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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Son Of Dork- Ticket Outta Loserville
E|---2---0-0-0------------------------------|
B|-0---0-------4-0--------------------------|x4
1,2 Let’s Go!
C, C/B, F, G
Verse 1
C
When I go to sleep I pray
C/B
I’m waking up to I got you babe
F
Like the guy from Groundhog Day
G F C
Just wanna live forever this way
PAUSE
Flash back to seventeen
C/B
I Got my ass kicked by the football team
F
Another Loser on the scene
G F
Editor of the chess club fanzine
Pre-Chorus
C C/B
I asked you out for losing truth or dare
F G C
The guys were cracking up ‘til you said yes
Chorus
C C/B
Pinch me, is this real?
F G
I’m on a one-way ticket out of loserville
C
Now I’m off the social flat line
C/B
Things are so good that I’m
F G
Taking down my star trek shrine
C C/B
And you’re more than just a valentine
F
You’re my ticket outta loserville
C, C/B, F
Verse 2
C(1 stroke)
She gives me butterflies
C/B F
Says I’m not like all the other guys
G
Doesn’t care what car I drive
F
She still enjoys the ride
C
When I got to sleep I know
C/B
That you’ll be there tomorrow
F
And it gives me vertigo
G F
It was just a week ago that
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS
Chorus
C C/B
Pinch me, is this real?
F G
I’m on a one-way ticket out of loserville
C
Now I’m off the social flat line
C/B
Things are so good that I’m
F G
Taking down my star trek shrine
C,C/B, F, G
Bridge
C C/B
You blew me out on a Sunday night
F G
You were bored to tears pretending
C C/B
Knew what you wanted and I’m nothing like the
F G
guy in your happy ending
C C/B
Well you were wrong to lead me on
F G
Now in the night I wake up screaming
C C/B
Where the hell did I go wrong?
F G
Where’s Scotty when you need him?
C C/B
Pinch me, is this real?
F G
I’m on a one-way ticket back to loserville
C
Heading for the social flat line
C/B
Things are so bad that
F G
I’m dusting off my star trek shrine
C C/B
This is where it ends and I can taste the glory
F G
How can I depend
C
On a better story maybe?
C/B
Knew it could of saved me
F G
Think about her all the time
C C/B
It’s like I never had her valentine
F G
So I guess I better kiss goodbye
C
To my ticket outta loserville
Outro-C,C/B, F, G, C(1 stroke on C)
E|---2---0-0-0------------------------------|
B|-0---0-------4-0--------------------------|x4
1,2 Let’s Go!
C, C/B, F, G
Verse 1
C
When I go to sleep I pray
C/B
I’m waking up to I got you babe
F
Like the guy from Groundhog Day
G F C
Just wanna live forever this way
PAUSE
Flash back to seventeen
C/B
I Got my ass kicked by the football team
F
Another Loser on the scene
G F
Editor of the chess club fanzine
Pre-Chorus
C C/B
I asked you out for losing truth or dare
F G C
The guys were cracking up ‘til you said yes
Chorus
C C/B
Pinch me, is this real?
F G
I’m on a one-way ticket out of loserville
C
Now I’m off the social flat line
C/B
Things are so good that I’m
F G
Taking down my star trek shrine
C C/B
And you’re more than just a valentine
F
You’re my ticket outta loserville
C, C/B, F
Verse 2
C(1 stroke)
She gives me butterflies
C/B F
Says I’m not like all the other guys
G
Doesn’t care what car I drive
F
She still enjoys the ride
C
When I got to sleep I know
C/B
That you’ll be there tomorrow
F
And it gives me vertigo
G F
It was just a week ago that
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS
Chorus
C C/B
Pinch me, is this real?
F G
I’m on a one-way ticket out of loserville
C
Now I’m off the social flat line
C/B
Things are so good that I’m
F G
Taking down my star trek shrine
C,C/B, F, G
Bridge
C C/B
You blew me out on a Sunday night
F G
You were bored to tears pretending
C C/B
Knew what you wanted and I’m nothing like the
F G
guy in your happy ending
C C/B
Well you were wrong to lead me on
F G
Now in the night I wake up screaming
C C/B
Where the hell did I go wrong?
F G
Where’s Scotty when you need him?
C C/B
Pinch me, is this real?
F G
I’m on a one-way ticket back to loserville
C
Heading for the social flat line
C/B
Things are so bad that
F G
I’m dusting off my star trek shrine
C C/B
This is where it ends and I can taste the glory
F G
How can I depend
C
On a better story maybe?
C/B
Knew it could of saved me
F G
Think about her all the time
C C/B
It’s like I never had her valentine
F G
So I guess I better kiss goodbye
C
To my ticket outta loserville
Outro-C,C/B, F, G, C(1 stroke on C)
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