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