[VERSE 1]
Bb Eb C# Eb
I would never ask you
Bb Eb C# Eb
To do something I wouldn't do
Bb Eb C# Eb
I could never lose you
Bb Eb C# Eb
At least I'd never choose to (Riff 1)
[PRE-CHORUS 1]
Bb Eb C# Eb
All your friends are sober, yeah we're getting older
Bb Eb C# Eb
Going out's a drag now, all my spots have closed (Riff 1)
Bb Eb C# Eb
And we can fantasize without much of a mess
Bb Eb C# Eb
And making love is fine, but all I want is to forget
Bb
How old I am...
[CHORUS 1]
(Bb)
(Can't remember anything else)
C# Ab
Nothing good happens past 2-A-M
Bb
I put the ball in your court (Riff 2-a), text me back
C# Ab
I want a full report, I want cash in hand (Riff 3)
Bb
I'm still waiting for my man (Has he even left the house?)
C# Ab
Short a couple dollars but I think he'll understand
Bb Ab Eb C# Eb Bb
I put my best dress on (Riff 2-a)get back in bed, nothing good happens past 2-A-M
(Riff 1)
[VERSE 2]
Bb Eb C# Eb
Can't turn back it's too late
Bb Eb C# Eb
I saw you drink the Kool-Aid
Bb Eb C# Eb
But I don't want no undue
Bb Eb C# Eb
Attention coming from you (Riff 1)
[PRE-CHORUS 2]
Bb Eb C# Eb
All your friends are sober, yeah we're getting older
Bb Eb C# Eb
Staying in at home, it's good enough for both us (Riff 1)
Bb Eb C# Eb
And we can fantasize without hearing I told ya
Bb Eb C# Eb
Making love is fine, but all I want is to forget
Bb
How old I am
[CHORUS 2]
(Bb)
(Can't remember anything else)
C# Ab
Nothing good happens past 2-A-M
Bb
I put the ball in your court (Riff 2-a), text me back
C# Ab
I want a full report, I want cash in hand (Riff 3)
Bb
I'm still waiting for my man (Has he even left the house?)
C# Ab
Short a couple dollars but I think he'll understand
Bb Ab Eb Bb Bb Bb Bb
I put my best dress on (Riff 2-a) get back in bed (Riff 2-b), nothing good happens past 2-A-M
[BRIDGE]
C# Ebm F#
And what I thought was possible don't seem possible no more
C# Ebm F#
I struggle to keep up with you
C# Ebm F#
And what I thought was possible don't seem possible no more
C# Ebm F#
I never could keep up with you
Ab Bb
Can we forget how old I am?
[CHORUS 3]
(Bb)
(Can't remember anything else)
C# Ab
Nothing good happens past 2-A-M
Bb
I put the ball in your court (riff 2-a), text me back
C# Ab
I want a full report, I want cash in hand (Riff 3)
Bb
I'm still waiting for my man (Has he even left the house?)
C# Ab
Twenty seven years young, don't make sense
Bb Ab Eb C# Eb Bb
I put my best dress on (Riff 2-a)get back in bed (Riff 2-b), nothing good happens past 2-A-M
These are some of the riffs that are used.
I give just a brief description of when they're used, but I hope you'll know when to play them.
Underneath is the timing in case you need help figuring out the rhythm for it.
Riff 1, used in the verses and bridge:
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|---------5--5--6--7--8-------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4
Riff 2-a, used in the choruses:
e|-----------------------------------|
B|---------9--9--8--6----------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4
Riff 2-b, used in the choruses:
*essentially just riff 2-a an octave higher*
e|---------16-16-15-13---------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4
Riff 3, used in the choruses after riff 2:
e|---------8--------6----------------|
B|------------6--6-------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4
Riff 4, used in the second half of the bridge:
C# Ebm F#
e|-------4---6-----------6---------------6-------6-------6-------4-|
B|-----6-------6-------7---6\4---------6-------6-------6-------6---|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
C# Ebm F#
e|-------4---6-----------6-----6---------6-------6-------6-------6-|
B|-----6-------6-------7---6\4---------6-------6-------6-------6---|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Riff 5, after bridge, build-up to the chorus, lots of distortion:
e|------------18----18---------------|
B|---------18----18------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4
Riff 6, in the final chorus at the "27 years young" line:
Bb C# Ab
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-9---8---6-------|
G|-------------------------------------8-7-|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
