[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
[Intro Ab/Bb - 6x6544] [Ab/Bb][Bb] x4 then [Bm] on the 4th beat of the 4th Bb
[Chorus] [Cm7] How long [Gm7] has this been [Fm7] goin' on [Fm7] ([Fm7][Gm7]) [Cm7] How long [Gm7] has this been [Fm7] goin' on [Fm7] ([Fm7][Gm7])
[Verse 1] [Ab/Bb] Friends with their fancy per [Bb] suasion Don't ad [Ab/Bb] mit that it's part of a [Bb] scheme But I [Ab/Bb] can't help but have my sus [Bb] picions 'Cause I [Ab/Bb] ain't quite as dumb as I [Bb] seem And you [Ab/Bb] said you was never in [Bb] tendin' To [Ab/Bb] break up our scene in this [Bb] way But there [Ab/Bb] ain't any use in pre [Bb] tendin' It could [Ab/Bb] happen to us any [Bb] day [Bm]
[Chorus] [Cm7] How long [Gm7] has this been [Fm7] goin' on [Fm7] ([Fm7][Gm7]) [Cm7] How long [Gm7] has this been [Fm7] goin' on [Fm7] ([Fm7][Gm7])
[Musical Interlude: 16 measures of Cm to Bb]
[Verse 2] [Ab/Bb] Friends with their fancy per [Bb] suasion Don't ad [Ab/Bb] mit that it's part of a [Bb] scheme But I [Ab/Bb] can't help but have my sus [Bb] picions 'Cause I [Ab/Bb] ain't quite as dumb as I [Bb] seem And you [Ab/Bb] said you was never in [Bb] tendin' To [Ab/Bb] break up our scene in this [Bb] way But there [Ab/Bb] ain't any use in pre [Bb] tendin' It could [Ab/Bb] happen to us any [Bb] day [Bm]
[Chorus] [Chorus] [Cm7] How long [Gm7] has this been [Fm7] goin' on [Fm7] ([Fm7][Gm7]) [Cm7] How long [Gm7] has this been [Fm7] goin' on [Fm7] ([Fm7][Gm7]) [Cm7] How long [Gm7] has this been [Fm7] goin' on [Gm7] ([Fm7][Gm7]) [Repeat until enough]