Joe Jackson — Fast Forward
EBCBAEAGD E|------------------- B|------------------- G|--------------4-- D|--------1--4----- A|--2--2----------- E|------------------- G D/F#Dsus2 I'm hitting fast forward C/E Bm/D Seems like we'd gotten kind of stuck C Bb F Time to get out of town and try to Bb F/A Gm F Eb Dm/F Set the controls for sometime off in the future Eb Db Where people will be happy instead of Ab Getting dumber and getting scared-er all the time Scared of their own shadows and scared to take a fall F Either miserable with millions or dying for a dime D/E Desperate to live forever or lucky to live at all G D/F# Em7Dsus2 And if I could see myself from C/E Bm/D C Bb F some other planet Would I be shaking my head sadly or Bb F/A Gm F Eb Dm/F Eb Would I be laughing Saying it's always been the same Db But anyway Ab Absus4 Ab Eb/G Ab Not going back to the Age of Gold or the Age of Sin F Fsus4 F C F D/E Fast forward till I understand the age I'm in G D/F# Em7 Dsus2 And it's always the old guys b**ching C/E Bm/D About the young guys growing beards C Bb F Or turning into sissies or something Bb F/A Gm F Eb Dm/F While they're trying to hold back time As if that isn't weird Eb/G Db Meanwhile the young guys are Ab Waiting for respect when what they wanna be is cool Cool calm and collected just as if that isn't strange F Or they wanna blow the whistle, ring the bell and change the rules When the game goes on forever It's just the uniforms that change CDE G D/F# Em7 Dsus2 C/E Bm/D If this is the best of times or if it's the worst C Bb F There's some difference of opinion out there Bb F/A Gm F Eb Dm/F Everyone is a genius but no one has any friends Eb/G Db Or is it the other way around Ab Absus4 Ab Eb/G Ab Not going back to the Age of Gold or the Age of Sin F Fsus4 F C/E FD/E Fast forward till I understand the age I'm in Bm Sometimes I look at the Moon Abm And I think I know just how she feels Gmaj7 Going round and round us again E As we go round the Sun Bm Abm Watching us as fools and geniuses rush in Gmaj7 And you and me age disgracefully E And have way too much fun BAGEaj7 BAGEaj7 BAGEaj7 EBCBAEAGD E|------------------- B|------------------- G|--------------4-- D|--------1--4----- A|--2--2----------- E|------------------- G D/F# Em7 Dsus2 C/E Bm/D And everyone knows about what's over and done C Bb F And tied up with pretty ribbons on it Bb F/A Gm F Eb Dm/F One king after another with a mad one and a queen or two Eb/G Db Thrown in for good measure and meanwhile Ab We can make the future, make it every bit as clear Make a friendly Star Trek universe, 'cause everything's allowed F The only place that's seriously strange to be is here And the only time that's maddeningly mysterious is now CDE G D/F# Em7Bm/D2 So I'm hitting fast forward CBb F Bb F/ADm/F Come on get on board! Eb/G Db You don't wanna be late now... Ab Absus4 Ab Eb/G Ab Not going back to the Age of Gold or the Age of Sin F Fsus4 F C F D/E Fast forward till I understand the age I'm in GDEDCBCBF BFGFEDEDbG
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