In My Time On Earth chords by The Waterboys

Chords with lyrics

intro:

Cmaj7Cmaj7 Fmaj7Fmaj7 DmDm Dm/F G6G6

verse 1:

Cmaj7Cmaj7
Do you see that young pretender
Fmaj7Fmaj7
With the tear-marks on his face
DmDm              G6G6
His dark eyes burning when he talks
Cmaj7Cmaj7
I knew him in his splendour
Fmaj7Fmaj7
I've known him in disgrace
DmDm              G6G6
Who'll cut him down from this rock

pre-chorus:

A minorAm
He says bring me my horses
E minor 7Em7
My symbols and my wheels
     Fmaj7Fmaj7           DmDm  G6G6
And we'll speak with our souls for a while
      A minorAm
'Cause I'm sick and I'm torn
   E minor 7Em7
And I long to be healed
    Fmaj7Fmaj7      DmDm     G6G6  G6/C G6G6
And the truth's been too long out of style

chorus:

G6G6            Fmaj7Fmaj7
In my time on this earth
 C majorC       G+G
I will speak the secret
          Fmaj7Fmaj7
In my time on earth
    C majorC      G+G
I will tell what is true
          Fmaj7Fmaj7
In my time on earth
    C majorC      G+G
I will say what the heart knows
          Fmaj7Fmaj7
In my time on earth
    C majorC    G+G
I will say I am you

verse 2:

Cmaj7Cmaj7
I'm so tired of the sound
Fmaj7Fmaj7
My old fingers make
DmDm               G6G6
As they tease and torment my guitar
Cmaj7Cmaj7
And the man on my screen
Fmaj7Fmaj7
Is an actor and a fake
DmDm                G6G6
Yet he preens like a golden superstar

pre-chorus:

A minorAm
I cried in her arms
     E minor 7Em7
When the darkening day was done
   Fmaj7Fmaj7             DmDm  G6G6
And I smelt the burning city in her hair
    A minorAm
And the word on the tips
   E minor 7Em7
Of a thousand million tongues
   Fmaj7Fmaj7
Went unspoken
    DmDm      G6G6  G6/C G6G6
While a lie sped everywhere

chorus:

G6G6            Fmaj7Fmaj7
In my time on this earth
 C majorC       G+G
I will speak the secret
          Fmaj7Fmaj7
In my time on earth
    C majorC      G+G
I will tell what is true
          Fmaj7Fmaj7
In my time on earth
    C majorC      G+G
I will say what the heart knows
          Fmaj7Fmaj7
In my time on earth
    C majorC    G+G
I will say I am you

verse 3:

Cmaj7Cmaj7
Now November is here
Fmaj7Fmaj7
With its carpet of leaves
DmDm                G6G6
And the songs of the dead fill my ears
Cmaj7Cmaj7
All the champions are fallen
Fmaj7Fmaj7
All the heroes are deceived
DmDm                G6G6
And the world they made has disappeared

pre-chorus:

A minorAm
So let's tell it like is, man
E minor 7Em7
Let's nail it on the line
     Fmaj7Fmaj7                DmDm G6G6
Let's be clean with our tongues from here on in
  A minorAm
For we're deep in the heart
    E minor 7Em7
Of the enemy's design
   Fmaj7Fmaj7      DmDm      G6G6 G6/C G6G6
Just waiting for the breakout to begin

chorus:

G6G6            Fmaj7Fmaj7
In my time on this earth
 C majorC       G+G
I will speak the secret
          Fmaj7Fmaj7
In my time on earth
    C majorC      G+G
I will tell what is true
          Fmaj7Fmaj7
In my time on earth
    C majorC      G+G
I will say what the heart knows
          Fmaj7Fmaj7
In my time on earth
    C majorC    G+G
I will say I am you
          Fmaj7Fmaj7
In my time on earth
    C majorC    G+G
I will say I am you
          Fmaj7Fmaj7
In my time on earth
    C majorC    G+G
I will say I am you

outro:

Cmaj7Cmaj7 Fmaj7Fmaj7 DmDm G+G