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Time by Tom Waits
Time
INTRO
|D A7 |
VERSE
|D |D |G A7 |D |
|D A7 |D |G |A7 |
CHORUS
|D A7 |D |G D |A7 |
|D F#m |G Em |D A7 |D |
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VERSE:
D
The smart money's on Harlem
D
And the moon is in the street
G A7 D
The shadow boys are breaking all the laws
D A7
And you're east of East Saint Louis
D
And the wind is making speeches
G A7
And the rain sounds like a round of applause
D
Napoleon is weeping
D
In the carnival saloon
G A7 D
His invisible fiance's in the mirror
D A7
And the band is going home
D
It's raining hammers, it's raining nails
G A7
It's true there's nothing left for him down here
CHORUS:
D A7 D
And it's time, time, time
G D A7
And it's time, time, time
D F#m G Em
And it's time, time, time, that you love
D A7 D
And it's time, time, time
VERSE 2:
D
And they all pretend they're orphans
D
And their memory's like a train
G A7 D
You can see it getting smaller as it pulls away
D A7
And the things you can't remember
D
Tell the things you can't forget
G A7
That history puts a saint in every dream
D
Well she said she'd stick around
D
Until the bandages came off
G A7 D
But these mama's boys just don't know when to quit
D A7
And Matilda asks the sailors
D
Are those dreams or are those prayers?
G A7
So close your eys, son and this won't hurt a bit
CHORUS...
VERSE 3:
D
Well things are pretty lousy
D
For a calendar girl
G A7 D
The boys just dive right off the cars and into the street
D A7
And when they're on a roll
D
She pulls a razor from her boot
G A7
And a thousand pigeons fall around her feet
D
So put a candle in the window
D
And a kiss upon his lips
G A7 D
As the dish outside the window fills with rain
D A7
Just like a stranger
D
With the weeds in your heart
G A7
And pay the fiddler off 'till I come back again
CHORUS x2
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version 2
Tuning: D-A-D-G-H-E
The following tab is very close to the version of Pascal Fricke, an amazing german guitarist and teacher.
You find his version under this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uja4SHnfogo
Visit also his homepage (http://pascal-fricke.jimdo.com/). There you can find his own beautful compositions
I have changed his cover version a little bit, so you can better sing to it
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B|--------------------------------|-3----------------------3------3------|-3----------3----2-------2-p-0----|
G|---2----------------------2-----|-----------------2--------------------|--------0-------------------------|
D|-----------------------4-----4--|-------------4------4-----------------|-----0--------------2-------------|
A|--------------------5-----------|--------------------------------------|-----------------0----------------|
E|---------------0----------------|--------0-----------------------------|-5--------------------------------|
Well the smart money`s on harlow and the moon is in the atreet and the shadow boys are breaking all the
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B|-------------|------------------------------------|--3-----------------------3--------------|
G|--2----2p0---|--2-----------------------2---------|-----------------2----------------0------|
D|-----0-----4-|--------------------4-----------4---|--------------4-----4--------------------|
A|-------------|----------------5-------------------|-----------------------------------------|
E|--0----------|------------0-----------------------|----------0------------------------------|
laws and you`re east of east saint louis and the wind is making speeches and the
e|--------------------------------|-------------|-----------------------|------------------------------|
B|--0----------0------0-----------|--------0-3--|-----------------------|-3----------------3----3------|
G|--0-----0---------0----2-p-0----|------0------|--2-------------2------|------------2-----------------|
D|--0--------------------------4--|----2--------|-------------4-----4---|---------4-----4--------------|
A|--------------------------------|--0----------|---------5-------------|------------------------------|
E|--5-----------------5-----------|-------------|------0----------------|------0-----------------------|
rain sounds like a round of app- lause and napoleon is weeping in a carnival saloon his in-
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B|-3------3---2------2-h-0--|-------------|---------------------------|--3----------------------------------3---
G|-----0--------------------|--2---2p0----|--2-----------------2------|----------------------------2------------
D|---0-----------2----------|----0-----4--|-----------------4------4--|-----------------------4-------4---------
A|------------0-------------|-------------|--------------5------------|-----------------------------------------
E|-5------------------------|--0----------|----------0----------------|---------------0-------------------------
visible fiancee`s in the mirror and the band is going home it`s raining hammers, it`s raining nails
e|----------|------------------------------|-----------0--------0---|-2-----2--0-----0-|---------2------2----|
B|----0-----|--0---0-------0------0-----3--|--3-2-2h3-------3-------|-----3--------2---|-3-----3-----3-------|
G|----------|--0-0----0-------2------------|--0---------------------|---2--------2-----|-----2---------------|
D|----------|--0---------------------------|--2---------------------|-0----------------|---4-----------------|
A|----------|------------------------------|--0---------------------|----------0-------|-5-------------------|
E|----------|--5-----------5---------------|------------------------|------------------|---------------------|
and it`s true there`s nothing left for him down here and it`s time time time and it`s
e|--3-----3--2-----2-|--0-----0--0-2-3---|--5-----5--5------5--|-5------------------2-h-0------|
B|------0--------3---|------2------------|------3----2----2----|-0-----------------------------|
G|----0--------2-----|----2--------------|----2------2--2------|-0-----------------------------|
D|-----------0-------|-------------------|--0--------0---------|---------------0-(2)-----------|
A|-------------------|--0----------------|---------------------|-----0-h--2--------------------|
E|--5----------------|-------------------|---------------------|-0-----------------------------|
time time time and it`s time time time that you say and it`s
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B|--3-----3--2--------|--3-------3----|
G|------2-----------0-|--------2------|
D|----0-----------2---|------4--------|
A|-------------0------|----5----------|
E|--------------------|---------------|
time time time
Vers 1
Well the smart money's on harlow and the moon is in the street,
and the shadow boys are breaking all the laws.
and you're east of east saint louis and the wind is making speeches,
and the rain sounds like a round of applause.
Vers 2
and napoleon is weeping in a carnival saloon
his invisible fiancee's in the mirror.
and the band is going home, it's raining hammers, it's raining nails
and it's true there's nothing left for him down here.
Refrain
And it's time time time, and it's time time time
and it's time time time that you love
and it's time time time
Vers 3
And they all pretend they're orphans and their memory's like a train.
you can see it getting smaller as it pulls away.
and the things you can't remember tell the things you can't forget.
that history puts a saint in every dream
Vers 4
Well she said she'd stick around until the bandages came off,
but these mama's boys just don't know when to quit.
and mathilda asks the sailors "are those dreams or are those prayers?"
so close your eyes, son, and this won't hurt a bit
Refrain
Oh it's time time time, and it's time time time
and it's time time time that you love
and it's time time time
Vers 5
Well things are pretty lousy for a calendar girl
the boys just dive right off the cars and splash into the street.
and when they're on a roll she pulls a razor from her boot,
and a thousand pigeons fall around her feet.
Vers 6
so put a candle in the window and a kiss upon his lips
as the dish outside the window fills with rain.
just like a stranger with the weeds in your heart
and pay the fiddler off 'til i come back again
Refrain
Oh it's time time time, and it's time time time
and it's time time time that you love
and it's time time time
and it's time time time, and it's time time time
and it's time time time that you love
and it's time time time
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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