There Was A Time chords by Tom Pacheco

(Capo 2, orig key of E)

D           Em
There was a time, when rivers ran clear
  A            Bm         D
And birds in the wind, were all you could hear
  G            D
The air was so sweet, in the morning sunshine
   G     Em   A
Each day was a treat, there was a time

D           Em
There was a time, when people would share
  A          Bm           D
Whatever they had, with friends who were there
    G            D
They?d sit on the grass, on an evening sublime
  G       Em   A
And drink from one glass, there was a time

D           Em
There was a time, when school was a place
   A             Bm          D
Where knowledge was gained, and classrooms were safe
  G              D
The playgrounds were fun, young voices in rhyme
   G     Em  A
With no fear of guns, there was a time

D           Em
There was a time, when people could trust
  A           Bm      D
The ones they?d elect, to watch over us
    G             D
They?d never pull strings, they?d not take a dime
   G     Em   A
From corporate kings, there was a time

D           Em
There was a time, your job was secure
  A             Bm     D
The plant would not move, to Kuala Lumpur
  G            D
The unions were strong, your benefits fine
  G     Em   A
You felt you belonged, there was a time

D           Em
There was a time, when love would endure
   A          Bm        D
You?d marry for life, for rich and for poor
    G           D
And no matter how steep, the cliffs you might climb
   G      Em  A
You?d share every leap, there was a time

D           Em
There was a time, they measured your worth
  A            Bm         D
On what good you did, while you were on earth
 G           D
Before money ruled, and success was defined
   G    Em   A
By celebrity fools, there was a time

D            Em
There was a time, you?d pick up your mail
  A            Bm          D
The letters were ships, the stamps were the sails
    G         D
And you never had fear, of what you might find
G    Em  A
Hidden inside, there was a time

D           Em
There was a time, when people would stand
  A               Bm         D
And fight for their rights, they?d march hand-in-hand
 G            D
Before the big sleep, well planned and designed
  G       Em   A
To turn lions to sheep, there was a time

D           Em
There was a time, not long in the past
   A            Bm        D
When everything changed, too much and too fast
 G           D
I stand by the sea, and treasure its wine
  G      Em    A
Its waves remind me, there once was a time
   D