Intro: F F 



[Verso 1]

           F 
Peel your skin back 
    F 
to show what you’re made of 
F             F 
  Too bad you never did 
         F 
have the guts to know 
           F 
where your heart should go 


Instrumental 
F Dm Am Bb C F 
F Dm Am Bb C F 
C/E F Bb C Dm F 
F Dm Am Bb C F 



[Verso 2]
 
F 
Sit back and twiddle 
            F 
your fingers Hope that 
F 
no one else figures 
F 
out the way that 
    F 
you play the game 


Instrumental 
F Dm Am Bb C F 
F Dm Am Bb C F 


Refrain 1 
 Dm           C 
Starved for attention that 
      F Bb                Dm 
alone   wouldn’t you fill up 
       C           F 
So you feed on the weak 
        Bb             Dm 
and you drink up their blood, 
           C                F 
but someday they’ll turn on you 


Chorus 1 
               F    F 
I’ll watch the world 
         F     F 
go up in flames I’ll 
           Dm 
strike the match to 
Dm              F   F 
help you do the same 
    G#      F 
The time is now tick 
F                 F  F 
tock its ticking away 
           Dm 
So now I’m here to 
Dm             F   F G# 
rain on your parade 



[Verso 3]
 
   F 
So Take a look in the mirror 
F 
  Who’s that? Someone in 
        Dm 
fear of running out of 
     C 
good places to hide 


Instrumental 
F Dm Am Bb C F 
F Dm Am Bb C F 


Refrain 2 
Dm    C            F 
Crawl out from the dark 
         Bb             Dm 
Feel the light hit your face 
        C           F 
It will never be as bright 
        Bb           Dm 
as the spotlight you crave 
             C          G#       G# 
But watch out before it burns you 


Chorus 2 
               F    F 
I’ll watch the world 
         F     F 
go up in flames I’ll 
           Dm 
strike the match to 
Dm              F   F 
help you do the same 
    G#      F 
The time is now tick 
F                 F  F 
tock its ticking away 
           Dm 
So now I’m here to 
Dm             F   F G# 
rain on your parade 


Instrumental 
C Dm C F Dm Dm 



[Ponte]

            Dm 
The time is now tick 
                  Dm Bb A G# Dm Dm C C# 
tock its ticking away 
Dm                      C#  Dm Bb A G# Dm Dm C C# Dm Bb 
  tick tock its ticking away 


Instrumental: F  F 


[Refrão]
 
               F    F 
I’ll watch the world 
         F     F 
go up in flames I’ll 
           Dm 
strike the match to 
Dm              F   F 
help you do the same 
    G#      F 
The time is now tick 
F                 F  F 
tock its ticking away 
           Dm 
So now I’m here to 
Dm             F   F G# Am Bb C F 
rain on your parade