Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Verse 1: F#m Ticking away the moments A That make up a dull day E Fritter and waste the hours F#m In an off-hand way F#m Kicking around on a piece of ground A In your home town E
Waiting for someone or something F#m To show you the way D Tired of lying in the sunshine A Staying home to watch the rain D You are young and life is long A And there is time to kill today D And then the one day you find C#m Ten years have gone behind you Bm No one told you when to run E You missed the starting gun Solo: F#m A E F#m A E F#m D A D A D C#m Bm E F#m A E F#m A E F#m D A D A D C#m Bm E Verse 2: F#m So you run and you run A To catch up with the sun but it's sinking E F#m Racing around to come up behind you again F#m The sun is the same in a relative way A But you're older, E shorter of breath F#m And one day closer to death D Every year is getting shorter A Never seem to find the time D Plans that either come to naught A Or half a page of scribbled lines D C#m Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way Bm The time is gone, the song is over F Thought I'd something more to say Solo: F#m A E F#m A E F#m D A D A D C#m Bm F Outro: Em Home A Home again Em I like to be here A When I can Em When I come home A Cold and tired Em It's good to warm my bones A Beside the fire C Far away C Across the field Bm Tolling on the iron bell F Calls the faithful to their knees Em D# D Bm To hear the softly spoken magic spell