Chords with lyrics
Verse:
E minorEm
Father time, I'm running late
E minorEm
I'm winding down, I'm growing tired
E minorEm
Seconds drift into the night
E minorEm
The clock just ticks 'til my time expires
C majorC BB
You were once my friend
C majorC BB E minorEm
Now I know I can't tie your hands
Verse:
E minorEm
The days I saved I couldn't spend
E minorEm
They fell like sand through the hourglass
E minorEm
No time to lose, no time to choose
Chorus:
C majorC A minorAm BB E minorEm
Time taking time... it's taken mine
C majorC A minorAm BB E minorEm
Scenes of my life... seem so unkind
C majorC A minorAm BB E minorEm
Time chasing time... creeps up behind
C majorC A augmentedA BB A minorAm
I can't run forever... and time waits for no one
E minorEm
Not even me
Verse:
E minorEm
An enemy I can't defend
E minorEm
My final place, a deadly end
E minorEm
Life is just a speck in space
E minorEm
Dreams of an eternal resting place
C majorC BB
I can't get any younger
C majorC BB E minorEm
Time has brutal hunger
Chorus:
C majorC A minorAm BB E minorEm
Time taking time... it's taken mine
C majorC A minorAm BB E minorEm
Scenes of my life... seem so unkind
C majorC A minorAm BB E minorEm
Time chasing time... creeps up behind
C majorC A augmentedA BB A minorAm D MajorD
I can't run forever... and time waits for no one
A minorAm BB
Time waits for no one
Not even me