E F#M E F#M E F#M E F#M F#M A E F#M
E F#M E F#M E F#M E F#M F#M A E F#M
E F#M E F#M E F#M E F#M F#M A E F#M
E F#m E F#m
E F#m E F#m
F#m A E F#m
[Verse 1]
F#m A
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
E F#m
You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way
A
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
E
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way
F#m
[Chorus]
Dmaj7 Amaj7
Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain
Dmaj7 Amaj7
And you are young and life is long and there is time to kill today
Dmaj7 C#m7
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
Bm7 E
Noone told you when to run you missed the starting gun
[Guitar Solo 1]
F#m A E F#m
A E F#m A
E F#m A E
F#m
[Guitar Solo 2]
Dmaj7 Amaj7 Dmaj7 Amaj7
Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7 E
[Verse 2]
F#m A
And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking
E F#m
Racing around to come up behind you again
A
The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older
E F#m
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death
[Chorus]
Dmaj7 Amaj7
Every year is getting shorter never seem to find the time
Dmaj7 Amaj7
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
Dmaj7 C#m7
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the english way
Bm Bm7 F/B
The time is gone the song is over thought I'd something more to say
[Bridge]
Emadd9 A Emadd9 A
[Verse 3]
Em7 A Em7 A
Home home again I like to be here when I can
Emadd9 A Em7 A
When I come home cold and tired It's good to warm my bones beside the fire
[Chorus]
Cmaj7 Bm7
Far away across the field the tolling of the iron bell
Fmaj7/C G D7#9 D7b9 Bm
Calls the faithful to their knees to hear the softly spoken magic spell