Intro: 
A F#  A F#  A F#  E B 
 
Verse 1: 
 
A        F#                                     
Where you gonna be when they can't control ya? 
A       F#                                   
See you come around and they gonna roll ya. 
A          F#                               
See you in the ghetto like the chola cola. 
 E     B 
They start the countdown. 
A      F#                                     
Now you with somebody wanna throw you a bone  
A       F# 
Looking for a conflict to call your own 
A      F# 
Well, here's another song about the danger zone 
E   B 
It's about to go down 
 
Chorus: 
 
A F# 
35 seconds til the countdown starts 
A F# 
25 seconds til the countdown starts 
A F# 
94 seconds til the countdown starts 
E B                A               F# 
It's the countdown to the countdown 
 
Bridge: 
 
C# 
Time elapses 
D# 
Love collapses 
C#m 
Over and over 
      B 
Come over 
     E 
Red rover 
     C#m 
Our ship sails from Dover 
  B            E 
It's cargo is time 
 
Verse 2: 
 
A   F# 
Hey, good-lookin' with the helmet on 
A      F# 
Driving real fast on the Autobahn 
A      F# 
Staring at yourself up on the Jumbotron 
E     B 
They stop the countdown 
 
Chorus: 
 
A F# 
35 seconds til the countdown starts 
A F# 
25 seconds til the countdown starts 
A F# 
94 seconds til the countdown starts 
E B                A                
It's the countdown to the countdown 
 
Outro: 
 
A 
Can't stop listening  
B 
Can't stop watching 
F# 
I need a product to use 
A 
Can't stop listening  
B 
Can't stop watching 
F# 
It's called payin' your dues 
A 
Can't stop listening  
B 
Can't stop watching 
F# 
They put a movie on TV 
A 
Can't stop listening  
B 
Can't stop watching 
F#                            E 
It's called payin' your dues 
 
It's called payin' your dues 
 
A F#  A F#  A F#  E B (repeated and over solo)