Hey Clockface
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Verse 1
C
Hey Clockface
B7
Keep your fingers on the dial
E
You stole those precious moments
A
And the kisses from her smile
D
And now I'm living in these hours
G
Away we will while
F C
I'm not wasting any more time
Verse 2
C
Hey Clockface
B7
I really want to know
E
Why is it when we're apart
A
You always take it slow
D
And when she's here
G
You always say "It's almost time to go"
F
You said you'd be a friend to me
C
But time is just my enemy
F C
And it is hurting me so
Verse 3
E E7 A7
The moon comes through the window shining crescently and bright
The sun rolls round again
D7
If I could turn your face back
Before all of this started
G
Forty minutes past four when her secrets she parted
Verse 4
C B7
Forty minutes past four in the faithless A.M
E A
She wound up in his arms and not the man that I am
D
A spring that is sprung
G
A cuckoo-bird that sung
F
Now there's a nail in a bare wall
C
Where your face once hung
Verse 5
C
Hey Clockface
B
Now I don't feel a thing
E
You stole away the heart in me
A
And then removed my spring
D
The winding mechanisms shot
G
The movement is unwound
F C
Don't tick or tock or dare to make a sound
Verse 6
C
Hey Clock-face
B
Well, don't you ever dare
E
Count me down to zero hour
A
And keep me waiting here
D
A minute from departure
G F C
I will twist your key and have her come back to me
F Fm C
And have her come back to me
Verse 7
C B7
How can you face me?
E A
After what I've been through
D G
After you broke that vow
F C
How can you face me now?
F Fm C
How can you face me now?
F Fm C
How can you face me now?
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