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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: F
Difficulty: Intermediate
It Takes Time
Drake White
From: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IuRW7wcJOM
Verse 1:
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There's a man in the mountains, of east Tennessee
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With three generations, making that gentleman's drink
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He pours in his soul, then the corn from his land
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Then he lets that old clock, do what only it can
Instrumental:
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Verse 2:
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We were kids when I met her, then I quit that small town
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A handful of years later, shit just look at her now
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Just like that whiskey, she grew strong and smooth
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And old father time, he knew just what to do
Chorus:
F C G
It takes ti-me, can't rush your way right through this life
F C G
Ti- me, no crop don’t grow overnight
F C E Am
Ti- me, gotta put the work in to get it right
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Woah oh, Lord it just takes time (ya)
Instrumental: x2
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Verse 3:
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Well a bird dropped a seed, and it bloomed in the woods
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It took 200 years, to fall from where it stood
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It took the hands of a maker, and the sweat from his brow
F C G
To make that tree this guitar I’m playin’ now
Chorus:
F C G
It takes ti-me, can't rush your way right through this life
F C G
Ti- me, no crop don’t grow overnight
F C E Am
Ti- me, you gotta put the work in to get it right
F C G C
Woah oh, Lord it just takes time
Bridge:
F C G C
Yeah-
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Whoah-oh-oh time, time, ti-me (yeah)
Instrumental:
F C G C F C G G
Chorus:
F
It takes ti-me, can't rush your way right through this life
N.C.
Ti- me, no crop don’t grow overnight
F C E Am
Ti- me, gotta put the work in to get it right
F C G C
Woah oh, Lord it just takes time
F C G C
I said whoah oh---, Lord it just takes time
Outro: x4
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Song History
Last Updated: October 31, 2018