30/90 (tick-tick Boom) chords by Jonathan Larson

Key: 'C'

C                F
Stop the clock - take time out
C               F
Time to regroup before you lose the bout
C                  F
Freeze the frame - back it up
C                  F
Time to refocus before they wrap it up


G                  F
Years are getting shorter
G                       F
Lines on your face are getting longer
G                 F
Feel like you're treading water
Em7                E              F
But the riptide's getting stronger

                            Dm
Don't panic, don't jump ship
                          D#
Can't fight it, like taxes
                          A#          G
At least it happens only once in your life

C                Am
They're singing, happy birthday
Em             F
You just wanna lay down and cry
C          Am            Em        F G
Not just another birthday, it's 30/90
C               Am
Why can't you stay 29
Em                   F
Hell, you still feel like you're 22
C           Am
Turn thirty 1990
Em
Bang! You're dead
      F    G   C
What can you do?
              F
What can you do?
              C  F
What can you do?

C                  F
Clear the runway - make another pass
C                      F
Try one more approach before you're out of gas

G                   F
Friends are getting fatter
G                     F
Hairs on you head are getting thinner
G            F
Feel like a clean up batter
Em7             E
On a team that ain't a winner?
F                                Dm
Don't freak out, don't strike out
                              D#
Can't fight it, like city hall

At least you're not alone
     A#                  G
Your friends are there too
C                Am
They're singing, happy birthday
Em                F
You just wish you could run away
C          Am
Who cares about a birthday?
Em     F G  C
But 30/90, hey
             Am
Can't you be optimistic?
Em                F
You're no longer the ingenue
C             Am
Turn thirty, 1990
Em
Boom! You're passe
      F   G   C
What can you do?
              F
What can you do?
              C
What can you do?

(E  A  D  G)

Dm             G
Peter pan and tinkerbell
C                  F
Which way to never never land?
A#             D#
Emerald city's gone to hell
G#
Since the wizard
 F          Em       Dm
Blew off his command
                   G
On the streets you hear the voices
C               F
Lost children, crocodiles
A#
But you're not into
D#
Making choices, wicked witches
Cm
Poppy fields, or men behind the curtain
G#
Tiger lilies, ruby slippers
F                   G
Clock is ticking, that's for certain

D                Bm
They're singing, happy birthday
F#m             G
I just wish it all were a dream
D             Bm
It feels much more like doomsday
F#m     G A  D
Fuck 30/90, seems
            Bm
Like I'm in for a twister
F#m             G
I don't see a rainbow, do you?
D       Bm
Turn 30 in the 90's
Em
Into my hands now
The ball has passed
Bm
I want the spoils, but not too fast
Em
The world is calling
                 Bm
It's now or neverland

Why can't I stay a child forever

Em
And
30/90
30/90
F#m
30/90
30/90
G
30/90
      A
30/90
           D  G
What can I do?
           D  G  D
What can I do?