Clockwatching Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays397

Clockwatching by Jason Mraz is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, D, G, Bm and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C
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  			C         D           G 
Take off, both your, shoes and clothes, I'll follow. 
C         D      G 
Undo, corkscrew, drink from the top of a broken bottle. 
C              D             G 
Lately we're running out of time, aren't we? 

C        D          G              
Smoking, often, and calling out our guilty pleasures, 
C           D        G 
Let's keep, talking, anything to stop clockwatching. 
C            D              G 
Lately we're running out of time, aren't we? 
C         D               G 
Crazy for running all the time, m-m-m-m-maybe. 
C                  D              G 
Let's forget we're running out of time. 


G               Bm   Am  
I'm off like an airplane, 
G                Bm            Am 
I'm licking your postage stamp again. 
G            Bm                  Am        
I'm using my right brain and I'm praying the weight will crash. 
X            C       G 
Who knew I'd come so fast. 
X                 C                    G 
Well so what if a two pump chump can't last. 
X                C            G 
But I made it to three, and I foreclose a five minute, fantasy. 
X                        C                             G 
I'll surely fight making love on economy/on account of me (not sure). 

C           D 
No jumping, conclusions, 
G 
I don't think there's no solution, 
C          D 
Let's get, backwards, 
G 
And forget our restless destination. 
C                  D                G 
Let's live in this moment just this time, could we? 
C             D             G 
Just take one moment of our time m-m-m-m-maybe. 
C               D              G 
Let's forget we running out of time. 

G               Bm   Am 
I'm off like an airplane, 
G               Bm          Am 
I'm catching my second wind again. 
G            Bm     
I'm using my left brain 
        Am 
And I'm righting all my wrongs. 
X               C         G 
I'm yearning to turn you on. 
X                    C                       G 
I've been working on getting you off, so get on board. 
X               C                    G           
Well how can I guess by the subject of the best predicate that's left  
                X 
unsaid when the matter is too delicate. 
      C 
My loneliness is evident. 

e-----------------------------------| 
b----1---1-----3-------3---3-----1--| 
g----0---0-----0-------0---0-----0--| (2x) 
d---2--2------4-------4--4------2---| 
a--3----3----5-------5----5----3----| 
e-----------------------------------| 



        C 
And its you, 
       D                  G 
You're running through my mind and it makes me c-c-crazy cra-cra-crazy. 

(just repeat the C,D,G pattern here) 
La la la 
La la la la la 
La la la (ooooooo, so amazing) 
La la la la la la 
La la la 
Laaaa oh oh 
Laaaaaa lo oh oh oh 

C     D        G 
Lady, dreamer, you might be the soundest sleeper, 
C        D            G 
Tonight, sleep tight, and build your nest upon my shoulder.
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante