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)
=========

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

E|         
B|         
G| 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)
===========

E|-----------------------------8---------------------11
B|---------------8---------------11b13~13r11p8---------
G|---------------8-----8-10b12-----------------10b12---
D|------------10---10~---------------------------------
A|-----6s8-10------------------------------------------
E|-6s8-------------------------------------------------

E|------------| 
B|------------| 
G|-12r10-8----| 
D|---------10-| 
A|------------| 
E|------------| 


E|--------------------------------------------11-13b15r
B|--------------------------------11----11s13----------
G|-8b9---------8b9--------8s10-12----12----------------
D|-----10p8--------10-10~------------------------------
A|----------10-----------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------

E|13p11-13-11-| 
B|------------| 
G|------------| 
D|------------| 
A|------------| 
E|------------| 


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

E|-----------8-| 
B|-------------| 
G|---8-10b12---| 
D|10-----------| 
A|-------------| 
E|-------------| 


E|-------------------------8-8-8-8~----------------18--
B|--------------------8-11----------------16-18b20----1
G|-10b12-8-10-8~----8---------------10s17--------------
D|---------------10------------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------

E|------| 
B|8b20~-| 
G|------| 
D|------| 
A|------| 
E|------| 

Outro
=====

E|-------------|-------------|                         
B|-------------|-------------|                         
G|-5~----------|-5~----3~-5~-| (Gtr. 1 plays associated

E|         
B|         
G| 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'