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As Time Goes By

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As Time Goes By   (Tab by Aatvza)
Intro:   Cmaj7    F   Em7  A7+  
You Dm7must remember tG7his 
A kEm7iss is just a A7+kiss, a Cmaj7sigh is just a G7+sigh Cmaj7  
C#dimThe     D9fundamental things apply Fdim  
As G7+time goes Cmaj7by F7  Em7  A7+  
And Dm7when two lovers G7woo 
They Dm7still say, "I love G7+you" 
On Cmaj7that you can reG7+ly Cmaj7  C#dim  
No D9matter what the future bDm7rings 
          G7+     Cmaj7    F#dim     Dm7  F#13-5
As time goes by 
Fmaj7Moonlight and love songs 
A7Never out of date 
DmHearts full of passion 
F#dim7Jealousy and hate 
AmWoman needs AmMaj7man 
And Am7man must have his D9mate 
          G7    Gdim      Am7  Am7-  G#m7     G7  
That no one can deny 
      C#dimit's Dm7still the same old sG7tory 
A Dm7fight for love and glG7ory G7+  
A Cmaj7case of do or dG7+ie Cmaj7  
    C#dimThe D9world will always welcome lEbdimovers G7+  
As Dm7time G7goes Cmaj7by
Solo: 2x chords verse
Fmaj7Moonlight and love songs 
A7Never out of date 
DmHearts full of passion 
F#dim7Jealousy and hate 
AmWoman needs AmMaj7man 
And Am7man must have his D9mate 
          G7    Gdim      Am7  Am7-  G#m7     G7  
That no one can deny
You Dm7must remember G7this 
A Dm7kiss is just a G7kiss, a Cmaj7sigh is just a G7+sigh Cmaj7  
C#dimThe     D9fundamental things apEbdimply
As G7time Cmaj7goes   A7+byDm7  
    C#dimThe D9fundamental things appFdimly
As Dm7time G7goes Cmaj7by

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As Time Goes By

by ZZ Top

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Cmaj7

Em7

A7+

Dm7

G7+

C#dim

Fdim

F#dim

F#13

Fmaj7

F#dim7

AmMaj7

Am7

Gdim

G#m7

Ebdim

As Time Goes By (Tab by Aatvza)

Cmaj7 F Em7 A7+

Intro:

Dm7 G7

You must remember this

Em7 A7+ Cmaj7 G7+ Cmaj7

A kiss is just a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh

C#dim D9 Fdim

The fundamental things apply

G7+ Cmaj7 F7 Em7 A7+

As time goes by

Dm7 G7

And when two lovers woo

Dm7 G7+

They still say, "I love you"

Cmaj7 G7+ Cmaj7 C#dim

On that you can rely

D9 Dm7

No matter what the future brings

G7+ Cmaj7 F#dim Dm7 F#13

-5

As time goes by

Fmaj7

Moonlight and love songs

Never out of date

Hearts full of passion

F#dim7

Jealousy and hate

Am AmMaj7

Woman needs man

Am7 D9

And man must have his mate

G7 Gdim Am7 Am7 G#m7 G7

That no one can deny

C#dim Dm7 G7

it's still the same old story

Dm7 G7 G7+

A fight for love and glory

Cmaj7 G7+ Cmaj7

A case of do or die

C#dim D9 Ebdim G7+

The world will always welcome lovers

Dm7 G7 Cmaj7

As time goes by

Solo: 2x chords verse

Fmaj7

Moonlight and love songs

Never out of date

Hearts full of passion

F#dim7

Jealousy and hate

Am AmMaj7

Woman needs man

Am7 D9

And man must have his mate

G7 Gdim Am7 Am7 G#m7 G7

That no one can deny

Dm7 G7

You must remember this

Dm7 G7 Cmaj7 G7+ Cmaj7

A kiss is just a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh

C#dim D9 Ebdim

The fundamental things apply

G7 Cmaj7 A7+ Dm7

As time goes by

C#dim D9 Fdim

The fundamental things apply

Dm7 G7 Cmaj7

As time goes by

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