[Intro - BPM 120] [Verse 1] [F#m] Ticking away the moments that make up a [A] dull day [E] Fritter and waste the hours in an offhand [F#m] way [F#m] Kicking around on a piece of ground in your [A] hometown [E] Waiting for someone or something to show you the [F#m] way
[Chorus] [Dmaj7] Tired of lying in the sunshine, [Amaj7] staying home to watch the rain [Dmaj7] You are young and life is long, and [Amaj7] there is time to kill today [Dmaj7] And then one day you find, [C#m7] ten years have got behind you [Bm7] No one told you when to run .. (run - low E - 4 2 0) [E] You missed the starting gun
[Guitar Solo] [F#m][A][E][F#m] x 4 [Dmaj7][Amaj7][Dmaj7][Amaj7][Dmaj7][C#m7][Bm7][E]
[Verse 2] And you [F#m] run and you run to catch up with the Sun, but it's [A] sinking; [E] Racing around to come up behind you ag [F#m] ain The [F#m] Sun is the same in a relative way, but you're [A] older, [E] shorter of breath, and one day closer to [F#m] death.
[Dmaj7] Every year is getting shorter, [Amaj7] never seem to find the time. [Dmaj7] Plans that either come to naught, or [Amaj7] half a page of scribbled lines. [Dmaj7] Hanging on in quiet desper [C#m7] ation is the English way. The [Bm] time is gone, the song is over. [Bm7] Thought I'd something [F] more to say.
Emadd9 (022002) A Emadd9 A
[Verse 3] [Em7] Home, home ag [A] ain [Em7] I like to be here when I [A] can [Em7] When I come home, cold and [A] tired [Em7] It's good to warm my bones beside the [A] fire [Cmaj7] Far away, across the field [Bm7] Tolling on the iron bell [Fmaj7] Calls the faithful to their knees [G] To hear the softly [D7#9 - Hendrix chord - X5456] spoken [D7b9 - x54545 - move little finger to high E string and barre] magic [Bm] spell
BPM 139 [Intro] B F# E F# E F# B F# E F# play at 7th on E to just for this
[Verse X 2] - chords lower down neck to simulate bass [B] I don't want to [F#] know the rea [E] sons why [F#] love keeps [B] right on [F#] walkin' on down [E] the line [F] [B] I don't want to [F#] stand 'tween you [E] and love [F#] Honey, I just [B] want you to [F#] feel fin [E] e [F#] (Repeat verse once) [Chorus] [B][F#] Finally baby [B] , th [F#] e truth has come down now [B][F#] Take a listen to your spirit [B] I [F#] t's cryin' out loud [B][F#] Tryin' to believe [B] Oh, [F#] you say you love me but you don't know [B] Y [F#] ou got me rockin' and a-reelin' [B][F#] Oh, oh, [B] yeah [F#] Uh huh [Verse X 2] [B] I don't want to [F#] know the rea [E] sons why [F#] love keeps [B] right on [F#] walkin' on down [E] the line [F] [B] I don't want to [F#] stand 'tween you [E] and love [F#] Honey, I just [B] want you to [F#] feel fin [E] e [F#] [Chorus] [B][F#] Finally baby [B] , th [F#] e truth has been told [B][F#] Now you tell me that I'm crazy [B] I [F#] t's nothing that i didn't know [B][F#] Tryin' to survive [B] Oh, you [F#] say you love me but you don't know [B] Y [F#] ou got me rockin' and a-reelin' [B][F#] Hangin' on to you [B][F#] Oh, oh, [B] yeah [F#] Uh huh [Verse X 1] [B] I don't want to [F#] know the rea [E] sons why [F#] love keeps [B] right on [F#] walkin' on down [E] the line [F] [B] I don't want to [F#] stand 'tween you [E] and love [F#] Honey, yeah [B] take a [F#] little time [E][F#]
[Solo - over verse chords - B F# E F#] Intro riff - with "I don't want to know " sung over Finish on B