Counting Out Time

Ab Ab/G Fm7 
I‘m counting out time, 
Ab/Eb C#7+ 
Got the whole thing down by numbers. 
Ab/C Bb 
All those numbers! Give me guidance! 
Eb7 Ab 
O Lord I need that now. 
Ab/G Fm7 
The day of judgement‘s come, 
Ab/Eb C#7+ 
And you can bet that I‘ve been resting, 
Ab/C Bb 
for this testing, digesting every 
Eb7 Ab 
word the experts say. 
 
F# C#/F Ab/Eb 
Erogenous zones I love you. 
B F#/Bb Ab7 
Without you, what would a poor boy do? 
 
Ab7 
Found a girl I wanted to date, 
Thought I‘d better get it straight. 
Went to buy a book before it‘s too late. 
Don‘t leave nothing to fate. 
 
Ab7/Eb Bb7 C# 
I studied every line, every page in the book, 
D D/C Bb 
Now, I‘ve got the real thing here, I‘m gonna take a look, take a look. 
 
Ab Ab/G Fm7 
I‘m counting out time, 
Ab/Eb C#7+ 
hoping it goes like I planned it, 
Ab/C 
‘cos I understand it. 
Bb Eb7 Ab 
Look! I‘ve found the hotspots, Figures one to nine. 
Ab/G Fm7 
still counting out time, 
Ab/Eb C#7+ 
got my finger on the button, 
Ab/C Bb 
"Don‘t say nothin‘ - just lie there still 
Eb7 Ab 
And I‘ll get you turned on just fine." 
 
F# C#/F Ab/Eb 
Erogenous zones I love you. 
B F#/Bb Ab7 
Without you, what would a poor boy do? 
 
Ab7 
Touch and go with 1-6. 
Bit of trouble in zone No. 7. 
Gotta remember all of my tricks. 
There‘s heaven ahead in No. 11! 
 
Ab7/Eb Bb7 C# 
Getting crucial responses, dilation of the pupils. 
D D/C Bb 
"Honey get hip! It‘s time to unzip, 
to unzip, zip, zip-a-zip-a-zip. Whipee!" 
 
( Ab Ab/G Fm7 Ab/Eb C#7+ Ab/C Bb Eb7 Ab ) 2x 
 
Ab Ab/G Fm7 
I‘m counting out time, 
Ab/Eb C#7+ 
reaction none to happy, 
Ab/C 
Please don‘t slap me, 
Bb Eb7 Ab 
I‘m a red blooded male and the book said I could not fail. 
Ab/G Fm7 
I‘m counting out time, 
Ab/Eb C#7+ 
I got unexpected distress 
Ab/C 
from my mistress, 
Bb Eb7 Ab 
I‘ll get my money back from the bookstore right away. 
 
F# C#/F Ab/Eb 
Erongenous zones I question you 
B F#/Bb Ab 
Without you, what would a poor boy do? 
B F#/Bb Ab 
Without you, what would a poor boy do? 
B F#/Bb Ab C#m 
Without you, mankind handkinds thru‘ the blues.