Chords with lyrics
Key: C
Verse 1:
C
Stop the clock
F
Take time out
C
Time to regroup
F
Before you lose the bout
A C
Freeze the frame
F
Back it up
C
Time to refocus
F
Before they wrap it up
G F
Year's are getting shorter
G F
The lines on your face are getting longer
G F
Feel like you're treading water
Em E
But the riptide's getting stronger
Pre-Chorus:
F
Don't panic, don't jump ship
Dm
Can't find it, like taxes
D#
At least it happens
A# G
Only once in your life
Chorus:
C Am
They're singing, "Happy birthday"
Cm F
You just wanna lay down and cry
C Am Dm 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 30 in 1990
Gm G C
Bang! You're dead, what can you do?
F C
What can you d-o?
F
What can you do?
Verse 2:
C
Clear the runway
F
Make another pass
C
Try one more approach
F
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
Em E
On a team that ain't a winner
Pre-Chorus:
F
Don't freak out, don't strike out
Dm
Can't fight it, like city hall
D#
At least you're not alone
A# G
Your friends are there too
Chorus:
C Am
They're singing, "Happy birthday"
Cm F
You just wish you could run away
C Am Dm G
Who cares about a birthday? But 30/90
C Am
Hey! Can't you be optimistic?
Em F
You're no longer the ingenue
C Am
Turn 30, 1990
Gm
Boom! You're passe
C
What can you do?
F C
What can you d-o?
F
What can you do?
Transition:
E D A G
Bridge:
D G
Peter Pan and Tinker Bell
C F
Which way to never never land?
A# D#
Emerald City's gone to hell
G# F
Since the wizard blew off his command
Dm 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 curtains
G#
Tiger lilies, ruby slippers
Fm G
Clock is ticking, that's for certain
Chorus:
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 dooms day
Em D
But 30/90
Bm
Seems like I'm in for a twister
F#m G
I don't see a rainbow, do you?
D
Turn 30 in the 90's
Em
Into my hands now
The ball has passed
Bm
I want the spoils
But not too fast
Bm
The world is falling
Em
It's now or Neverland
Bm
Why can't I stay a child forever and
Em
30/90 30/90
F#
30/90 30/90
G
30/90 30 30/90
A D G D
What can I do? (30/90 30 30/90)
G D
What can I do?
