Joe Jackson - Fast forward

I'm hitting fast ^Gfor^D/F#ward ^{Em7 Dsus2} Seems l^C/Eike we'd gotten ^Bm/Dkind of stuck ^CTime to get ^Bbout of town and try t^Fo Set the con^Bbtrols ^F/Afor s^Gmomet^Fime ^Eboff in ^Dm/Fthe future Where ^Ebpeople will be hap^Dbpy instead of ^AbGetting dumber and getting scared-er all the time

Either ^Fmiserable with millions or dying for a dime Desperate to live forever or lucky to live at all ^{C/E D} And if I could s^Gee ^D/F# myse^Em7lf ^Dsus2from ^C/Esome other ^Bm/Dplanet Would I be s^Chaking my head ^Bbsadly or^F Would I be ^Bblaugh^F/Aing ^GmSayi^Fng ^Ebit's al^Dm/Fways been th^Ebe same Bu^Dbt anyway ^AbNot going back to the ^Absus4Age of G^Abold or the ^Eb/GAge of ^AbSin

^FFast forward till I ^Fsus4underst^Fand the ^Cage I'm ^Fin ^{C/E D} And it's always the ^Gold^D/F# guys^Em7 bit^Dsus2ching About t^C/Ehe young guys gr^Bm/Dowing beards ^COr turning i^Bbnto sissies or someth^Fing While they're trying to ^Bbhold b^F/Aack t^Gmime ^FAs i^Ebf that ^Dm/Fisn't weird Meanw^Eb/Ghile the young^Db guys are ^AbWaiting for respect when what they wanna be is cool Cool calm and collected just as if that isn't strange ^FOr they wanna blow the whistle, ring the bell and change the rules When the game goes on forever It's just the uniforms that change C/E D If this is the ^Gbest^D/F# of t^Em7imes^Dsus2 or if^C/E it's the ^Bm/Dworst ^CThere's some^Bb difference of opinion out there^F Everyone is a ^Bbgen^F/Aius ^Gmbut ^Fno o^Ebne has ^Dm/Fany friends Or i^Eb/Gs it the other^Db way around ^AbNot going back to the ^Absus4Age of G^Abold or the ^Eb/GAge of S^Abin ^FFast forward till I un^Fsus4derstan^Fd the a^C/Ege I'm i^Fn ^{C/E D} Sometimes I look at the ^BmMoon And I think I k^Abmnow just how she feels ^Gmaj7Going round and round us again ^EAs we go round the Sun Watching us as ^Bmfools and g^Abmeniuses rush in ^Gmaj7And you and me age disgracefully ^EAnd have way too much fun

And everyone ^Gknows ^D/F#about^Em7 wha^Dsus2t's ov^C/Eer and don^Bm/De And t^Cied up with ^Bbpretty ribbons on it ^F One king after ^Bbano^F/Ather ^Gmwith^F a m^Ebad one ^Dm/Fand a queen or two Thro^Eb/Gwn in for good^Db measure and meanwhile We can m^Abake the future, make it every bit as clear Make a friendly Star Trek universe, 'cause everything's allowed ^FThe only place that's seriously strange to be is here And the only time that's maddeningly mysterious is now C/E D So I'm hitting ^Gfast^D/F# forw^Em7ard ^{Dsus2 C/E Bm/D} C Bb ^FCome on get on ^Bbboa^F/Ard! ^{Gm F Eb Dm/F} You ^Eb/Gdon't wanna be^Db late now...

^AbNot going back to the ^Absus4Age of G^Abold or the ^Eb/GAge of ^AbSin ^FFast forward till I ^Fsus4underst^Fand the ^Cage I'm ^Fin ^{C/E D}