Keeping Time chords by Angie McMahon

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: C

Difficulty: Intermediate

Notes for beginner/intermediate players.
The whole song is based around E shaped barre chords.
F on the first, G on the third fret, Am on the 5th (obviously Em shape), C on the 8th.
When Angie McMahon plays it she doesn't barre across the whole fret,
just the bottom part and uses her thumb to fret the E-string which is why her fingering looks different.


Intro:
G C G C F

Verse 1:
F    G    Am
Now I'm keeping time,
G   C     G
or at least I'm learning how to

C G Em F

F  G    Am
I'm taking flight
G   C  G
or at least I'm just about to

C G Em F

F      G
All the ways we can bruise
    Em   F
are of use to us
F         G
And all the things I have burnt,
    Em      F
I have learnt their cost
F    G       F
Oh, there's cracks in me,
F    G     F
oh, the cracks in me


Bridge:
F     G
I've been braced by the ignition
G    Am
Waiting for a command
Am     F
Young girl, I'm tired
          Em
of your wishing and waiting


Chorus 1:
F      Em F
Has done me harm
G  C  G C  F
Ooo ooo ooo ooo
F       Em F
I've done me harm
G  C  G C  F
Ooo ooo ooo ooo


Verse 2:
F   G    Am
I was sinking into
C     G
lust like it was water

C G Em F

F   G    Am
Always juggling something
C    G
I could not afford to

C G Em F

F         G
But I want someone who
F            Am
doesn't mind it when I stand

(Keep alternating between F and C/G)
F       C/G
I want someone who's
F       C/G
funny looking when they dance
F       C/G
I wanna dance with them,
F       C/G
I wanna dance with them


Bridge:
Am    F
I've been braced by the ignition
F    G   Am
Waiting for a command
Am     F
Young girl, I'm tired of
         Em
your wishing and waiting


Chorus 2:
F      G
Has done me harm
F     G
I want the time to pass
Am   C    Am    G
So I'm speeding down the road
F   G        C
Oh I want the time to pass
G       C   F
so I can move on and swallow this
F   Em G
And God, I want the time to stop
so I don't have to grow old

Em F

Outro:
F Em G C F
Wooooo ooo hoo
G C F
Ay Ay Ay
F Em G C
Woo ooo ooo hoo
G C F
Ay Ay Ay