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Never A Time

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[Intro]
C  F/C  C  G/C   C  F/C  C  G
[Verse 1]
There is Cnever a tF/Cime to sG/Cay
'Cause it sBb/Ceems to me we'vF/Ce lost our way
So we cCarry on doF/Cwn the roG/Cad
When we lBb/Cive our lives F/Chaunted by
Dm7All the thGings we sCay and dFo
 Dm7Keep on miGssing when EmI'm aloAmne
With youDm7  C/G  F/G  C/G  G  
[Verse 2]
No there's nCever a tiF/Cme to cG/Change
You don't gBb/Cet a chance to F/Crearrange
It's a lCong, long waF/Cy to go..G/C  
Just to Bb/Cfind out something F/Cwe both know
DmCan't you sGee what's goiCng on?F  
 DmIt's so saGd that a Emlove so strAmong
Has gDm7oneC/G  G  
[Bridge]
BbAll I knoF/Aw is Gm7what is FtrueBb  F/A  G  C  
BbAll I F/Aask Gm7is for yFou
Dm7To just look around Gand seeC  
 F/BbYou live your life C/Bblocked in a dream
Where nEb/Bbothing is real and nBbot what it seems
 F/BbWe can't go on anC/Bbother day
Just Am7being afraid to sGm7ay
[Verse 3]
'Cause it's a lCong, long wF/Cay to fG/Call
When Bb/Cwe both thought wF/Ce had it all
When you Cknow there's a tF/Cime to sG/Cay
'Cause we're Bb/Call played out; F/CWe've lost our way!
Dm7All I Ghoped that Cyou would beF  
Was Dm7so understaGnding, and by Emnow you'd seAm7e
But oh noDm7...C/G  F/C  
So sC/Gad, oGhh, so sC/GadF/G  
That's the wC/Gay that it gGoes, I knoAm7wG  
I'm gonna tell you right nFow...C  

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Never A Time

by Genesis

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F/C

G/C

Bb/C

Dm7

C/G

F/G

F/A

Gm7

F/Bb

C/Bb

Eb/Bb

Am7

[Intro]

C F/C C G/C C F/C C G

[Verse 1]

C F/C G/C

There is never a time to say

Bb/C F/C

'Cause it seems to me we've lost our way

C F/C G/C

So we carry on down the road

Bb/C F/C

When we live our lives haunted by

Dm7 G C F

All the things we say and do

Dm7 G Em Am

Keep on missing when I'm alone

Dm7 C/G F/G C/G G

With you

[Verse 2]

C F/C G/C

No there's never a time to change

Bb/C F/C

You don't get a chance to rearrange

C F/C G/C

It's a long, long way to go..

Bb/C F/C

Just to find out something we both know

Dm G C F

Can't you see what's going on?

Dm G Em Am

It's so sad that a love so strong

Dm7 C/G G

Has gone

[Bridge]

Bb F/A Gm7 F Bb F/A G C

All I know is what is true

Bb F/A Gm7 F

All I ask is for you

Dm7 G C

To just look around and see

F/Bb C/Bb

You live your life locked in a dream

Eb/Bb Bb

Where nothing is real and not what it seems

F/Bb C/Bb

We can't go on another day

Am7 Gm7

Just being afraid to say

[Verse 3]

C F/C G/C

'Cause it's a long, long way to fall

Bb/C F/C

When we both thought we had it all

C F/C G/C

When you know there's a time to say

Bb/C F/C

'Cause we're all played out; We've lost our way!

Dm7 G C F

All I hoped that you would be

Dm7 G Em Am7

Was so understanding, and by now you'd see

Dm7 C/G F/C

But oh no...

C/G G C/G F/G

So sad, ohh, so sad

C/G G Am7 G

That's the way that it goes, I know

F C

I'm gonna tell you right now...

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