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"The Time It Is Today"
(Russ Giguere)
Jim Yester, in the liner notes to the Japanese _From The Original Master
Tapes_ CD (Warner/Pioneer WPCP-3536):
  Very complex and personal, an excellent work by Russell Giguere.  At
  times very pastoral, at times very angry, one man's plea for humanity to
  "wake up".
Intro:
        Cmaj7 (w/volume swell; drums enter)
        Cmaj7     Em9       [2X, w/bass fill 2nd time]
          / / / /  / / / /
        bass fill:
         Em9v   v   v   v
        -----------7---7-|
        ---------79--79--|
        -----------------|
        -----------------|
Verse 1:
              Cmaj7Sunrise,     Em9sunset
              Cmaj7What you're born with is     Em9what you get
        LGet your Cadd9fear just pGass aCadd9way
        TGhen your Cadd9love will fGill your Cmaj9days
        Em9I know
Verse 2:
        I need so little, yet so much
        Child's sweet laughter, woman's touch
        I can't say just what is real
        All I know is what I feel
        I know
Bridge:
        (D7Ba-ba-ba...) The time it is today
        And we must find our way
        My heartbeat clearly states
        The answer's not in hate
        I once believed that G/Blove was bGut a drAeam
        D7But now I know
        That lG/Bove's a flGowing stAream
        They're Bmlying, killing, they're pushing their rules
        They tGell me the prophets all were just fools
        But BmI know different and I won't be used
        It's tGhey that are lost
        It's Cmaj7they are confEm9usedCmaj7  Em9  
                         (They are confused)
                                     (They are confused)
Verse 3:
        Sunrise, sunset
        What you're born with is what you get
        All your world is all your fears
        They don't change, but pass in years
        Em9               E [end cold]
        I know
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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The Time It Is Today

by The Association

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Chords in this song · guitar

Em9

Cmaj7

Cadd9

Cmaj9

G/B

"The Time It Is Today"

(Russ Giguere)

Jim Yester, in the liner notes to the Japanese _From The Original Master

Tapes_ CD (Warner/Pioneer WPCP-3536):

Very complex and personal, an excellent work by Russell Giguere. At

times very pastoral, at times very angry, one man's plea for humanity to

"wake up".

Intro:

Cmaj7 (w/volume swell; drums enter)

Cmaj7 Em9 [2X, w/bass fill 2nd time]

/ / / / / / / /

bass fill:

Em9

v v v v

-----------7---7-|

---------79--79--|

-----------------|

Verse 1:

Cmaj7 Em9

Sunrise, sunset

Cmaj7 Em9

What you're born with is what you get

G Cadd9 G Cadd9

Let your fear just pass away

G Cadd9 G Cmaj9

Then your love will fill your days

Em9

I know

Verse 2:

I need so little, yet so much

Child's sweet laughter, woman's touch

I can't say just what is real

All I know is what I feel

I know

Bridge:

(Ba-ba-ba...) The time it is today

And we must find our way

My heartbeat clearly states

The answer's not in hate

G/B G A

I once believed that love was but a dream

But now I know

G/B G A

That love's a flowing stream

They're lying, killing, they're pushing their rules

They tell me the prophets all were just fools

But I know different and I won't be used

It's they that are lost

Cmaj7 Em9 Cmaj7 Em9

It's they are confused

(They are confused)

Verse 3:

Sunrise, sunset

What you're born with is what you get

All your world is all your fears

They don't change, but pass in years

Em9 E [end cold]

I know

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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