Clocks chords by Brandon Flowers

Chords with lyrics

G+G C majorC D MajorD C majorC A minorAm D MajorD

      G+G
The teacher had you write a letter, you were eight years old
     C majorC
About the man that you'd become and the positions you'd hold
       D MajorD          C majorC
But this was long before you and Jackie Geronimo met
    A minorAm       D MajorD
In the Prelude Park at midnight

  G+G
Now when it came to bells and whistles, Jackie did not lack
       C majorC
And when she kissed you on the kisser, boy, you kissed her back
    D MajorD                 C majorC
Now you tell her that you love her and she cuts you slack
     A minorAm               D MajorD
When you drink with your buddies on the weekend

C majorC              D MajorD
And the weeks fly by and the years roll on
        G+G          G/f#      E minorEm       D MajorD   C majorC
You spend your whole life dropping nickels in the bucket, Wakin' up at dawn

     A minorAm         BB    E minorEm     D/C
And while Jackie bestowed the joys of fingerlickin'
  D MajorD            C majorC    C/BC/B C/AC/A G+G
The clock up on the wall was tickin'

  G+G
You got yourself a job cleaning hospital floors
  C majorC
But Jackie had a baby, then she had five more
    D MajorD                C majorC
They'd pay you just enough to drag your ass to the store
    A minorAm               D MajorD
To buy bread, milk and Better Homes & Gardens




    G+G
Jackie flips the pages and she dreams little dreams
 C majorC
A augmentedA cottage in the country built with real wood beams
     D MajorD             C majorC
There's a baby in the bedroom, he's starting to scream
     A minorAm              D MajorD
She holds him though he probably won't remember

C majorC              D MajorD
And the weeks fly by and the years roll on
     G+G         G/f#       E minorEm       D MajorD    C majorC
Sometimes dreams are all you got to keep you going when the day gets long
    A minorAm       BB       E minorEm    D/C
And you gave up so many just to make a livin'
   D MajorD            C majorC   C/BC/B C/AC/A G+G
That clock up on the wall was tickin'


    G+G
Now the kids are all grateful when they left the nest
  C majorC
And Jackie wasn't perfect but she did her best
  D MajorD            C majorC
You cease the opportunity to get you some rest
    A minorAm                 D MajorD
But you can't sleep on account of screaming grandkids

  G+G
The golden years are meant to leave a gleam in your eye
    C majorC
You're starting to discover it's a great big lie
   D MajorD              C majorC
They work you like a dog til you quit or you die
    A minorAm                D MajorD
But you can't quit cause Jackie needs the benefits




C majorC              D MajorD
And the weeks fly by and the years roll on

     G+G       G/f#      E minorEm       D MajorD     C majorC
They say patience is a virtue but the doctor says she don't have long


  A minorAm           BB        E minorEm   D/C
You stood up and tried your damndest not to listen
     D MajorD            C majorC    C/BC/B C/AC/A G+G
But that clock up on the wall was tickin'.


     G+G                     C majorC
When they told you to clear the room, that's when it hit you
  G+G                      D MajorD
You watched as the caravan took your sweetheart away
  G+G                        C majorC
The arguments and fights and money troubles seem so worthless
    G+G         D MajorD      G+G
As the kids throw yellow roses on her grave


C majorC              D MajorD
And the weeks fly by and the years roll on

  G+G       G/f#     E minorEm          D MajorD     C majorC
The house is quiet now and everything inside seems to know she's gone

     A minorAm         BB           E minorEm   D/C
There's a picture of you both sixteen years old just kissing

     D MajorD            C majorC    C/BC/B C/AC/A G+G
And that clock up on the wall was tickin'


      G+G
You always thought she had a chance and it was somewhere hidden
      C majorC
Now you've come to the conclusion that she never did
      D MajorD          C majorC
…  …  …  …  ...
A minorAm         D MajorD
Have a chance, that is...