The Time Of Day chords by Gino Vannelli

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)



|G              |D/G     G      |C/G            |       D/G    |
 /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /

|G              |D/G     G      |C/G            |       D/G    |
 /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /

G                        D/F#
   All the ghosts in the schoolyard
Em                      B/D#
   Young rebels with no dreams
C           G/B
   Dying of old age
Am7          B
    At seven teen

G                   D/F#
   Some blame their mothers
            Em          B/F#
   For this unforgiving world
 C                  G/B
   Others point the finger
          Am               B
   At the flag the wind un furls

But I say


Em             C        G           D
   You are the lock you are the key
    Em          C     G          D
You are the master of your desti ny
    Em          C              G          D
The devil's the dude who sells poison for pay
 Em                C         G       D
    Don't give the devil the time of day
               Em      C           G        D
Don't you give him the room or and inch to play
                Em    C     G           D
Don't give the devil        the time of day
               Em     C     G           D
Don't give the devil        the time of day

Don't give him


G                        D/F#
   There's a face in the mirror
Em7                B/D#
   You don't recog nize
C                   G
So you shatter the lights
            Am                   B
'cause they sting your bloodshot eyes
G                     D/F#
   You walk on with a stranger
               Em             B/F#
Who rolls your soul up in his wad
    C                   G/B
You place your trust in him
              Am                B
Like you once     placed it in god

Well I say


Em             C        G           D
   You are the lock you are the key
    Em          C          G        D
You are the master of your    desti ny
    Em          C               G          D
The devil's the dude who sells poison for pay
 Em                C     G           D
    Don't give the devil the time of day
          Em           C           G        D
Don't you give him the room or and inch to play
                Em    C     G           D
Don't give the devil        the time of day
               Em     C     G           D
Don't give the devil        the time of day

The time of day!



E                       A/E                 B/E            A/E
     Caught between the cyclone fence and a red brick wall
E                        A/E              B/E          A/E
     Yeah, you melt like chocolate in the sun
G                      C/G                    D/G          C/G
     Then you see your angel walking with his high-tops on
G                    C/G                  E/G#
    And he hands you heaven hotter than a loaded gun
A                 B
    (the time of day)
                   A
Don't you give him
             E/G#
(the time of day)
                   A
Don't you give him
              B
(the time of day)
                A
Don't give him

guitar sol

|Em      G      |C       D      |Em      G      |C       D    |
 /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /
hey!

|Em      G      |C       D         |
 /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /

Em                C      G           D
   Don't give the devil  the time of day
               Em      C           G        D
Don't you give him the room or and inch to play
      Em       C      G           D
Don't give the devil  the time of day
               Em     C     G           D
Don't give the devil        the time of day


G                        D/F#
   All the ghosts in the schoolyard
Em                      B/D#
   Young rebels with no dreams
C           G/B
   Dying of old age
Am7        B
   At seven teen

I say

coda with ad lib vocals:

|G              |D/G     G      |C/G            |       D/G    |
 /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /

|G              |D/G     G      |C/G            |       D/G    |
 /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /

|G              |D/G     G      |C/G            |       D/G    |
 /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /

repeat and fade