B Em7 D/F# G Am C9  D  F  Bb Dm E/G# Gm Ab
E|----3---2---3--0--3--2--1--1---1--0----3--4-|
B|-4--3---3---3--1--3--3--1--3---3--0----3--4-|
G|-4--0---2---0--2--0--2--2--3---2--1----3--5-|
D|-4--2---0---0--2--2--0--3--3---0--0----5--6-|
A|-2--2---x---2--0--3-----3--1------2----5--6-|
E|----0---2---3-----------1---------4----3--4-|

Verse 1
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Here today 
Gone this afternoon 
Another tune we almost remember 
What's the story 
Sex and drugs again 
Business as usual 
The clock's already ticking 
La la la la 

Verse 2 (Gtr. 1 strums up to Interlude)
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     B      Em7
When he was young 
D/F#    G
Staring at the TV
               Am  C9                 D
He watched the fun happenin' to other people
B        Em7
Now they scream 
   D/F#     G
As they run after him
       Am
Like a dream 
     C9            D
Like Elvis and the Beatles 

Chorus
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  Am                          G
A three minute song is all he wrote 
   F
He only did it for a joke 
     Bb
They played him on the radio
     Dm       G     E/G#
From Tokyo to Timbuktu 
  Am                            G
A three minute boy, ain't that somethin'
     F
They named their children after him
    Bb  
The good times rolled beneath his feet 
   Dm                G       E/G#
He skipped along the one-way street 

Verse 3
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        B      Em7
She's a pretty girl 
    D/F#       G
She don't know how it started 
           Am
She made a movie 
   C9           D
He almost remembered 
    B        Em7
She measured up 
     D/F#    G
They moved into a basement
             Am
"We're so in love!" 
     C9             D
They giggled to the nation 

Am          G
La la la la La la la la
C           D
La la la la La

Chorus
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Am                              G
Three minute millionaire they said
    F
The numbers rattled round his head
     Bb
They spun him three times round the globe 
    Dm            G     E/G#
She waited patiently at home
    Am                          G 
And all the pretty girls wanted him
   F
In places that he'd never been 
Bb
Too much love will do you in 
   Dm           G       E/G#
Forgive Forgive Forgive Forgive 

Interlude (Gtr. 2)
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E|--ho| ld--|
E|-----------------------3-|---------------------|
B|---7-5-----------7-5---5-|---7-5-----------7-5-|
G|-4-7-5---------4-7-5---5-|-4-7-5---------4-7-5-|
D|-5-7-5---------5-7-5---5-|-5-7-5---------5-7-5-|
A|-5-5-3-2-3-2-0-5-5-3-2-3-|-5-5-3-2-3-2-0-5-5-3-|
E|-3-------------3---------|-3-------------3-----|

   C  Gm Bb Ab   C  Gm Bb F
E|-------------|-------------|
B|-------------|-------------|
G|-5~----------|-5~----3~-5~-| (Gtr. 1 plays associated chords)
D|-5~-5~-8~-6~-|-5~-5~-3~-3~-| (Chord progression repeated until end of song)
A|-3~-5~-8~-6~-|-3~-5~-1~-3~-|
E|----3~-6~-4~-|----3~-------|

Guitar Solo (Gtr. 3)
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E|-----------------------------8---------------------11------------|
B|---------------8---------------11b13~13r11p8---------------------|
G|---------------8-----8-10b12-----------------10b12----12r10-8----|
D|------------10---10~------------------------------------------10-|
A|-----6s8-10------------------------------------------------------|
E|-6s8-------------------------------------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------------------11-13b15r13p11-13-11-|
B|--------------------------------11----11s13----------------------|
G|-8b9---------8b9--------8s10-12----12----------------------------|
D|-----10p8--------10-10~------------------------------------------|
A|----------10-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-13-13b15-15-15-15r13-11----11----------------------------------8-|
B|-------------------------13-14b16r14p11------------8--------------|
G|----------------------------------------12~------8-8----8-10b12---|
D|--------------------------------------------8s10-----10-----------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------8-8-8-8~----------------18--------|
B|--------------------8-11----------------16-18b20----18b20~-|
G|-10b12-8-10-8~----8---------------10s17--------------------|
D|---------------10------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

Outro
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E|-------------|-------------|
B|-------------|-------------|
G|-5~----------|-5~----3~-5~-| (Gtr. 1 plays associated chords)
D|-5~-5~-8~-6~-|-5~-5~-3~-3~-|
A|-3~-5~-8~-6~-|-3~-5~-1~-3~-|
E|----3~-6~-4~-|----3~-------|

Three minute kid is here again
Surrounded by three minute friends 
He found someone to understand 
To shock the world and hold his hand
No religion, no restraint
No direction, no complaints 
No future and no way out 
No time now to think about it 
All the money's gone 
He don't know what he spent it on 
Girlfriends gone off with the Jag 
Gone back to her mum and dad
He's curled up on the studio floor
He just can't do it anymore 
The flashgun went off without warning
He'll read about it tomorrow morning
She's goin' out with someone new
In this week at number two 
Three minute boy ain't that somethin'