Old Mister Time chords by 10cc

• Difficulty: Advanced 🤯

Key: Am

Intro:

Amadd9 Fmaj7b5 G
Amadd9 Fmaj7b5 G

Verse 1:
Am
   He looked funny
G6                             F6    G6/9
   The children called him the scare-crow
Am
   An old raincoat
G6                        F6                       G6/9
   And baggy trousers and sneakers he found at the dump

Pre-Chorus:
C              G/B
Oh, but if you bothered to look
          D                     Am
There was something behind the rags
Bbmaj7          C/Bb
Oh, there was a look in his eyes
       Am                        D
It was something you'd never forget

Verse 2:
Am
   He lived badly
G6                       F6      G6/9
   A broken shack on the railway
Am
   An old moggy
G6                    F6                          G6/9
   The only one who replied when he talked to the walls

Pre-Chorus:
C             G/B
Oh, we didn't understand
        D                          Am
We were fooled by the dirt on his face
Bbmaj7      C/Bb
Oh, we were human then
        Am                      D
We were searching behind his disgrace

Chorus:
Am7                     Dsus4/G
Why don't you leave me alone?
Am7                      Bsus4
Why don't you go to your homes?
Am7                       Dsus4/G
Why don't you keep to yourselves?

I'm tellin' you
Am7                     Bsus4
Why don't you leave me alone?

Bridge:
       Em
You're never gonna realise
     G
When all you do is criticise
       B7
You're never gonna make it work
    Em
You never seem to get enough
    G
You crumble when it's getting rough
       B7
You're never gonna make it work
    Em
I'm tellin' you there'll come a day
       G7
You're gonna blow yourselves away
     C
It's wrong that I should interfere
  Cm
I just get in the way

Solo:
Amadd9 Fmaj7b5 G6
Amadd9 Fmaj7b5 G6
C G/B D Am
Bbmaj7 C/Bb Am7 D

Chorus:
Am7                     Dsus4/G
Why don't you leave me alone?
Am7                      Bsus4
Why don't you go to your homes?
Am7                       Dsus4/G
Why don't you keep to yourselves?

I'm tellin' you
Am7                     Bsus4
Why don't you leave me alone?

Verse 3:
Am            G6
Deep into the night
       F6             G6/9
He was working by the light
       Am            G6
Of the candle by his bed
       F6            G6/9
On the theory in his head
       Dm                C6
He was building from the junk
        Bbmaj7            C6
That he rescued from the dump
            Am               G6
And when he turned the power on
            F6               G6/9
There was a sound and he was gone

Pre-Chorus:
C           G/B
Oh in the gray of the dawn
      D                          Am
We discovered the thing he was working on
Bbmaj7       C/Bb
Oh we didn't understand
    Am                     D
The future was old Mister Time

Outro:
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Old Mister Time (Time)
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Old Mister Time (Time)

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(Fade Out)