Time Is Passing chords by Pete Townshend

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
Bb majorBb Bb/FBb/F Bb/G

Verse 1:

  Bb majorBb   FF Bb/G Bb majorBb  FF  Bb/G Eb MajorEb    Bb majorBb  FF  Bb/G
I'm playing my guitar while my sister bangs the jar

  Bb majorBb     FF Bb/G Bb majorBb        F7F7
The glass sets up a sound like people laughing

  Bb majorBb   FF Bb/G Bb majorBb  FF  Bb/G Eb MajorEb    Bb majorBb  FF  Bb/G
It's going to my brain and it's easing all my pain

    Eb MajorEb        FF          Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb  Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb  Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
I must hear this sound again 'cause time is passing

Verse 2:

  Bb majorBb   FF Bb/G Bb majorBb  FF  Bb/G Eb MajorEb    Bb majorBb  FF  Bb/G
I'm walking by the sea and the shingle sings for me

  Bb majorBb     FF Bb/G Bb majorBb        F7F7
The crabs are swimming down among the starfish

  Bb majorBb   FF Bb/G Bb majorBb  FF  Bb/G Eb MajorEb    Bb majorBb  FF  Bb/G
The rocks all clatter down and the seagulls fly around

    Eb MajorEb        FF          Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb  Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb  Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
But the whole trip rubs it in that time is passing, passing

Refrain:

AbAb   Eb MajorEb     Bb majorBb   Eb/BbEb/Bb Bb majorBb Eb/BbEb/Bb Bb majorBb
Find it, I got to hear it all again...

  AbAb         Eb MajorEb       Bb majorBb Eb/BbEb/Bb
My heart has heard the sound of harmony

Eb MajorEb         Bb majorBb
Blind to it, as my tears fall again

   AbAb     Eb MajorEb   AbAb Eb MajorEb      Bb majorBb
It's only by the music I'll be free

Verse 3:

    Eb MajorEb        Ebsus4Ebsus4     Eb MajorEb
There's something in the whisper of the trees

Eb MajorEb        Ebsus4Ebsus4       Eb MajorEb
Millions hear it, still they can't believe

     Bb majorBb      AbAb        Bb majorBb   AbAb Ab Eb MajorEb Eb
There are echoes of it splashing in the waves

   Bb majorBb    AbAb          Eb MajorEb   Eb/BbEb/Bb
As an empire of dead men leave their graves

Verse 4:

  Bb majorBb   FF Bb/G Bb majorBb  FF  Bb/G Eb MajorEb    Bb majorBb  FF  Bb/G
Don't listen to people talk, don't listen to 'em selling souls

  Bb majorBb     FF Bb/G Bb majorBb        F7F7
Don't listen to me or words from men above

  Bb majorBb   FF Bb/G Bb majorBb  FF  Bb/G Eb MajorEb    Bb majorBb  FF  Bb/G
Don't hear it in your needs and don't hear it in your greed's

    Eb MajorEb        FF          Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb  Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb  Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Just hear it in the sound of time a passing

Refrain:

AbAb   Eb MajorEb     Bb majorBb   Eb/BbEb/Bb Bb majorBb Eb/BbEb/Bb Bb majorBb
Find it, I got to hear it all again

  AbAb         Eb MajorEb       Bb majorBb Eb/BbEb/Bb
My heart has heard the sound of harmony

Eb MajorEb         Bb majorBb
Blind to it, as my tears fall again

   AbAb     Eb MajorEb   AbAb Eb MajorEb      Bb majorBb
It's only by the music I'll be free