Chords with lyrics
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Time Passages Al Stewart
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Al Stewart
Time Passages (1978)
(Stewart/White)
I transcribed the song in easy D. In order to match the key of the original
recording, transpose this tab +1 or use one of those cute ukulele capos
on the 1st fret
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CHORDS
g-C-E-A
Gadd9 2-2-3-2
Gm6 0-2-0-1
Dmaj7 2-2-2-4
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Capo 1st fret
INTRO / INTERLUDE
D A A G D A F#m7 G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
A|0-----0---------|--0-------------|0-----0---------|--0-------------|
E|2-----0---------|0---0-----3-----h2-0---0---------|0---0-----3-----|
C|2-----1-------2-|1---------2-----|2---2-1-------2-|1---------2-----|
g|2-----2---------|2---------0-----|2-----2---------|2---------0-----|
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Capo 1st fret
INTRO
[Rhodes]
D A G D A F#m G
|/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |
D A G D A F#m G
|/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |
[full band]
D A G D A F#m G
|/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |
D A G D A F#m Gadd9
|/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |
VERSE
D A F#m G
It was late in December, the sky turned to snow
G A Bm A G
All round the day was going down slow
D A F#m G
Night like a river beginning to flow
G A Bm A G
I felt the beat of my mind go drifting into
CHORUS
D A G
Time passages
D A Bm E
Years go falling in the fading light
D A G
Time passages
G F#m A [ D ]
Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight
INTERLUDE
D A G D A F#m G
|/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |
D A G D A F#m Gadd9
|/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |
VERSE
D A F#m G
Well, I'm not the kind to live in the past
G A Bm A G
The years run too short and the days too fast
D A F#m G
The things you lean on are things that don't last
G A Bm A G
Well, it's just now and then my line gets cast into these
CHORUS
D A G
Time passages
D A Bm E
There's something back here that you left behind
D A G
Oh, time passages
G F#m A [ D ]
Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight
INTERLUDE
D A G D A F#m G
|/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |
MIDDLE 8
Bb Gm6 D
Hear the echoes and feel yourself starting to turn
Bb Gm6 Bm
Don't know why you should feel that there's something to learn
E [ D ]
It's just a game that you play
(break)
LINK
D A G D A A F#m G A
|/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |
D A G D A F#m G
|/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |
SOLO [guitar]
| D A | A G | Em A | F#m G |
| D A | A G | D A | F#m G |
SOLO [saxophone]
| Bb | Bb | Gadd9 Dmaj7 | Gadd9 Dmaj7 |
| Bb | Bb | Dmaj7 | Dmaj7 |
| Gm | E | D | Bm |
| Gm | Gm | Asus4 | A |
INTERLUDE
|2/4 F#m | Bm | A | A F#m | Bm | A | A F#m | Bm | A | A (break) |
VERSE
D A F#m G
Well, the picture is changing, now you're part of a crowd
G A Bm A G
They're laughing at something and the mu-sic's loud
D A F#m G
A girl comes towards you, you once used to know
G A Bm A G
You reach out your hand but you're all a-lone in these
CHORUS
D A G
Time passages
D A Bm E
I know you're in there, you're just out of sight
D A G
Oh, time passages
G F#m A [ D ]
Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight
INTERLUDE
D A G D A F#m G
|/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |
D A G D A F#m G
|/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |
LINK
| D A | A G | Em A | F#m G |
| D A | A G | D A | F#m G |
SOLO [saxophone]
| Bb | Bb | Gadd9 Dmaj7 | Gadd9 Dmaj7 |
| Bb | Bb | Dmaj7 | Dmaj7 |
| Gm | E | D | Bm |
| Gm | Gm | Asus4 | A |
OUTRO
|2/4 F#m |
| Bm | A | A F#m | Bm | A | A F#m |
(repeat til fade)