Biography:
Son of Dork was a UK pop punk band formed by James Bourne after his previous band, Busted split in January 2005. Their debut single, "Ticket Outta Loserville", was released in November 2005, reaching #3 on the UK Top 75. Their second single, "Eddie's Song", reached #10 in January 2006. After months of speculation of a split, on July 11th 2007 band member David Williams took over the band's myspace page and announced that Son of Dork had split up, however James confirmed that this was untrue.
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Four years of hard work!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
SON OF DORK
TICKET OUTTA LOSERVILLE [ACOUSTIC]
B ---8--6--6-5---|
G --5--5------5--| x4
1,2 Let’s Go!
C, F, Am, F
C
When I go to sleep I pray
C
I’m waking up to I got you babe
F
Like the guy from Groundhog Day
Am F
Just wanna live forever this way
C
Flash back to seventeen
C
I Got my ass kicked by the football team
F
Another Loser on the scene
Am F
Editor of the chess club fanzine
Am F C G
I asked you out for losing truth or dare
Am F G F Em F G
The guys were cracking up ‘til you said yes
C
Pinch me, is this real?
F
I’m on a one-way ticket out of loserville
Am
Now I’m off the social flat line
G
Things are so good that I’m
F G
Taking down my star trek shrine
F
And you’re more than just a valentine
G
You’re my ticket outta loserville
C, Am, F
C
She gives me butterflies
C
Says I’m not like all the other guys
F
Doesn’t care what car I drive
Am F
She still enjoys the ride
C
When I got to sleep I know
C
That you’ll be there tomorrow
F
And it gives me vertigo
Am F
It was just a week ago that
Am F C G
I asked you out for losing truth or dare
Am F G F Em F G
The guys were cracking up ‘til you said yes
C
Pinch me, is this real?
F
I’m on a one-way ticket out of loserville
Am
Now I’m off the social flat line
G
Things are so good that I’m
F G
Taking down my star trek shrine
C, F, C, F
C F
You blew me out on a Sunday night
C F
You were bored to tears pretending
C F
Knew what you wanted and I’m nothing like the
C F
guy in your happy ending
G Am F
Well you were wrong to lead me on
G Am F
Now in the night I wake up screaming
G Am F
Where the hell did I go wrong?
G
Where’s Scotty when you need him?
C
Pinch me, is this real?
F
I’m on a one-way ticket back to loserville
Am
Heading for the social flat line
G
Things are so bad that
F G
I’m dusting off my star trek shrine
C
This is where it ends and I can taste the glory
F
How can I depend
Am
On a better story, made it,
G
blew it, couldn’t save it,
F G
Think about her all the time
F G
It’s like I never had a valentine
F G
So I guess I better kiss goodbye
G
To my ticket outta loserville
C, Am, F, C
TICKET OUTTA LOSERVILLE [ACOUSTIC]
B ---8--6--6-5---|
G --5--5------5--| x4
1,2 Let’s Go!
C, F, Am, F
C
When I go to sleep I pray
C
I’m waking up to I got you babe
F
Like the guy from Groundhog Day
Am F
Just wanna live forever this way
C
Flash back to seventeen
C
I Got my ass kicked by the football team
F
Another Loser on the scene
Am F
Editor of the chess club fanzine
Am F C G
I asked you out for losing truth or dare
Am F G F Em F G
The guys were cracking up ‘til you said yes
C
Pinch me, is this real?
F
I’m on a one-way ticket out of loserville
Am
Now I’m off the social flat line
G
Things are so good that I’m
F G
Taking down my star trek shrine
F
And you’re more than just a valentine
G
You’re my ticket outta loserville
C, Am, F
C
She gives me butterflies
C
Says I’m not like all the other guys
F
Doesn’t care what car I drive
Am F
She still enjoys the ride
C
When I got to sleep I know
C
That you’ll be there tomorrow
F
And it gives me vertigo
Am F
It was just a week ago that
Am F C G
I asked you out for losing truth or dare
Am F G F Em F G
The guys were cracking up ‘til you said yes
C
Pinch me, is this real?
F
I’m on a one-way ticket out of loserville
Am
Now I’m off the social flat line
G
Things are so good that I’m
F G
Taking down my star trek shrine
C, F, C, F
C F
You blew me out on a Sunday night
C F
You were bored to tears pretending
C F
Knew what you wanted and I’m nothing like the
C F
guy in your happy ending
G Am F
Well you were wrong to lead me on
G Am F
Now in the night I wake up screaming
G Am F
Where the hell did I go wrong?
G
Where’s Scotty when you need him?
C
Pinch me, is this real?
F
I’m on a one-way ticket back to loserville
Am
Heading for the social flat line
G
Things are so bad that
F G
I’m dusting off my star trek shrine
C
This is where it ends and I can taste the glory
F
How can I depend
Am
On a better story, made it,
G
blew it, couldn’t save it,
F G
Think about her all the time
F G
It’s like I never had a valentine
F G
So I guess I better kiss goodbye
G
To my ticket outta loserville
C, Am, F, C
