| E | F#m | |
| |: | /++++/++++/++++/++++ | /++++/++++/++++/++++ :| x 4 |
| F#m | A | |
| /++++/++++/++++/++++ | /++++/++++/++++/++++ |
| E | F#m | |
| /++++/++++/++++/++++ | /++++/++++/++++/++++ |
| F#m | A | Asus | A | |
| Ticking away the moments that make up the | dull day, |
| E | F#m | |
| Fritter and waste the hours in an off-hand | way |
| A | |
| Kicking around on a piece of ground in your | home town |
| E | F#m | |
| Waiting for someone or something to show you the | way |
| Dmaj7 | |
| Tired of lying in the sunshine, |
| Amaj7 | |
| Staying home to watch the rain, |
| Dmaj7 | |
| You are young and life is long |
| Amaj7 | |
| and there is time to kill today, |
| Dmaj7 | C#m7 | |
| And then one day you find | ten years have got behind you |
| Bm7 | |
| No one told you when to run |
| E | E7 | |
| You missed the starting | gun |
| F#m | A | |
| And you | run, you 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 your | older |
| E | F#m | |
| Shorter of breath and one day closer to | death |
| Dmaj7 | |
| Every year is getting shorter |
| Amaj7 | |
| Never seem to find the time |
| Dmaj7 | |
| Plans that either come to naught |
| Amaj7 | |
| Or half a page of scribbled lines |
| Dmaj7 | C#m | |
| Hanging on in quiet despe- | -ration is the English way |
| Bm | |
| The | time is gone the song is over |
| Bm7 | F | |
| thought I'd something | more to say. |
| Em | A7 | |
| |: | / + + + + | / + + + + :| x 4 |
| Em7 | A | |
| Be on my side, I'll | be on your side, baby, |
| Em7 | A | |
| there is no reason | for you to hide. |
| Em7 | A | |
| It's so hard for me st | ay'in here all alone |
| Em7 | A | Cmaj7 | Bm | |
| when you could be takin' me | for a rid | e, yeah | , yeah. |
| Cmaj7 | Bm | |
| She could drag me | over the rainbow |
| C | Bm | D | |
| and send me awa | y. |
| G | D | A | |
| Down | by the riv | er, |
| G | D | A | |
| I s | hot my ba | by. |
| G | D | A | |
| Down | by the riv | er, |
| Em7 | A | Em7 | A | |
| dead, | ooh, shot her dea | d. |
| Em7 | A | Em7 | A | |
| |: | /+ + + + | /+ + + + | / + + + + | / + + + + :| |
| You take my hand, I'll take your hand, |
| together we may get away. |
| This much madness is too much sorrow, |
| it's impossible to make it today, |
| yeah, ooh, ooh, yeah. |
| She could drag me over the rainbow |
| and send me away. |
| Down by the river, |
| I shot my baby. |
| Down by the river, |
| dead, dead, woh, woh, shot her dead, |
| shot her dead. |
| Em7 | A | Em7 | A | |
| |: | /+ + + + | /+ + + + | / + + + + | / + + + + :| |
| Em | A7 | A7sus4 | A7 | A7sus2 | |
| Breathe, breathe in the | air. |
| Em | A7 | A7sus4 | A7 | A7sus2 | |
| Don't be afraid to | care. |
| Em | A7 | A7sus4 | A7 | A7sus2 | |
| Leave - but don't leave | me. |
| Em | A7 | A7sus4 | A7 | A7sus2 | |
| Look around - and choose your ow | n ground. |
| Cmaj7 | |
| (For) | Long you live and high you fly |
| Bm7 | |
| And | smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry |
| Fmaj7 | |
| And | all you touch and all you see |
| G | D7#9 | D7b9 | Em | |
| Is | all your life will | ever be. |
| Em | A7 | A7sus4 | A7 | A7sus2 | |
| Run, rabbit | run. |
| Em | A7 | A7sus4 | A7 | A7sus2 | |
| Dig that hole, forget the | sun, |
| Em | A7 | A7sus4 | A7 | A7sus2 | |
| And when at last the work is | done |
| Em | A7 | |
| Don't sit down it's time to dig an | other one. |
| Cmaj7 | Bm | |
| yeah | , yeah. |
| Cmaj7 | Bm | |
| She could drag me | over the rainbow |
| C | Bm | D | |
| and send me awa | y. |
| G | D | A | |
| Down | by the riv | er, |
| G | D | A | |
| I s | hot my ba | by. |
| G | D | A | |
| Down | by the riv | er, |
| G | D | A | |
| Down | by the riv | er, |
| G | D | A | |
| I s | hot my ba | by. |
| G | D | A | |
| Down | by the riv | er, |
| G | D | A | |
| Down | by the riv | er |
| .......... |