TIME BEING
HANDS OF TIME
SNOW ANGEL
ALL IN GOOD TIME
NEVER GIVE UP
I THINK WE’RE LOST
REASON FOR OUR LOVE
COLD HEARTED WIND
JAZZ AT THE BOOKSTORE
SHIP OF FOOLS
THE GRIM TRUCKER
SOME DUSTY THINGS
AND NOW THE DAY IS DONE
HANDS OF TIME
| E Esus4 E |
E
Like a fool I’m reaching out, Lord, to the hands of time
E
For if he knew how you were drowning, he’d never toss you a line
B
C#m
A
E
If all we have is here and now, honey, I won’t change a thing
B
C#m
A
F#m
If all I know is how I feel when you move your snow white hand in mine
A
I’ll never hold the hands of time
F#m
E
Esus4
E
From the moment we are born, we’re in the hands of time
E
As drunk on life as death is soo-ber, when we say goodb-y-e
B
C#m
A
E
Though it hurts to lose a friend, may it help remembering
B
C#m
A
F#m
For every door that closes in, one’ll open to the other side
A
F#m
Opened by the hands of time
E
D
Esus4
E
Heaven knows there are days when it flies on by
D
E
Heaven knows there are days when it drags
A
E
Though it may seem to be on your side
A
B
Turn around, it’s left you high and dry
Esus4
And that is why
E
Esus4
Bm
A
E
E
It’s a fool who reaches o-u-t, to the hands of time
B
C#m
A
E
If all we have is here and now, honey, I won’t change a thing
B
C#m
A
F#m
If all I know is how I feel when you move your snow white hand in mine
A
I’ll never hold the hands of time
B
F#m
E
C#m
Esus4
A
E
Feel its hands upon the strings as the music starts to ring
B
C#m
A
F#m
In my soul, in my dreams for to help these melodies and rhymes
A
E
Esus4
Become this sooo-oong “Hands Of Time”
A
E
||: uuh – uuh, uuh – uuh uuh
A
E
Uuh – uuh, Hands of Time
Esus4
:||
SNOW ANGEL
Intro:
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C
F
:|| <= 4x
Em
| C
G | C
F
F |
C
C
F
C
Strange how their love bloomed in the winter
Em
F
Em
F
C
F
Only to vanish in the spring
C
C
It never fails to make him shiver
Em
F
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F
C
G
To see the outline of her wings
F
G
C
C/B
Am
Where she made her last snow angel little did they know
F
G
C
C/B
Am
That it’d make a lasting impression, deeper than the snow
F
G
C
In his soul the snow angel never faded
Em
F
Em
F
F
| C
C
And when love calls to make that promise
C
F
The one to be faithful and be true
Em
F
C
It’s then temptation falls upon us
Em
F
F
F
G | C
F | C
C
C
C
G
The world turns awkward and aloof
F
G
C
C/B
Am
And with this betrayal, an angel descended from on high
F
G
C
C/B
Am
Oh, but this was not a manger and as he came inside,
F
G
C
To his fright t’was no angel hanging naked
Em
F
F
C
Strange how each year ’round late November
Em
F
C
F
When the first snow is on the ground
Em
F
C
She reappears so he’ll remember
Em
F
F
| C
F
G | C
F | C
C
C
C
G
How a love so young can be cut down
Where she made her last snow angel little did they know
That it’d make a lasting impression, deeper than the snow
In his soul the snow angel never faded
F
G
F
In his soul, snow angel never faded
C/B: X2201X
C
F
C
Capo 1st
ALL IN GOOD TIME
Intro:
| G | C | F | D |
G
C
F
D
It all seems so obvious now when I look back on my life
G
C
Am
D
There were times that I really felt doubt think it’ll pass me by
Repeat Intro:
| G | C | F | D |
G
C
F
D
But in this hours of serious doubt through the cold black lonely night
G
C
Am
D
C
Something told me it’ll work out something deep inside is comforting me
CHORUS:
C
G
All in good time
D
G
C
D
C
Oh all in good time, it said
G
D
All in good time
C
| G | C | F | D | (Skip Intro when repeating Chorus)
The bad times will be gone
G
C
G
C
F
D
“Hold your horses” a willow tree cried while the sun calls to me ‘where’s the fire?’
Em
D
C
Run your course now feverish child came a voice from even higher inspiring me
Repeat Chorus
Em
D
C
G
We rise and fall, we try and feel
Em
Am
D
C
D
When people may judge us, when Angels will run us by
G
D
All in good times
G
C
| G | C | F | D |
C
F
D
It all seems so obvious now when I look back on my life
G
C
Em
D
There’s a need for sorrow or doubt for the darkness and the light
C
Call on us please
Repeat Chorus
Capo 1st
NEVER GIVE UP
| C G7 C/g | C F C
C
F
G
C
F
G
| Fmaj7 C | Dm9
G | G C Csus4 C |
C
Of foolish dreams, I’m done with these
C
Of childish things, I’ve set them free
Dm9
G
E7
Am
Filed them away in the past , gave up on all that don’t last
Am/G
F
G
Am G
C
G7 C/g
Save for just one thing, there’s something that I’d never do
Am
C
Fmaj7
I’d never give up on you,
C
G7 C/g
C
Am
F
C
F
G
though they try to break us in two
C Fmaj7 C
Oh oh oh, never give up on you,
C
Dm9
G
Dm9
G
C
whatever I do
C
Come early spring, I bailed on that
G
C
From apron strings, I freed my hands
Dm9
G
E7
Am
Woke from the spell that was cast, I kicked that habit at last
Am/G
F
G
Am
G
C
Oh, but I’ll stick by you, wherever you lead me to
Am
C
Fmaj7
Never give up on you,
C
G7 C/g
C
G7 C/g
Dm9
G
the world may try to break us I two
Am
C Fmaj7 C
Oh oh oh, I’d never give up on you,
Am
Dm9
G
darlin’, whatever they do
Em
F
G
I’d never give up on you, because I know you’d do the same for me
Am
Em
Fmaj7
Never give up on you, because you take me as I am
G
C
How I’ll always be
C
F
G
C
When times are bad, when things go wrong
C
F
G
C
What makes you sad, will make me strong
Dm9
G
E7
Am
Keeping an eye on your tears, sweeping up all this broken mirror
F
G
Am G
Am/G
C G7 C/g
Our luck may not come through , but that’s something that I’d never do
Am
C
I’d never give up on you,
C
G7 C/g
Am
Fmaj7
C
C Fmaj7 C
Oh oh oh, never give up on you,
F
C
Never give up on you
G7:XX001 C/g:XX2013
Dm9: X03230
Dm9
G
though they try to break us in two
Dm9
G
darling, whatever I do
C
Capo 5th
I THINK WE’RE LOST
||: Bm
Cmaj7 :|| 3x
G
C
Am
D
Hate to be the bearer of bad news
G
C
Am
D
But lately even the sun seems confused
Bm
Em
Bm
Em
And now I think we’re lost, think we’re lost
G
C
And the sun don’t shine the way it used to
G
C
And the rain falls harder then it’s s’posed to
Am
Em
Fmaj7
All the world looks cold and grey ,
G
C
Em
I think we’re lost
Am
(D)
D
Dark shadows keep swarming ’round us nowadays
G
C
Am
D
And on the road home I feel surrounded in harm’s way
Bm
Em
Bm
Em
My love, I think we’re lost, think we’re lost
G
C
And the night seems darker than it used to
G
C
I fear we’ve gone much farther than we’re s’posed to
Am
Em
Fmaj7
Em
Bm
Em
Hate to be the one to say, I think we’re lost,
Instr.: ||: G
C
Am7
D :||
Fmaj7
think we’re lost
I think we’re l-o-st,
G
Em (D)
Bm
Em
think we’re lost
C
And the sun don’t shine the way it used to
G
C
And the rain falls harder then it’s s’posed to
Am
Em
All the world just turns away
G
D
C
And I keep worrying about it, baby
G
C
I keep waiting for your love to save me
Am
Em7
Tell me that we’ll find our way
Em
I think we’re lost,
Bbmaj7
Fmaj7
Fmaj7
Em
I think we’re lost
Fmaj7
Capo 2nd
Am
Now it only seems to make me sad
Bbmaj7
Am
D
When I think of what we had and what we’ve lost
Fmaj7: X33210
Bbmaj7: 113231
REASON FOR OUR LOVE
Intro:
“Riff” on E
F#m7
2x
B
E
C#m7
Caught in the middle of a daydream of you
F#m7
B
E
E7
A
We’re lost in this riddle where they keep the answers up above
C#m7 B
E
“Riff”
There’s reason for our love, there’s reason for our love
F#m7
B
F#m7
B
E
C#m7
Thought life held nothing, now I’m holding your hand
E
E7
A
My heart always wondering when all at once it understands
C#m7 B
E
There’s reason for our love, there’s reason for our love
A
B
E7
C#m7
Everybody seems so surprised
F#m7
B
A
B
Though it has been right before our e-y-e-s
E
C#m7
All the time
Instrumental:
F#m7
A
B
F#m7
B
F#m7
B
B
A
B
E
A
E
E7
C#m
“Riff“
E
C#m7
And while we were talking time has flown so it seems
E
E7
A
That you were sleepwalking through that very same dream and back to us
C#m7 B
E
There’s reason for our love, there’s reason for our love
E7
A
B
“Riff”
E
Though the answer lies above, there’s a reason for our love
“Riff” on E Chord:
E
F#m7
D------2---------1--4—-(2)-----(2)--B----2---2--1--2-------(2)-or:-(4)--E--0-------------------(0)-----(2)---
“Riff”
COLD HEARTED WIND
| C G |
4x
C
G
C
G
C
G
C
Some morning you may find yourself alone
C
G
C
G
G
C
G C C/B
And there’ll be no warning should the wind of change start blowin’
Am
Em
F
Cold hearted wind,
C
G
D 7/ 9
G
is blowin’ in the face of love
C
G
G7
C
But I’ll take it to a place I know, where the cold hearted wind don’t go
G | C G | C G | C G | C
G
C
G
C
Been brewin’ ever since the world began
C
G
C
G
G
C
G
C
G
It could mean the ruination of your best laid plans
Am
Em
Cold hearted wind,
C
G
F
D 7/ 9
C
C/B
G
is moving on from every side
C
G
G7
C G C G C G C
Dividing all good will has tried to mend and to unite
D
G
D
G
You wonder if it’s gone for good
As I ponder that unlikelihood
E
A
Oh, if only wishing could
F
C
G
Just keep us from harm’s way always
C
G
C
G
C
G
But I feel it like a train rollin’ down the track
C
G
C
C
G
G
C
G
As it calls for you to entertain these thoughts so black
Am
Em
F
D 7/ 9
C
C/B
G
Cold blooded storm, may turn the warmest heart to stone
C
G
C
G
Leave a trail of toppled hopes and dreams
G7
C G C C/B
Where the cold hearted wind has blown
Am
Em
Cold hearted wind,
C
G
F
C
D 7/ 9
G
is blowin’ in the face of love
G
G7
C
But I’ll take it to a place I know, where the cold hearted wind don’t go
D7/9: 200210
Capo 1st
JAZZ AT THE BOOKSTORE
| Em6 Cmaj7 B7 Em | Em6 Cmaj7 B7
Em
D
Leadbelly’s in the background being drowned out by the grind
C
Em
He’s singing ’bout „Rock Island Line“ nobody seems to pay him any mind
Em
D
Bestsellers and bookshelves full of self-help printed word
C
Em
Some faint elegance is heard, now was that Ellington or Bird?
C
D
Bm Em
And has it really come to this? Can ignorance be bliss?
D
Bm
Em
I’m waiting for - the other shoe to drop
Em6
Cmaj7
B7
Em
Em6
Cmaj7
B7
Em
Jazz at the bookstore and Blues in the coffee shop
| Em | Em |
Jazz at the bookstore and Blues in the coffee shop
Em
D
There’s a man standing at the crossroads with a dark roast in his hand
C
Em
He’s livin’ in white yuppy land over by the milk and sugar stand
C
D
Bm Em
And have I really come for this, cup of caffenated bliss?
Cmaj7
Am7
Em
So we browse around all over town sipping coffees that we can’t pronounce
Cmaj7
B7
And meanwhile in the Blues Cemetery all the coffins commence to bounce
| Em | Em | Em | Em |
Em
D
Leadbelly’s in the cold ground rolling over in his grave
C
Em
The hard road where so many slaved is now so smooth and paved
C
D
Bm Em
And has it really come to this? Can ignorance be bliss?
D
Bm
Em
I’m waiting for - the other shoe to drop
Em6
Cmaj7
B7
Em
Em6
Cmaj7
B7
Em
Em6
Cmaj7
Jazz at the bookstore and Blues in the coffee shop
Jazz at the bookstore and Blues in the coffee shop
B7
Jazz at the bookstore -
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Cmaj7: X3200(0)
Em
Bluuuuues in the coffee shop
Capo 1st
SHIP OF FOOLS
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G
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4x
D
G
Famous disappearing act,
D
D
G
kills ’em every time
C
G
Am
G/d
C
G
|G|
The willing subject sneaks out back and leaves her space behind
D
G
D
G
But life is not a parlour trick, there’s no slight of hand
D
C
G
Am
G/d
C
G
Just tryin’ to save the sinking ship and there’s not sight of land
Chorus:
C
G
We are all in the same boat, darlin’
C
G
On the same rough sea
C
G
We are all in the same boat, darlin’
Am
G/d C
G
The ship of fools it seems
D
|G|
G
D
G
There’s no good news in the news, only bad news papers
D
C
G
Am
G/d C
G
As black humour stands amused at the plight of human nature
D
G
D
G
There’s still a lot of good in the world, no matter what they say
D
C
G
Am
G/d
C
G
And when the darkness comes unfurled, there’s a light that was built to stay
Chorus
Instrumental:
D
| D
G | D
G
D
G | D
C G | Am G/d C G |
G
Optimists and realists and - cynics all agree
D
C
G
Am
G/d C
G
That we are all in this, together whatever will be
Chorus 2x
Capo 4th
G/d: X2003X
THE GRIM TRUCKER
G
Em
F C
G
Em
F C
When the moon is only a shadow when the world is wiping her eyes
G
Em
F
C
G
Em
F
C
The grim trucker darkens the meadow to the market he never drives
E
Eaug
A
F
E7
All the pigs go down the hill past the police station
Asus4
A
F
E7
Across the traaa-acks they turn right at the next light
Am
And they never come back
G
Am/G
Em
F
Fmaj7) Í only 1st time
(Am/F#
C
G
Em
F
C
E
Eaug
See the sleepy-eyed little children - as we bus ’em off to school
G
Em
F
C
G
Em
F
C
To a greasy grimy ol’ building - with a rusty golden rule
Repeat the “pigs” part,
Am/F#
and then:
Fmaj7
…never come back
G
Em
F
C
Í 2x
doo doo doo doo doo doo
G
Em
F
C G
G
Em
F
C
Em
F
C
Fill our face with eggs and bacon while this question weighs on our minds
G
Em
F
C
Will we wake to wings up in heaven? Or to hooves and snout in our next life?
E
Eaug
Whistle:
A
F
E7
F
Asus4
A
E7
Some say if we get it right in this life
Am
Am/G
Then we never come back,
Am
Am/G
Never come back,
Am/F#
Am/F (Am/G)
we never come back’
Am/F#
Am/F (Am/G)
never come back
Am
Am/G
Am/F#
Am/F (Am/G)
We never come back, never come back’, never come back
Am
Am/G
Am/F#
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Am/F
Am
Am/G
Am/F#
never come back
Capo 3rd
SOME DUSTY THINGS
C
F
G
The world is a very small place
C
F
G
And before we know we’re back in our own space
Am
Dm
G
C
C/B
Some dusty things to remind us all of our time on earth
Am
Dm
G
How sweet and precious it was and how
G
We will never be the same
C
F
G
For love is a very small word
C
F
Am
Dm
G
It’s easy to say but seldom is heard
G
C
Above the war that lives on and on in the hearts of men
Am
Dm
C/B
G
How sweet and precious it was but now
Dm
Can it ever be that way again?
G
C
Am
Have no fear if we’re nearing the end
Dm
G
We’ll just drink to old friends
C
F
C
F
G
The world is a very hard place
G
When lost in a crowd we search for a kind face
Am
Dm
G
C
Some trusting soul to confide in arms we can hide into
Am
Dm
C/B
G
Some sweet sad face from a passing train
G
We may never see again
C
F
G
C
F
G
La-la-la-la-la la-la-la-la la-la-la-la-la la la la la la
Am
Dm
G
C
C/B
Some dusty things to remind us all of our time on earth
Am
Dm
G
How sweet and precious it was and how
G
We will never be the same
AND NOW THE DAY IS DONE
Intro:
A
D
E
Dm7 A
A
D
The sun has gone, it arose but never shone
E
Dm7 A
And now the day is done, before it’d ever begun
E
F#m
F#m7
It was such a pleasant dream, ‘til someone pulled the plug
E
F#m
F#m7
T’ was a rude awakening, guess it’s time we all woke up
D
Bm7
E
And admit that something’s very wrong
A
D
The sun has gone, it arose but never shone
E
Dm7 A
And now the day is done, before it’d ever begun
E
F#m
F#m7
Now I guess we’ll never know of the load you had to bear
E
F#m
F#m7
When you walked that lonesome road, did it lead you to despair?
D
Bm7
E
I just hope you’ve found some comfort there
A
D
The sun has gone, it arose but never shone
E
Dm7 A
And now the day is done, before it’d ever begun
| E | F#m | E | F#m |
D
Bm7
E
I just hope you’ve found some comfort there
A
D
The sun has gone, it arose but never shone
E
Dm
A
And now the day is done, before it’d ever begun
A
D
The sun has gone, it arose but never shone
E
Dm
A
And now the day is done, before it’d ever begun
A
D
E
Dm7 A
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