Misc Musicals – Tick Tick Boom - Why (Guitar)
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Chords
In a gentle 3/4 time
Song is sung by Raúl Esparza on the off-broadway recording of "tick, tick Boom!"
[Intro]
Bb Bb/Ab X4
[Verse]
Bb Bb/Ab Bb Bb/Ab Bb Bb/Ab Bb Bb/Ab When I was nine, Michael and I entered a talent show down at the Y. Eb Eb/Db Eb Eb/Db Nine AM, went to rehearse by some stairs. Eb Eb/Db Eb Eb/Db Mike couldn't sing but I said "No one cares!" We sang
[Pre-Chorus: 4/4, but the 12th bar is one of 2/4]
Ab Dbsus2 Db Bb/Ab Ab "Yellow Bird" and "Let's Go Fly a Kite" over and over and over till we got it right. Dbsus2 Ab5 Dbsus2 Ab5 Bb Cm/Bb Bb When we emerged from the YMCA, Three o'clock sun had made the grass hay. I thought,
[Chorus: 3/4]
Eb Absus2 Db Bb Eb Absus2 Db Bb Hey, what a way to spend a day. Hey, what a way to spend a day Cm Eb/Ab Cm B Db/B Eb/G Absus2 Bbsus4 Eb F I make a vow, right here, and now I'm gonna spend my time this way. When
[Verse]
Bb Bb/Ab Bb Bb/Ab Bb Bb/Ab Bb Bb/Ab I was sixteen, Michael and I got parts in "West Side" at White Plains High. Eb Eb/Db Eb Eb/Db Eb Eb/Db Eb Eb/Db Three o'clock, went to rehearse in the gym. Mike was "Doc" — who didn't sing — fine with him We sang
[Pre-Chorus: 4/4, but the 12th bar is one of 2/4]
Ab5 Dbsus2 "Got a rocket in your pocket" and "the Jets are gonna have their day — tonight" Db Bb/Ab Ab Over and over and over til we got it right. Db2 Ab5 Dbsus2 Ab5 Bb Cm/Bb Bb When we emerged, wiped out by the play, nine o'clock stars and moon lit the way. I thought,
[Chorus: 3/4]
Eb Absus2 Db Bb Eb Absus2 Db Bb Hey, what a way to spend a day. Hey, what a way to spend a day Cm Eb/Ab Cm B Db/B Eb/G Abadd2 Bbsus4 Eb Bb/D I make a vow, I wonder now: Am I cut out to spend my time this way?
[Bridge]
Cm Ab/C Bb/C G/C Cm Ab/C Bb/C G/C With only so much time to spend, don't want to waste the time I'm given Cm Abmaj7/C Bb G Cm Amaj7 Bb G "Have it all — play the game" some recommend. I'm afraid it just may be time to give in.
[Verse: Key change]
C C/Bb C C/Bb C C/Bb C C/Bb I'm twenty nine, Michael and I live on the west side of Soho, NY F F/Eb F F/Eb F F/Eb F F/Eb Nine AM, I write a lyric or two, Mike sings his song now on Mad Avenue I sing,
[Pre-Chorus: 4/4, but the 12th bar is one of 2/4 ]
Bbsus2 Dm7 Ebmaj7 Gm "Come to your Senses, défenses are not the way to go" Eb C/Bb Bb Bb/D Over and over and over til I get it right. Eb2 Bbsus2 Bb/D When I emerge from "B minor" or "A", Ebsus2 Bb5 C Dm/C C Five o'clock diner calls, "I'm on my way" I think
[Chorus: 3/4]
F Bbsus2 Eb C F Bbsus2 Eb C Hey, what a way to spend a day Hey, what a way to spend a day Dm F/Bb Dm Db Eb/Db Db Eb/Db I make a vow, right here and now, Am Bbadd2 Bb/C Dm Am7 Bbsus2 C F F/Eb F I'm gonna spend my time this way I'm gonna spend my time this way.