners hittin' pounds,
somewhere up in prison now
Am 
I'm flippin' high,
G 
Am 
things switch and change so suddenly
G 
The way you act today is tomorrow's
Dm 
where you wanna be

Verse 10
Am 
You company shifts when you start
livin' comfortably
Dm 
Spotlights switch and then you dip
Am 
right from under me
Don't front for me,
G 
Am 
I want to be perfectly clear
Time is here,
Dm 
I'm keepin' yesterday in the rear

Verse 11
G 
A current affair,
Am 
Mos' Def and Lee Majors appear
Dm 
Bout to write this little ditty with
the Scritti, you hear
Am 
And it's about that time,
so if you could be then would you
F 
Dm 
Sit back an  d look at who
time's bein' good to

Verse 12
Am 
The time tables keep turning
from Tinseltown
Dm 
You've got the both ends burning up
Am 
to the Boogiedown
(Time, time keeps slipping)
F 
Dm 
They play for time and work for spaces

Verse 13
Am 
The time tables keep turning and
clocks are wound
Dm 
You've got the both ends burning
G 
Am 
up and worked around
(Time, time keeps slipping)
Dm 
And in their prime they change their faces

Verse 14
Am 
G 
At one time I thought I had it all,
Am 
mass of broads
C 
Flash awards, cash cards,
Dm 
time's a double- edged sword
Am 
G 
One day you hear ap plause,
Am 
next day when you leave
C 
You catch a L in the see like
Dm 
Am 
Christopher Reeves

Verse 15
Do you all believe that these cats
threw dirt on my name?
Dm 
Give 'em time, they couldn't win
C 
if I gave 'em point game
Am 
At times I used to swerve,
now I'm learning my lane
Trapped in time,
Dm 
what a shame with nobody to blame

Verse 16
Am 
I waits for no  one and fat and slow ones,
the rich no funs
F 
Dm 
The Samurai's and Shoguns,
the first stringer no runs
Am 
G 
Am 
Ayyo gun, you'd better hope to  it or you blow,
son
Dm 
This time keeps slipping,

Verse 17
make no difference if you don't come
Am 
It's bein' well recorded
how we advise we
Dm 
Get on our game and spend
Am 
these moments wisely
It's time to make chase,
give pace, no time to waste
Dm 
First you on, then you gone so long,
you been replaced

Verse 18
Am 
The time tables keep turning
from Cali High
Dm 
You've got the both ends
burning up to the do or die
Am 
(Time, time keeps slipping)
Dm 
They set their hearts and fix
their courses

Verse 19
Am 
The time tables keep turning and
dreams of dreams
Dm 
You've got the both ends burning
G 
up of how it seems
Am 
(Time, time keeps slipping)
They steel themselves,
Dm 
they are resources
Am 
The time

Verse 20
tables keep turning
from Tinseltown
Dm 
You've got the both ends burning
Am 
up to the Boogiedown
(Time, time keeps slipping)
Dm 
They play for time and work for spaces

Verse 21
Am 
The time tables keep turning
and clocks are wound
Dm 
You've got the both ends burning
G 
Am 
up and worked around
(Time, time keeps slipping)
And in their prime
Dm 
they change their faces
Am 
The time

Verse 22

tables keep turning

You've got the both ends burning up

And all the lies you've been learning

To keep the future on hold

Verse 23
Am 
The time tables keep turning
Dm 
You've got the both ends burning up
Am 
And all the lies you've been learning
Dm 
Am 
Dm 
Am 
To keep the fu  ture on
Dm 
Am 
hold