Time Lyrics and Chords
Verse 1
F#m
Ticking away the moments
………………………..A
That make up a dull day
E
Fritter and waste
…………………………………..F#m
The hours in an off hand way
F#m
Kicking around on a piece of ground
………….A
In your hometown
E
Waiting for someone or something
………………………..F#m
To show you the way
D
Tired of lying in the sunshine,
A
Staying home to watch the rain
D
You are young and life is long,
…….A
And there is time to kill today
D
..And then one day you find
C#m
..Ten years have got behind you
Bm
No one told you when to run,
E
..You missed the starting gun
Music:
Verse 2
…………….F#m
And you run, and you run
To catch up with the sun
……………A
But it’s sinking
E
Racing around to come up
…………………F#m
Behind you again
……F#m
The sun is the same in a relative way
………………..A
But you’re older
E
Shorter of breath
………………………………….F#m
And one day closer to death
D
Every year is getting shorter,
A
Never seem to find the time
D
Plans that either come to naught
…..A
Or half a page of scribbled lines
D C#m
Hanging on in quiet desperation
Is the English way
…….Bm
The time is gone,
The song is over,
Dm F
Thought I’d something more to say
Em A7 Em A7
Em A7
…Home, home again
Em A7
..I like to be here when I can
Em A7
…When I come home cold & tired
……Em
It’s good to warm my bones
………………A7
Beside the fire
C
Far away across the field
Bm
The tolling of the iron bell
F
Calls the faithful to their knees
…..G
To hear the softly
Dm Cm Bm
Spoken magic spells