F                   G             Am
everybody knows he is a ticking time bomb.
    F                 G             Am
oh everybody knows he is a ticking time bomb.
        Am
oh a ticking bomb


[Verse 1]
             C             G        Am
he started beating off in public
                   F
things had gotten dark
             F           G                           Am
he bought a vat of neon face paint and went to the trailer park
                       F         Am
said nothing works out good for me
                 F           Am
nothing works out good for me
               F          Am      G
nothing works out good for me anymore


[Chorus]
F                   G             Am
everybody knows he is a ticking time bomb
        F             G            Am
oh everybody knows he is a ticking time bomb
              F            G
but he's so strange and pretty
             C                G
though his hairdo's a little silly
     F                G              Am
oh everybody knows he is a ticking time bomb
              Am
oh a ticking time bomb


[Verse 2]
            C               G          Am
he started buying guns in Phoenix, oh lord
                    F
thoughts becoming stranger
             F          G                       Am
he bought a tub of ammunition and dreamt of a saviour
                    F           Am
said nothing works out good for me
               F           Am
nothing works out good for me
               F           Am     G
nothing works out good for me anymore


[Chorus]
F                   G            Am
everybody knows he is a ticking time bomb
     F                  G                  Am
oh mama get him off my lawn he's a ticking time bomb
              F         G             C                     G
but he's so sharp and witty but his thoughts get a little shitty
      F                G              Am
oh everybody knows he is a ticking time bomb
             Am
oh ticking time bomb


[Outro]
               C              G        Am
he'd started beating off in public, mmmm
                    F
things had gotten dark.