Chords
[Intro]
E F#m E F#m
E F#m E F#m
F#m A E F#m
[Verse 1]
F#mTicking away the moments that make up a dullA day
You 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
[Chorus]
Dmaj7Tired of lying in the sunshine Amaj7staying home to watch the rain
And Dmaj7you are young and life is long and Amaj7there is time to kill today
Dmaj7 And then one day you findC#m7 ten years have got behind you
Bm7Noone told you when to runE you missed the starting gun
[Guitar Solo 1]
F#m A E F#m
A E F#m A
E F#m A E
F#m
[Guitar Solo 2]
Dmaj7 Amaj7 Dmaj7 Amaj7
Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7 E
[Verse 2]
And you runF#m and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinkAing
ERacing around to come up behind you again F#m
The sun is the same in a relative way but you're oldAer
EShorter of breath and one day closer to death F#m
[Chorus]
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#m7tion is the english way
The Bmtime is gone the song is over Bm7thought I'd something F/Bmore to say
[Bridge]
[Emadd9] A [Emadd9] A
[Verse 3]
Em7 Home home againA Em7 I like to be here when I Acan
[Emadd9] When I come home cold and tiredA It's Em7good to warm my bones beside the fire A
[Chorus]
Cmaj7Far away across the field the Bm7tolling of the iron bell
Fmaj7/CCalls the faithful to their knees to Ghear the softly D7#9spoken [D7b9]magic Bmspell