[Verse 1]
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While travelling northwards on a back country lane
Em Am Em
I came on the village where first I grew
G D/F# G G/A G/B C
And stopped to climb up the hill once again
Em Am Em
Looking down from the tracks to the grey slate roofs
D Em D
I watched the village moving as the day went slowly by
G D C G C Em Am
In the fields we lay here my very first love and I
G D A
Under timeless arcadian skies
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Under timeless arcadian skies
[Verse 2]
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The old canal lies sleeping under the sky
Em Am Em
The barges are gone to a lost decade
G D/F# G G/A G/B C
On overgrown banks here lovers' footsteps went by
Em Am Em
Long before ever the roads were made
D Em D
And in our turn we passed here and carved our names on trees
G D C G C Em Am
As the days washed by like waves of an endless sea
G D A
Under timeless arcadian skies
G D C Em Am intro
Under timeless arcadian skies
[Bridge]
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Time runs through your fingers
E Am E Am
You never hold it at all till it’s gone
Bb6 A7 Dm E
Some fragments just linger with you
Am E Am G
Like snow in the spring hanging on
[Verse 3]
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I left the village behind in the night
Em Am Em
To fade like a sail in the darkening seas
G D/F# G G/A G/B C
The shifts and changes in the patterns of life
Em Am Em
Will weather it more than the centuries
D Em D
And in another village in a far off foreign land
G D C G C Em Am
The new day breaks out opening up its hand
G D A
And the sun has the moon in his eyes
G D C Em Am intro till end
As he wanders the timeless skies