Standard (EADGBE)
Time marches on, time stands still.
Time on my hands, time to kill.(bass notes run --- to
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Dm Blood on my hands, and my C hands in the F till
Down at the 7- 1 1.
Gentle rain falls on me,
All life folds ack into the sea.(bass notes run --- to )
We contemplate terni ty
Beneath the vast in difference of heaven.
Dm The past seems Bb realer than the C present to me F now.
I've got memories to last me
Bb When the Dm sky is gray.
C The way it F is today.
I remember the times when I was hap py.
Same old sun, same old moon,
It's the same old story, same old tune.(bass notes run --- to )
Dm They all say C someday F soon
My sins will all be forgiven.
Gentle rain falls on me,
All life folds ack into the sea.(bass notes run --- to )
We contemplate terni ty
Beneath the vast in difference of heaven.
They Bb say, C "Everything's all F right."
They Bb say, C "Better days are F near."
They tell us, "These are the good times."
But they don't live round here.
Billy and Christie don't,
And Bruce and Patti don't,
They don't live around here.
I had girl, now she's gone,
She left town, town burned down.(bass notes run --- to )
Dm Nothing left C but the F sound
Of the front door closing for ever.
Gentle rain falls on me,
All life folds ack into the sea.(bass notes run --- to )
We contemplate terni ty
Beneath the vast in difference of heaven,
The vast in difference of hea ven.