Intro: Bm E

Verse 1:
Bm E       Bm                         E
    If you wanna make a move then you better come in
              Bm                          E
It's just the ability to reason that wears so thin
  Bm                     E
Living and dying and the stories that are true
  Bm                     E
Secrets to a good life's knowing when you're through

Chorus:
A                  D                      E
 Black coat, white shoes, black hat, Cadillac. Yeah
    D                A
The boy's a time bomb
                  D                      E
Black coat, white shoes, black hat, Cadillac. Yeah
    D
The boy's a time bomb

Verse 2:
           Bm                             E
Well, he's back in the hole where they got him living
       Bm                            E
Like a rat but he's smarter than that nine lives
          Bm                           E                          Bm
Like a cat  fifteen years old take him to the youth authority home
                                         E                          A
First thing you learn is that you got to make it in this world alone

Chorus:
                  D                      E
Black coat, white shoes, black hat, Cadillac. Yeah
    D                A
The boy's a time bomb
                  D                      E
Black coat, white shoes, black hat, Cadillac. Yeah
    D
The boy's a time bomb

Verse 3:
Bm                               E                             Bm
Now he's gotten out, he's gotten free, he's gotta go, gotta car
                               E                           Bm
He's twentyone years old, he's runnin' numbers from the bar
                     E
His pager's beepin', he's got in deep in
    Bm                         E
Whatever he can move on in you know that kid's a creepin'

Chorus:
A                  D                      E
 Black coat, white shoes, black hat, Cadillac. Yeah
    D                A
The boy's a time bomb
                  D                      E
Black coat, white shoes, black hat, Cadillac. Yeah
    D
The boy's a time bomb

Bridge:
E
 Yeah The boy's a time bomb

Solo (x4): Bm E

Solo:
   A D E D
   A D E

Verse 4:
Bm                                    E                     Bm
Tears come from the razor that's been tattooed below his eye
                                 E                      Bm
His mother cries, she knows that he is strong enough to die
                         E                                 Bm
He's rollin' in the Cadillac, it's midnight sunroof is down
                                E                            A
Three shots rung out the hero's dead, the new king is crowned

Chorus:
                  D                      E
Black coat, white shoes, black hat, Cadillac. Yeah
    D                A
The boy's a time bomb
                  D                      E
Black coat, white shoes, black hat, Cadillac. Yeah
    D
The boy's a time bomb
A                  D                      E
 Black coat, white shoes, black hat, Cadillac. Yeah
    D                A
The boy's a time bomb
                  D                      E
Black coat, white shoes, black hat, Cadillac. Yeah
    D
The boy's a time bomb

Outro:
E               A
 Ohh, time bomb!
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