_____________________
/ Tim Christensen / I think this is one of his more overlooked songs
/ Primetime / and a truly beautifully melancholic pearl.
/ Secrets on Parade / This is also a magnificent example of his minimalistic
/____________________/ style of guitar-arrangement. Enjoy!
The time signature in the verses is 6/4. I reckon you can count this either as
1-2-3,1-2-3 (slow waltz) or 1-2-3-4,1-2 (extended 4/4). Both ways work for me.
Intro:
6/4
G/A Am 4x
||--------------------------------||
||o------------------------------o||
||--------------------------------||
||--9---9---9---9h10---10---10----||
||o---0---0---0------0----0----0-o||
||--------------------------------||
Here in the intro there are two guitar fills:
(The ":" mean when the second guitar (panned in the right side) takes over.)
|---------------------------|----------------:----------|
|---------------------------|----------------:----------|
|---------------------------|----------------:----------|
|---------------------------|----------------:2---------|
|-2-------5-2-3---0---------|-2---------2-0--:----------|
|---------------------------|---------3------:----------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------2---------|-0---4---0---2-------------|
|-3-------0-3-2-------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
1. Verse:
G/A Am 4x
||--------------------------------||
||o------------------------------o||
||--------------------------------||
||--9---9---9---9h10---10---10----||
||o---0---0---0------0----0----0-o||
||--------------------------------||
Dm7 Dm6 E E(#5)
||-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
||o----------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
||-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
||--10----10----10----9----9----9----|--9-----9-----9----10----10----10-----||
||o--8-----8-----8----8----8----8----|-11----11----11----11----11----11----o||
||-----10----10----10---10---10---10-|----12----12----12----12----12----12--||
2. Verse:
G/A Am 4x
||------------------------------||
||o----------------------------o||
||------------------------------||
||--9---9---9---10---10---10----|| (quit the hammer-ons)
||o---0---0---0----0----0----0-o||
||------------------------------||
1.
Dm7 Dm6 E E(#5)
||-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
||o----------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
||-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
||--10----10----10----9----9----9----|--9-----9-----9----10----10----10-----||
||o--8-----8-----8----8----8----8----|-11----11----11----11----11----11----o||
||-----10----10----10---10---10---10-|----12----12----12----12----12----12--||
2.
(Notice that the 6/4 dissolves to a regular 4/4 up to the chorus.)
4/4
E E(#5)
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|--9-----9-----9--9----10-|-------10----9b10-r9-p7-h9-|
|-11----11----11-11----11-|-------11------------------|
|----12----12-------12----|-12-12----12---------------|
Chorus:
(The "x" mean to strum those open strings while changing to the next chord.)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/tim_christensen/prime_time_tab_ver_2.html ]
Am Am/C D7(no3) E
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||--------------------------x---5---|---------5---x-x------------------|
||--7-------7-----------7---x---7---|---------7---x-x-9b10r9--p7--h9---|
||o-0-------0---------------x---5---|-----5---5---x-x------------------|
||-----------------/8-------x-------|-------------x-x------------------|
F6 F#m7(b5) Gsus4 E
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------x--------------------|
|-7-------7-------7-------9--10~--|---------10---x---9b10r9--p7--h9---|
|-8---8---8-----8-9---9---9--10~--|-----10--10---x--------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------x--------------------|
F6 Fmaj7 F6(b5)
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------x---|
|-7-------7-------7-------7-------|-10------10---9-----------9---x---|
|-8---8---8-----8-8---8---8---8---|--8---8---8---8---8---8---8---x---|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------x---|
1.
Dm E(#5) E
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
|-------------------------x-------|-----------------------------------||
|-7-------7-------7---9---x--10---|----10-----------9b10r9--p7--h9----||
|-5---5---5---5-5-5---5---x---7---|-7---7---7---7--------------------o||
|-------------------------x-------|-0-------0---0---------------------||
2.
E
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------9---9---9---9---|-----9---9---9---9---9----------|
|------------10---x---------------|--------------------------------|
|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|-----7---7---7---7---7----------|
|-----0---0-------0---0---0---0---|-----0---0---0---0---0----------|
Interlude:
G/A Am G/A Am
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-9---9---9---9h10---10---10---|-9---9---9---9h10---2--/10---|
|---0---0---0------0----0----0-|---0---0---0------0---0----0-|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
|--------------------:---------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------:---------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------:---------|--------------------2--------|
|--------------------:2--------|-3-------0-3-2---------------|
|-2---------2-0------:---------|-----------------------------|
|---------3----------:---------|-----------------------------|
3. Verse: similar to the 2. Verse
2x Chorus, end and fade out on Am
LYRICS
**********
Rise and shine
You lazy diamond
Now's the time
The time to move on
And re-define
The sound from the silence
I'll shine a light alone
Here I am
Out of the filter
Time to stand
With nobodies shelter
Yeah I will fine
The sound in the silence
I'll shine a light alone
Blame it on my prime time
Blame it on the star shining on me
But I hope you will believe me
When I say
That I am on my way
I can't tell
Where this one is leading
But all is well
If I keep believing
When faces smile
Then I'm on the safe side
I'll shine a light alone
Blame it on my prime time
Blame it on the star shining on me
But I hope you will believe me
When I say
That I am on my way
Hope you will believe me
When I say
That I am on my way
On my way
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Jon Sebastian Frederiksen - 5th /November /11
Just mail me at Maitinin@gmail.com with questions, comments and corrections!
