Timer chords by Laura Nyro

• Difficulty: Advanced 🤯

Intro:


Am     G           Am/F     G/E
Uptown goin' down, old life-line
Am/C   G/B         Am               G         D7
Walkin down faster walkin with the master of time
D7           Am/C      Am/C  G/B   F/A    Em/G  F/A  Gm7 Gm7 Am  Bm7
My lady woke up    and she   broke down   She   got  up, she let go
Dm7                                           Dm7/G
Take me, Timer shake me, Timer, Timer, let it blow     let it blow

Part 1:

G     C        Am        F  Em Dm
[single notes[ My darlin friends
Dm/G    C        Em7       F       F/G  C
Oh I be loong to Timer, he changed my   face
       C              Em7               F                  F/G      C
You're fine fine one, Timer, You got me walkin through the gates of space
           C
I keep remembering

Part 2:

Dm       Em     F       G
in-doors that I used to walk through
Em7          Em7               Dm7
Baby I'm not tryin to talk you down but
Dm7     Em7          F          F
I could walk through them doors onto a
F/D             G/E       Am/F      G
pleasure ground    it was sweet and funny
  F/D           G/E       Am/F        G
a pleasure ground   didn't know about money didn't
F/D        G/E     Am/F      G      Am/F       Bb
know about Timer        did     not know about Timer

Part 3:

Fmaj7                      Em7
Holdin to my cradle at the start (holdin’ to my cradle my cradle)
    Dm7                     Em7            A7           Dm        F/G
but now my hand is open and now my hand is ready for my heeeeart  So
C           C/B     Am     Am/G    F    F/G   C
let the wind  blow, Timer, let the wind blow, Timer   and if the
C    C/B  Am           Bb/D
song goes minor I won't mind
 Bb6                            F/D       G/E
And Timer know the Lady's gonna love again
    Am/F           G            F/D
And Timer says the Lady rambles nevermore and
G/E    Am/F    G              Am/F  G/E  F/D                Bb/G      Em7/A
If you love me too and if you love  me   true I'll spend my life with you
Dm      G               C       Em
you and Timer. You're a jigsaw, Timer, you're a

Outro:

Ab              Bb
God is a jigsaw Timer,
         C       Em
You're a jigsaw, Timer, you're a
Ab              Bb
God is a jigsaw Timer
Bb/C                 Bb/C                 Bb/C                Ab
Timer, souling with  Timer, souling with  Timer, souling with Timer let it
Bb/C      Bb/C       Bb/C     Bb/C       Bb/C     Bb/C       Bb/C         Bb/C
blooooooooooooow  uh huh          Let it gooooooo-ooooo   uh huh Timer uh huh
         Bb/C         Bb/C         Bb/C         Bb/C         Bb/C
Timer uh-huh Timer uh-huh Timer uh-huh Timer uh-huh Timer uh-huh




Notes - This was transcribed on piano. The slash chords are designed to assist
a piano player in quickly finding where their left and right hands should go
e.g. F/D (F over D) means the left hand plays a D bass note and the right hand
plays an F major triad. It could also be written F6 but F6 would not indicate the
lowness of the D bass note.

Likewise, in the sequence of three chords F/D G/E Am/F the slash chords show that
the left hand bass line ascends D-E-F — while the right hand triad goes F-G-Am
— at each move, always two white keys apart.

But unfortunately these slash chords that make sense on a keyboard yield tricky
chords for guitar — often unnecessary difficulty. If you are playing guitar, try
simplifying slash chords to a more straightforward options. For example switching
out  .

Am/F for an F chord
G/E for Em chord,
Am/C for a C chord,
G/B for a G chord,
and F/A for an F chord.

I hope this helps.