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I tabbed this song from memory as I have no longer got a version of it to listen to, but I think its more 
less
correct, the lyrics might be dodgy but it sounds good with a chorus effect on the guitar.
There was a time written by Marc Bolan and found on the Electric warrior album (I think)
a short one-verse song used as a prelude to raw ramp.
GThere was a time
EveryDthing was fine
You got drBmunk all the day
Like Cit was fineC  Em  Am  
AmAnd all the Dchildren
They put Gflowers in their ChairC  Em  Am  
AmAnd all the Dgrown ups
They put Gdaggers there insEmtead

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There Was A Time

by T. Rex

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I tabbed this song from memory as I have no longer got a version of it to listen to, but I think its more

less

correct, the lyrics might be dodgy but it sounds good with a chorus effect on the guitar.

There was a time written by Marc Bolan and found on the Electric warrior album (I think)

a short one-verse song used as a prelude to raw ramp.

There was a time

Everything was fine

You got drunk all the day

C C Em Am

Like it was fine

Am D

And all the children

G C C Em Am

They put flowers in their hair

Am D

And all the grown ups

G Em

They put daggers there instead

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