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Vanessa Carlton
Matter Of Time
Liberman
2015
Key: C
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
 C-   x32010
 G-   320003
 Am-  x02210
 F-   133211
 G/B- x2x003
 Dm-  xx0231
[Intro]
 C   Am   F    Cx2
[Verse 1]
CGive her all your Amdarkness
FGive her all your Clight
CLove is like a Amcarriage
It's no sFpirit in the Cnight
[Refrain 1]
CLike G/Ba   Amwi-Gshing Fwell
Where Call G/Byour AmpenGnies Ffell
[Chorus 1]
He said it's Fonly a Dmmatter of Ctime
BeFfore your Dmheart is Cmine
Have you been Fsearching?
DmYou've been Clooking the Amworld Fover
When is it Ftime Dmto let Cgo?
And is it Fthen Dmthat you Cknow?
All the Fpeace that Dmwe've been
Cbringing Amout of each Fother
Out of each FotherDm  F  
[Verse 2]
CFlowing like a cAmircuit
Through a Fcurse of neon Csigns
CWriting her a Amletter
What's the Fcurve of your deCsire
[Refrain 2]
When the CcyG/Bcle sAmtarts Gits Frun
And we beCcome G/Bwhat Amwe GbeFcome
[Chorus 2]
He said it's Fonly a Dmmatter of Ctime
BeFfore your Dmheart is Cmine
Have you been Fsearching?
DmYou've been Clooking the Amworld Fover
When is it Ftime Dmto let Cgo?
And is it Fthen Dmthat you Cknow?
All the Fpeace that Dmwe've been
Cbringing Amout of each Fother
Out of each Fother
[Instrumental] Guitar Solo
 Am   G/B   C    Fx2
Am G/B F Dm C
F Dm C
F Dm C Am F
[Chorus 3]
When is it Ftime Dmto let Cgo?
And is it Fthen Dmthat you Cknow?
All the Fpeace that Dmwe've been
Cbringing Amout of each Fother
Out of each Fother
[Outro]
CGive her all your Amdarkness
FGive her all your Clight
CLove is like a Amcarriage
It's no sFpirit in the Cnight

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Matter Of Time

by Vanessa Carlton

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G/B

Vanessa Carlton

Matter Of Time

Liberman

2015

Key: C

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:

- x32010

- 320003

- x02210

- 133211

G/B

- x2x003

- xx0231

[Intro]

C Am F C

[Verse 1]

C Am

Give her all your darkness

F C

Give her all your light

C Am

Love is like a carriage

F C

It's no spirit in the night

[Refrain 1]

C G/B Am G F

Like a wi-shing well

C G/B Am G F

Where all your pennies fell

[Chorus 1]

F Dm C

He said it's only a matter of time

F Dm C

Before your heart is mine

Have you been searching?

Dm C Am F

You've been looking the world over

F Dm C

When is it time to let go?

F Dm C

And is it then that you know?

F Dm

All the peace that we've been

C Am F

bringing out of each other

F Dm F

Out of each other

[Verse 2]

C Am

Flowing like a circuit

F C

Through a curse of neon signs

C Am

Writing her a letter

F C

What's the curve of your desire

[Refrain 2]

C G/B Am G F

When the cycle starts its run

C G/B Am G F

And we become what we become

[Chorus 2]

F Dm C

He said it's only a matter of time

F Dm C

Before your heart is mine

Have you been searching?

Dm C Am F

You've been looking the world over

F Dm C

When is it time to let go?

F Dm C

And is it then that you know?

F Dm

All the peace that we've been

C Am F

bringing out of each other

Out of each other

[Instrumental] Guitar Solo

Am G/B C F

Am G/B F Dm C

F Dm C

F Dm C Am F

[Chorus 3]

F Dm C

When is it time to let go?

F Dm C

And is it then that you know?

F Dm

All the peace that we've been

C Am F

bringing out of each other

Out of each other

[Outro]

C Am

Give her all your darkness

F C

Give her all your light

C Am

Love is like a carriage

F C

It's no spirit in the night

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