What a beautiful song.
Originally played on a piano with big string arrangement.
If you like key changes, this has not one, but two!!
From the Stranger In The City album 1977
Intro
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G C G C G/B Am7 G C
Verse 1
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G Am
Somewhere in daydreams
Bm7 C
The things you won't find
G D
Rain hiding tears without traces
G Am
I know that deep down
Bm7 C
No reason or rhyme
G D /D#
Even the smile on our faces
Chorus 1
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Em D
Time goes so slowly
C Bm7
Day after day
A# Am D
Time goes love grows
G Am Bm7 C
Only the fears as you go through the years
Am D /D# Em A
Til the last sand of time blows away
Am D G
The last sand of time blows a-way
Verse 2
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A Bm
Locked up with freedom
C#m7 D
You don't want at all
A E
In crowds there is no-one to turn to
A Bm
Down when you're high
C#m7 D
Is a long way to fall
A E /F
And all the mistakes you won't learn through
Chorus 2
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F#m E
Time is for ever
D A
And no-one can say
C Bm E
Time shows love goes
A Bm C#m7 D
Only the fears as you go through the years
Bm E /F F#m B
Til the last sand of time blows a-way
Bm E A
Til the last sand of time blows a-way
Inst
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B C#m D#m7 E B F#
B C#m D#m7 E B F#
Chorus 3
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G#m F#
Time is for ever
E B
And no-one can say
D C#m F#
Time shows love goes
B C#m D#m7 E
Only the fears as you go through the years
C#m F# /G G#m C#
Til the last sand of time blows away
C#m F# Bm
Til the last sand of time blows away
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I hope I've done it justice!
Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
September 2012
watfordkev@gmail.com
