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Time Will Tell

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Tuning: Standard
Capo 5th Fret
Don't get worked up about the chord names, they're more basic than they look.
Chords:
- the 'h' means you can hammer-on this note when striking the chord. -
E----0-----0-----0----(0)-----0------------------
B----1-----1-----1----0/1-----0-------------------
G----0----0h2- --2-----0------0-------------------
D----2-----3-----2-----0------2------------------
A----3-----3-----0-----2------2------------------
E----3----(1)----------3------0-------------------
    C/G  Fmaj7   Am  G6add11   Em
C/G   Fmaj7      C/G   Fmaj7       C/G    Fmaj7        C/G
C/G   Fmaj7      C/G   Fmaj7       C/G    Fmaj7        C/G
AmTurning C/Gin the Amgrain aG6add11gain
The Fmaj7bells beC/Ggin to G6add11chime
AmTime, she C/Gsays
"there's C/Gno turning Fmaj7back
Keep your C/Geyes on the G6add11tracks"
And Amthrough the C/Gfields, C/Gsomewhere there's Fmaj7blue
Oh, Amtime will G6add11tell, she'll Fmaj7see us through
C/G   Fmaj7      C/G   Fmaj7       C/G    Fmaj7        C/G
Am   C/G      C/G   Fmaj7      C/G   G6add11
Am   C/G      C/G   Fmaj7      Am    G6add11    Fmaj7
C/G   Fmaj7      C/G   Fmaj7       C/G    Fmaj7        C/G
AmHowling C/Gout the Amwindy G6add11hills
And Fmaj7all the C/Gtime we G6add11took
And Amyou should C/Gknow C/Gjust how it Fmaj7steals
Keep your C/Ghand on the G6add11wheel
And Amthrough it C/Gall, C/Gsomewhere we Fmaj7knew
That Amtime will telG6add11l,   she'll Fmaj7see us through
C/G   Fmaj7      C/G   Fmaj7       C/G    Fmaj7        C/G
And Amall fire and Emflames took all we Fmaj7trust
     C/GWe're kicking up G6add11dust
AmStations Emfade just like they Fmaj7do
Oh, Amtime will G6add11tell, we Fmaj7always knew
C/G   Fmaj7      C/G   Fmaj7       C/G    Fmaj7        C/G
(oooooo's)
Am   C/G      C/G   Fmaj7      C/G   G6add11
Am   C/G      C/G   Fmaj7
Oh, Amtime will G6add11tell, we Fmaj7always knew
C/G   Fmaj7      C/G   Fmaj7       C/G    Fmaj7        C/G
Am        G6add11  Fmaj7    C/G

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Time Will Tell

by Gregory Alan Isakov

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C/G

Fmaj7

G6add11

Tuning: Standard

Capo 5th Fret

Don't get worked up about the chord names, they're more basic than they look.

Chords:

- the 'h' means you can hammer-on this note when striking the chord. -

E----0-----0-----0----(0)-----0------------------

B----1-----1-----1----0/1-----0-------------------

G----0----0h2- --2-----0------0-------------------

D----2-----3-----2-----0------2------------------

A----3-----3-----0-----2------2------------------

E----3----(1)----------3------0-------------------

C/G Fmaj7 Am G6add11 Em

C/G Fmaj7 C/G Fmaj7 C/G Fmaj7 C/G

Am C/G Am G6add11

Turning in the grain again

Fmaj7 C/G G6add11

The bells begin to chime

Am C/G

Time, she says

C/G Fmaj7

"there's no turning back

C/G G6add11

Keep your eyes on the tracks"

Am C/G C/G Fmaj7

And through the fields, somewhere there's blue

Am G6add11 Fmaj7

Oh, time will tell, she'll see us through

C/G Fmaj7 C/G Fmaj7 C/G Fmaj7 C/G

Am C/G C/G Fmaj7 C/G G6add11

Am C/G C/G Fmaj7 Am G6add11 Fmaj7

C/G Fmaj7 C/G Fmaj7 C/G Fmaj7 C/G

Am C/G Am G6add11

Howling out the windy hills

Fmaj7 C/G G6add11

And all the time we took

Am C/G C/G Fmaj7

And you should know just how it steals

C/G G6add11

Keep your hand on the wheel

Am C/G C/G Fmaj7

And through it all, somewhere we knew

Am G6add11 Fmaj7

That time will tell, she'll see us through

C/G Fmaj7 C/G Fmaj7 C/G Fmaj7 C/G

Am Em Fmaj7

And all fire and flames took all we trust

C/G G6add11

We're kicking up dust

Am Em Fmaj7

Stations fade just like they do

Am G6add11 Fmaj7

Oh, time will tell, we always knew

C/G Fmaj7 C/G Fmaj7 C/G Fmaj7 C/G

(oooooo's)

Am C/G C/G Fmaj7 C/G G6add11

Am C/G C/G Fmaj7

Am G6add11 Fmaj7

Oh, time will tell, we always knew

C/G Fmaj7 C/G Fmaj7 C/G Fmaj7 C/G

Am G6add11 Fmaj7 C/G

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What key is "Time Will Tell" in?

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