{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":99049,"song":"A Song To Pass The Time","artist":"Bright Eyes","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/99049-a-song-to-pass-the-time-chords-by-bright-eyes/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/99049?type=chord","rating":4.80055,"votes":53,"content":"[ch]Eadd#9[/ch] - 022103\r\n[ch]F#m11[/ch] - xx4200\r\n[ch]E/G#[/ch] - xx6400\r\n[ch]A7[/ch] - x02223\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro] (add the Eadd#9 occasionally)\r\n[ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#m11[/ch]\r\nThere is a middle-aged woman, she's dragging her feet[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E/G#[/ch] [ch]F#m11[/ch]\r\nShe carries baskets of clothes to a laundromat[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#m11[/ch]\r\nWhile the Mexican children kick rocks into the street[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E/G#[/ch] [ch]F#m11[/ch]\r\nAnd they laugh in a language I don't understand[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut I love them... why do I love them?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]Eadd#9[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#m11[/ch]\r\nSo the neighborhood's dimming, I smoke on the porch[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E/G#[/ch] [ch]F#m11[/ch]\r\nWatch the people as they pass enclosed inside their cars[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#m11[/ch]\r\nAnd on their faces just anger or disappointment[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E/G#[/ch] [ch]F#m11[/ch]\r\nI start wishing there was something I could offer them[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA consolation... what could I offer them?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]Eadd#9[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#m11[/ch]\r\nAnd they are sad in their suburbs, robots water the lawn[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E/G#[/ch] [ch]F#m11[/ch]\r\nAnd everything they touch gets dusted spotless[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#m11[/ch]\r\nAnd so they start to believe they've not touched anything at all[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E/G#[/ch] [ch]F#m11[/ch]\r\nAnd the cars in the driveway only multiply[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#m11[/ch]\r\nThey are lost in their houses, I've heard them sing in the shower[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E/G#[/ch] [ch]F#m11[/ch]\r\nMaking speeches to their sister on the telephone[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#m11[/ch]\r\nSaying you come home, you come here, don't stay so far away from me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E/G#[/ch] [ch]F#m11[/ch]\r\nThis weather has me wanting love more tangible[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSomething I can hold... 'cause it's getting cold[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Bridge 1]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI say hold up our fists to a flame in the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo block out the light that's reaching for our eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Eadd#9[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n'Cause it... 'cause it would blind us[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n Yeah, it will blind us[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#m11[/ch]\r\nWell, I've locked my actions in the grooves of routine[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E/G#[/ch] [ch]F#m11[/ch]\r\nSo I may never be free of this apathy[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#m11[/ch]\r\nBut I wait for a letter that's coming to me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E/G#[/ch] [ch]F#m11[/ch]\r\nShe sends me pictures of the ocean in an envelope[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo there still is hope, yes, I can be healed[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#m11[/ch]\r\nThere is someone looking for what I've concealed[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E/G#[/ch]\r\nIn my secret drawer, in my pockets deep[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#m11[/ch]\r\nYou will find the reasons that I can't sleep[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd you will still want me...[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Eadd#9[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut will you still want me?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Eadd#9[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWill you still want me?[/tab]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Bridge 2]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell, I say come for the week, you can sleep in my bed[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd pass through my life like a dream through my head[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt will... it will be easy[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Eadd#9[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'll make it easy[/tab]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#m11[/ch]\r\nBut all I have for the moment is a song to pass the time[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E/G#[/ch] [ch]F#m11[/ch]\r\nA melody to keep me from worrying[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#m11[/ch]\r\nSome simple progression to keep my fingers busy[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E/G#[/ch] [ch]F#m11[/ch]\r\nAnd words that are sure to come back to me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd they'll be laughing... and they'll be laughing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n My mediocrity[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n My mediocriteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro] (Ad lib with Eadd#9 and A7 thrown in sometimes)\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYeah, they'll be laughing[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]","plain_text":"Eadd#9 - 022103\nF#m11 - xx4200\nE/G# - xx6400\nA7 - x02223\n\n\n[Intro] (add the Eadd#9 occasionally)\nE\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nE Eadd#9 E A\nE E\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nE Eadd#9 E A\nE\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nE A A7\nE\n\n[Bridge 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nE\n\n[Bridge 2]\n\n\n\n\nE\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro] (Ad lib with Eadd#9 and A7 thrown in sometimes)\n\n\nE F#m A E","chords":["Eadd#9","F#m11","E/G#","A7","E","A","F#m","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}