Riff x 2 with hand claps [E][E] E|-0---3b-0---3b--0--3b-0|
(drums in) [E] Riff x 2 and Yeah
[Verse 1] [A5] Friends say it's fine, friends say it's good Everybody says it's just like Robin Hood [E] [E] Riff x 2 and yeah I [A5] move like a cat, charge like a ram Sting like a bee, babe I wanna be your m [E] an [E] Riff x 2 and yeah Well, it's pl [A] ain to see you were m [B] eant for me, yeah [E] I'm your toy, your 20th century boy
[E] Riff x 2
[Verse 2] [A] Friends say it's fine, friends say it's good Everybody says it's just like Robin Hood [E] [E] Riff x 2 and yeah [A5] Fly like a plane, drive like a car Ball like a hen, babe I wanna be your m [E] an - oh [E] Riff x 2 and yeah Well, it's pl [A] ain to see you were m [B] eant for me, yeah [E] I'm your toy, your 20th century boy
[Chorus] [E] 20th centu [D] ry [E] toy, I wanna be [G] your [E] boy [E] 20th centu [D] ry [E] toy, I wanna be [G] your [E] boy [E] 20th centu [D] ry [E] toy, I wanna be [G] your [E] boy [E] 20th centu [D] ry [E] toy, I wanna be [G] your [E] boy
[Telefonics add another vamp in E here]
[Verse 3] [A5] Friends say it's fine, friends say it's good Everybody says it's just like Robin Hood [E] [E] Riff x 2 and yeah I [A5] move like a cat, charge like a ram Sting like a bee, babe I wanna be your m [E] an [E] Riff x 2 and yeah Well, it's pl [A] ain to see you were m [B] eant for me, yeah [E] I'm your toy, your 20th century boy
[Chorus] [E] 20th centu [D] ry [E] toy, I wanna be [G] your [E] boy [E] 20th centu [D] ry [E] toy, I wanna be [G] your [E] boy [E] 20th centu [D] ry [E] toy, I wanna be [G] your [E] boy [E] 20th centu [D] ry [E] toy, I wanna be [G] your [E] boy
[Intro Riff x 2 - BPM 125] E ------------------0-- B ------------------0-- G -4----------------1-- D -4---2h4--44-4--2---- A -2---2h4--44-5--2---- E -----2----------0----
[Off beat drum part for verse - downstroke muted chug in between chords] Ch --B- -B-- Dr BBS- BS-- (sometimes BSS at end of line)
[Verse - Off beat drum part] [B] Run and tell all of the [F#m] angels [E] This could take all night [B] Think I need a devil to [F#m] help me get things [E] right [B] Hook me up a new revo [F#m] lution [E] Cause this one is a lie [B] We sat around laughing, [F#m] watch the last one [E] (start to play drums straighter) die
[Chorus - Straighter drums] [B] Looking for the sky to [F#m] save me [E] Looking for a sign of life [B] Looking for something to [F#m] help me burn out [E] bright [B] I'm looking for a compli [F#m] cation [E] Looking cause I'm tired of trying [G] Make my way back home [A] And learn to [B] fly
[Intro Riff] x 2 [B][F#m][E] x 2 [##########Scroll - sustain chord and keep bass drum going #####]
[Verse 2 - Off beat drum part]] I [B] think I'm done nursing the [F#m] patience [E] It can wait one night .. I'd [B] give it all away if you [F#m] give me one last [E] try [B] We'll live happily [F#m] ever trapped if [E] you just save my life [B] Run and tell the angels that [F#m] everything's al.. [E] (start to play drums straighter) right
[Chorus - Straighter drums] [B] Looking for the sky to [F#m] save me [E] Looking for a sign of life [B] Looking for something to [F#m] help me burn out [E] bright [B] I'm looking for a compli [F#m] cation [E] Looking cause I'm tired of trying [G] Make my way back home [A] And learn to [E] fly [G] Make my way back home [A] And learn to...
[Bridge - Straight drums] [B] Fly a [G] long with me I [D] can't quite make it a [E] lone [G] Trying to make my [A] life my own
[B] Fly..... a [G] long with me I [D] can't quite make it a [E] lone [G] Trying to make my [A] life my own
[Chorus - Straight drums] [B] Looking for the sky to [F#m] save me [E] Looking for a sign of life [B] Looking for something to [F#m] help me burn out [E] bright [B] I'm looking for a compli [F#m] cation [E] Looking cause I'm tired of trying [G] Make my way back home [A] And learn to... [B] Looking for the sky to [F#m] save me [E] Looking for a sign of life [B] Looking for something to [F#m] help me burn out [E] bright [B] I'm looking for a compli [F#m] cation [E] Looking cause I'm tired of trying [G] Make my way back home [A] And learn to [E] fly [G] Make my way back home [A] And learn to [E] fly [G] Make my way back home [A] And learn to.. [B] (offbeat drum part x 4) [B][E][F#]