tom:
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Intro: 
[Primeira Parte]
 
Gbm
Ticking away 
                            
A
The moments that make up a dull day
  
E
Fritter and waste the hours 
               
Gbm
In an offhand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground 
         
A
In your hometown
 
E
Waiting for someone or something 
                 
Gbm
To show you the way
[Segunda Parte]
 
D
Tired of lying in the sunshine
  
A
Staying home to watch the rain
     
D
And you are young and life is long
      
A                         D
And there is time to kill today
                          
Dbm
And then one day you find
Ten years have got behind you
 
Bm                         E
No one told you when to run
                            
You missed the starting gun
[Solo] 
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       D  A  D  A
       D  Dbm  Bm  E
[Terceira Parte]
         
Gbm
And you run and you run 
To catch up with the Sun
          
A
But it's sinking
 
E
Racing around to come up 
             
Gbm
Behind you again
The Sun is the same
In a relative way
           
A
But you're older
  
E
Shorter of breath
                       
Gbm
And one day closer to death
[Quarta Parte]
D
Every year is getting shorter
 
A
Never seem to find the time
  
D
Plans that either come to naught
    
A                           
Or half a page of scribbled lines 
 
D                        Dbm
Hanging on in quiet desperation
Is the English way
     
Bm
The time is gone
The song is over
  
B7               B7            
Thought I'd something more to say
[Interlúdio] 
Em  A  Em  A
[Quinta Parte]
Em              A   Em
    Home, home again
                          
A  Em
I like to be here when I can
                                
A    
And when I come home, cold and tired
      
Em                              A
It's good to warm my bones beside the fire
[Final]
 
C7M
Far away, across the field
     
Bm7
The tolling of the iron bell
 
F7M
Calls the faithful to their knees
    
G              D7  D7   Bm
To hear the softly spoken   magic   spells