Time
Ton : BEnglish
Intro
E F#m E F#m E F#m E F#m A E F#m
Couplet
F#mTicking away the moments that make up a dull Aday A(sus4) A
EFritter and waste the hours in an offhand way. F#m
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your Ahome town
EWaiting for someone or something to show you the way. F#m
Refrain
Dmaj7Tired of lying in the sunshine Amaj7staying home to watch the rain.
Dmaj7You are young and life is long and Amaj7there is time to kill today.
Dmaj7And then one day you find C#m7ten years have got behind you.
Bm7No one told you when to run, Eyou missed the starting gun. F5
Instrumental
F#m A E F#m A
F#m A E F#m A E F#m
Dmaj7 Amaj7
Dmaj7 Amaj7 Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7 E
Couplet
And you run F#mand you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinAking
ERacing around to come up behind you again. F#m
The sun is the same in a relative way but you're olAder,
A7 A7/4 A7
EShorter of breath and one day closer to death. F#m
Refrain
Dmaj7Every year is getting shorter Amaj7never seem to find the time.
Dmaj7Plans that either come to naught or Amaj7half a page of scribbled lines
Dmaj7Hanging on in quiet desperaC#mtion is the English way
The Bmtime is gone, the song is over,
Bm7Thought I'd something F/Bmore to say.
Breathe (reprise)
Em(add9) A A7 A7/4 A7 Em(add9) A A7
Couplet
Em7 Home, Emhome again. A A(sus4) A
Em7 I like to be here when I Acan. A7
Em(add9) When I come home cold and tired
A D A/D
Em7It's good to warm my bones beside Athe A(sus4)fire. A
Cmaj7Far away across the field
Bm7The tolling of the iron bell
Fmaj7Calls the faithful to their knees
To Ghear the softly D7(#9)spoken maD7(b9)/D#gic spell. Bm