[Chord Definitions]
[F#m] - x44222
[Dmaj7] - xx0222
[Amaj7] - x02120
[C#m7] - x46454
[Bm7] - x24232
[Bm7-5] - x2323x (Bm7♭5, half-diminished)
[Intro]
[F#m] [Dmaj7] [Amaj7] [C#m7] [Bm7] [Bm7-5]
e|-2-------2--------0--------4-------2-------------|
A|-2-------2--------2--------5-------3-------1-----|
D|-2-------2--------1--------4-------2-------2-----|
G|-4-------0--------2--------6-------4-------3-----|
B|-4----------------0--------4-------2-------2-----|
E|-2-----------------------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
[F#m] [A]
Tick-ing a-way the moments that make up a dull day;
[E] [F#m]
frit-ter and waste the hours in an off-hand way;
[F#m] [A]
Kick-ing a-round on a piece of ground--in your hometown;
[E] [F#m]
wait-ing for some-one or some-thing to show_you the way.----
[Dmaj7] [Amaj7]
Tired of ly-ing in the sun-shine, stay-ing home-to watch the rain,
[Dmaj7] [Amaj7] [Dmaj7]
you are young and life is long, and there is time to kill to-day.
[C#m7]
And then one day, you find--ten years have got be-hind you.
[Bm7] [E] [F#m]
No one told you when to run....You missed the start--ing gun.
[Instrumental: Lead Guitar]
[F#m] [A] [E] [F#m] [F#m] [A] [E] [F#m]
[Verse 2]
[F#m] [A]
run and you run-to catch up with the Sun, but it’s sink-ing;
[E] [F#m]
rac-ing a-round to come up be--hind you a--gain.
[F#m] [A]
The Sun is the same in a rel-a-tive way, but you’re old-er,
[E] [F#m]
short-er of breath, and one-day clos-er to death.
[Dmaj7] [Amaj7]
Ev--’ry year is get--ing short-er, nev-er seem to find the time.
[Dmaj7] [Amaj7]
Plans that ei-ther come to naught, or half a page of scrib-bled lines.
[Dmaj7] [C#m7] [Bm7]
Hang-ing on in qui-et desperation is the Eng-lish way. The time is gone.
[Bm7-5]
The song is o--ver. Thought I’d some-thing more to say.