(4:4)
(Amajor)
INTRO RIFF:
(A C# E D# C A C D# D B G# A A) x 2
(with long pause between riffs)
(“grandfather clock”)
VERSE 1:
[(A) (A/G) (A/F#) (A/F) (A/G)] x 4
(open chords)
(with thumb playing descending bassline)
(reference notes: C# A A B A)
time waits for no man…
gotta keep on roaming…
when everything’s timeworn…
need to be reborn…
(in falsetto at end)
VERSE 2:
[(A) (A/G) (A/F#) (A/F) (A/G)] x 4
no cause to doubt you…
but life goes on without you…
deadline’s approaching…
someone else (encroaching…)
(sing with second voice so first voice can go to chorus)
(teach harmonies to arv)
CHORUS:
(A Asus4 A Asus2)
life…slipping away…
(Amaj7 Amaj7sus4 Amaj7 Amaj7sus2)
every year…every day…
(A7 A7sus4 A7 A7sus2)
regret and the pain is haunting the brain…
(D) (Asus2)
nothing ventured…nothing…
(bass: (A B C#) D (A) A)
(*intro riff*)
VERSE 3:
[(A) (A/G) (A/F#) (A/F) (A/G)] x 4
trapped by 4 walls…
waiting for phone calls…
put it off so long now…
you’ll never know (how…)
(second voice sings last line so first voice can go into chorus)
*CHORUS*
BRIDGE:
[(F#m) (E) (D)] x 2
gained…
(bass: (A E) F# E (G# B) D (A) F# E (G# B) D (A))
[(F#m) (Amaj7)] x 2
(the possibilities lost)
(the opportunity cost)
(F#m) (Cdim) (D) (E)
(look ahead to a shortening thread)
(stone that is covered in moss)
(bass: (D A) F# (A) A (G#) F# (A) A (G#) F# (A C#) C (D#) D (A F#) E (G#))
(try to scream full notes)
(resort to falsetto if you must)
OUTRO:
(intro riff)
(end on:)
(A) (A/G) (A/F#) (A/F) (A)
(played as open A chord with thumb playing the descending bassline)
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INTRO:
(A A A Adim)
(A C# E D# C A C D# D B G#) (A A)
(A C# E D# C A C D# D B G#)
VERSE:
(4:4 / Amajor / 104bpm)
[(A) (A7) (A6) (A+) (A7) (A)] x 4
CHORUS:
(A Asus4 A Asus2)
(Amaj7 Amaj7sus4 Amaj7 Amaj7sus2)
(A7 A7sus4 A7 A7sus2)
(D) (Asus2)
(intro riff)
(bass: A
BRIDGE:
[(F#m) (E) (D)] x 2
[(F#m) (Amaj7)] x 2
(F#m) (Cdim) (D) (E)
CODA:
(A) (A7) (A6) (A+) (A)
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