Intro: Bb Bb/F Bb/G Verse 1: Bb F Bb/G Bb F Bb/G Eb Bb F Bb/G I'm playing my guitar while my sister bangs the jar Bb F Bb/G Bb F7 The glass sets up a sound like people laughing Bb F Bb/G Bb F Bb/G Eb Bb F Bb/G It's going to my brain and it's easing all my pain Eb F Eb Bb Eb Bb Eb Bb Eb Bb I must hear this sound again 'cause time is passing
Verse 2: Bb F Bb/G Bb F Bb/G Eb Bb F Bb/G I'm walking by the sea and the shingle sings for me Bb F Bb/G Bb F7 The crabs are swimming down among the starfish Bb F Bb/G Bb F Bb/G Eb Bb F Bb/G The rocks all clatter down and the seagulls fly around Eb F Eb Bb Eb Bb Eb Bb Eb Bb But the whole trip rubs it in that time is passing, passing Refrain: Ab Eb Bb Eb/Bb Bb Eb/Bb Bb Find it, I got to hear it all again... Ab Eb Bb Eb/Bb My heart has heard the sound of harmony Eb Bb Blind to it, as my tears fall again Ab Eb Ab Eb Bb It's only by the music I'll be free Verse 3: Eb Ebsus4 Eb There's something in the whisper of the trees Eb Ebsus4 Eb Millions hear it, still they can't believe Bb Ab Bb Ab Ab Eb Eb There are echoes of it splashing in the waves Bb Ab Eb Eb/Bb As an empire of dead men leave their graves Verse 4: Bb F Bb/G Bb F Bb/G Eb Bb F Bb/G Don't listen to people talk, don't listen to 'em selling souls Bb F Bb/G Bb F7 Don't listen to me or words from men above Bb F Bb/G Bb F Bb/G Eb Bb F Bb/G Don't hear it in your needs and don't hear it in your greed's Eb F Eb Bb Eb Bb Eb Bb Eb Bb Just hear it in the sound of time a passing Refrain: Ab Eb Bb Eb/Bb Bb Eb/Bb Bb Find it, I got to hear it all again Ab Eb Bb Eb/Bb My heart has heard the sound of harmony Eb Bb Blind to it, as my tears fall again Ab Eb Ab Eb Bb It's only by the music I'll be free