Standard Tuning
Capo 2
Chords Used
D, Em, G, Cmaj7, Gmaj7, Bm, Am, Am7,Emadd9,
Eb ,A7sus, A7, Asus4, Fmaj7, G7, D7#9, D7b9
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D Em D Em
D Em G
D Em
[Verses]
Em G
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
D Em
You fritter and waste the hours in an off hand way
Em G
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your hometown
D Em
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way
Cmaj7 Gmaj7
Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain
Cmaj7 Gmaj7
And, you are young and life is long and there is time to kill today
Cmaj7 Bm
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
Am D
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun
Em G D Em
Em G D Em
Em G D Em
Em G D Em
Cmaj7 Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7
Cmaj7 Bm Am D
Em G
And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but its sinking
D Em
And racing around to come up behind you again
Em G
The sun is the same in the relative way, but youre older
D Em
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death
Cmaj7 Gmaj7
Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time
Cmaj7 Gmaj7
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
Cmaj7 Bm
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the english way
Am Am7 Eb
The time is gone, the song is over, thought Id something more to say
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Emadd9 A7 A7sus A7
Emadd9 A7 A7sus A7
Em A Asus4 A
Home, home again
Em A7 Asus4 A7
I like to be here when I can
Em(add9) A Asus4 A7
And when I come home cold and tired
Em A
Its good to warm my bones beside the fire
Cmaj7
Far away across the field
Bm
The tolling of the iron bell
Cmaj7
Calls the faithful to their knees
G7 D7#9 D7b9 Bm
To hear the softly spoken magic spells.