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Time And Tide

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[Intro]
 G G/E G/F  G/C G/D  G
 G G/E G/F  G/C G/D  G
 Am7/D
[Verse 1]
It's Ghard for me to stop my Dm7heart.
Love never knowCs when the time is rF7ight.
I don't want to Em7hurt anybody,
A7But can't help lD7ovin' you.
[Verse 2]
I never fGelt like this beDm7fore,
I know this is sCpecial worth waiting F7for,
Let life take it's cEm7ourse,
That's the only tA7hing,
For us to D7do
[Chorus 1]
  GWe got time, oh, G/Eba - G/Fby, tG/Chere's no    G/DrGush.
Gonna Gbe a G/Ebet - G/Fter  G/Cday for    G/D  Gus.
Hang Gon and G/EI  G/Fwill G/Cwait foG/Dr   yGou.
Our love will aC/Dlways stay as good as new.G  
[Verse 3]
Time and tDm7ide,
Nothing and Cno one can stop us F7now.
For better for Em7worse,
This time I'm Asure it's gonna lastD7.
[Verse 3]
  GHow can I stop my hDm7eart,
Love never kCnows when the time is riF7ght,
We don't want to Em7hurt anybody
DAon't want to make them D7cry, don't want to make them cry.
[Chorus]
  GWe got time, oh, G/Eba - G/Fby, tG/Chere's no    G/DrGush.
Gonna Gbe a G/Ebet - G/Fter  G/Cday for    G/D  Gus.
Hang Gon and G/EI  G/Fwill G/Cwait foG/Dr   yGou.
Our love will aC/Dlways stay as good as newBm7.
[Instrumental]
E7 Am7 D7
Bm7YeahE7,  it's a matter of tAm7ime,
Only Bm7a matter of Cmaj7time,
It's C/Da matter of...
[Verse 3]
TAime and Em7tide,
Nothing and Dno one can stop us G7now.
For better for F#m7worse,
This time I'm sBure it's gonna lastE7,
D/EGonna last forever.
[Chorus 2]
  AWe got time, oh, A/F#ba - A/Gby, tA/Dhere's no    A/ErAush.
Gonna Abe a A/F#bet - A/Gter  A/Dday for    A/E  Aus.
Hang Aon and A/F#I   A/Gwill A/Dwait foA/Er   yAou.
Our love will aD/Elways stay as good as newA.
[Interlude]
A A/F# A/G  A/D A/E   A
A A/F# A/G  A/D A/E   A
A A/F# A/G  A/D A/E   A
 AOur love will A/F#al - A/Gways stay as A/Dgood A/Eas   Anew.
[Outro]
  AWe got time, oh, A/F#ba - A/Gby, tA/Dhere's no    A/ErAush.
Gonna Abe a A/F#bet - A/Gter  A/Dday for    A/E  Aus.
Hang Aon and A/F#I   A/Gwill A/Dwait foA/Er   yAou.

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Time And Tide

by Basia

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G/E

G/F

G/C

G/D

Am7/D

Dm7

Em7

C/D

Bm7

Am7

Cmaj7

F#m7

D/E

A/F#

[Intro]

G G/E G/F G/C G/D G

Am7/D

[Verse 1]

G Dm7

It's hard for me to stop my heart.

C F7

Love never knows when the time is right.

Em7

I don't want to hurt anybody,

A7 D7

But can't help lovin' you.

[Verse 2]

G Dm7

I never felt like this before,

C F7

I know this is special worth waiting for,

Em7

Let life take it's course,

That's the only thing,

For us to do

[Chorus 1]

G G/E G/F G/C G/D G

We got time, oh, ba - by, there's no rush.

G G/E G/F G/C G/D G

Gonna be a bet - ter day for us.

G G/E G/F G/C G/D G

Hang on and I will wait for you.

C/D G

Our love will always stay as good as new.

[Verse 3]

Dm7

Time and tide,

C F7

Nothing and no one can stop us now.

Em7

For better for worse,

A D7

This time I'm sure it's gonna last.

[Verse 3]

G Dm7

How can I stop my heart,

C F7

Love never knows when the time is right,

Em7

We don't want to hurt anybody

A D7

Don't want to make them cry, don't want to make them cry.

[Chorus]

G G/E G/F G/C G/D G

We got time, oh, ba - by, there's no rush.

G G/E G/F G/C G/D G

Gonna be a bet - ter day for us.

G G/E G/F G/C G/D G

Hang on and I will wait for you.

C/D Bm7

Our love will always stay as good as new.

[Instrumental]

E7 Am7 D7

Bm7 E7 Am7

Yeah, it's a matter of time,

Bm7 Cmaj7

Only a matter of time,

C/D

It's a matter of...

[Verse 3]

A Em7

Time and tide,

D G7

Nothing and no one can stop us now.

F#m7

For better for worse,

B E7

This time I'm sure it's gonna last,

D/E

Gonna last forever.

[Chorus 2]

A A/F# A/G A/D A/E A

We got time, oh, ba - by, there's no rush.

A A/F# A/G A/D A/E A

Gonna be a bet - ter day for us.

A A/F# A/G A/D A/E A

Hang on and I will wait for you.

D/E A

Our love will always stay as good as new.

[Interlude]

A A/F# A/G A/D A/E A

Our love will al - ways stay as good as new.

[Outro]

A A/F# A/G A/D A/E A

We got time, oh, ba - by, there's no rush.

A A/F# A/G A/D A/E A

Gonna be a bet - ter day for us.

A A/F# A/G A/D A/E A

Hang on and I will wait for you.

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