[Intro]N.C.(E) (F#m) (E) (F#m) (E) (F#m) (E) (F#m) (A) (E) (F#m)[Verse]F#m A Asus4 ATicking away the moments that make up a dull dayE F#mFritter and waste the hours in an offhand way.F#m A Asus4 AKicking around on a piece of ground in your home townE F#mWaiting for someone or something to show you the way.[Chorus]Dmaj7 Amaj7Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain.Dmaj7 Amaj7You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today.Dmaj7 C#m7And then one day you find ten years have got behind you.Bm7 E F5No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.[Solo]F#m A E F#m A F#m A E F#m A E F#m
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[Verse]F#m AAnd you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinkingE F#mRacing around to come up behind you again.F#m A A7 A7sus4 A7The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older,E F#mShorter of breath and one day closer to death.[Chorus]Dmaj7 Amaj7Every year is getting shorter never seem to find the time.Dmaj7 Amaj7Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled linesDmaj7 C#mHanging on in quiet desparation is the English wayBmThe time is gone, the song is over,Bm7 F/BThought I'd something more to say.[Bridge]Em A Em A[Verse]Em7 AHome, home againEm7 AI like to be here when I canEm7 AWhen I come home, cold and tiredEm7 AIt's good to warm my bones beside the fire[Bridge]Cmaj7Far away, across the fieldBmTolling on the iron bellFmaj7Calls the faithful to their kneesG D7#9 D7b9 BmTo hear the softly spoken magic spell