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Precious Time

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G
GPound for pound and cheeEmk to cheek, cheek paler than a lamp light
GTake me down to light the Embox and play super Scalectrix
    Gand turn tEmhis, darkneGss, into light, and then I'll Emturn too bright, forget all the hype
DI'll need heart and you'll need courAage, We all need...
GToe to toe, there's nowhere to Emgo, so I’m tiptoeing around it
GI held you down and I held my oEmwn, and now I feel like I’m floating
   GSo turEmn to this, Ghead on Emand keep on, keeping on
Dand I’ll need heart and you’ll need coAurage
We all need tCime
So let’s make tDime... work for Cus
Let’s maDke time work Cfor us
Let’s maDke time work Cfor us
Let’s maDke time work for us
GLet’s take our precious time about Cit
Let’s take our precious time about Git
Let’s take our precious time about Cit
Let’s take our precious time about Git
GDon’t you know, nobody knEmows, is there somebody waiting?
GSo you’ll hold yourself up and you hold yourself Emin and then pray that you are growing
G                Em         G
    and tuEmrn to this, darkness, you turn it into light, and then you'll turn too bright, 
all the hype
DAnd I’ll need heart and you’ll need couArage
We all need tCime
So let’s mDake time... work fCor us
Lets makDe time work fCor us
Lets makDe time work fCor us
Lets makDe time work for us
GLets take our preCcious time about it
Lets tGake our precious time about it
Lets taCke our precious time about it
			Heavier    G  
Lets take our precious time about it
Lets take our preCcious time about it
Lets take our precious time about
        G     Emquick strumming  X2
slow
DWe’ll need hearAt and we’ll nDeed courage in these times
BecauAse time Gcan mean so much and you steal mine
by Dave
xxX

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Precious Time

by The Maccabees

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G Em

Pound for pound and cheek to cheek, cheek paler than a lamp light

G Em

Take me down to light the box and play super Scalectrix

G Em G Em

and turn this, darkness, into light, and then I'll turn too bright, forget all the hype

D A

I'll need heart and you'll need courage, We all need...

G Em

Toe to toe, there's nowhere to go, so I’m tiptoeing around it

G Em

I held you down and I held my own, and now I feel like I’m floating

G Em G Em

So turn to this, head on and keep on, keeping on

D A

and I’ll need heart and you’ll need courage

We all need time

D C

So let’s make time... work for us

D C

Let’s make time work for us

D C

Let’s make time work for us

G C

Let’s take our precious time about it

G Em

Don’t you know, nobody knows, is there somebody waiting?

G Em

So you’ll hold yourself up and you hold yourself in and then pray that you are growing

G Em G

and turn to this, darkness, you turn it into light, and then you'll turn too bright,

all the hype

D A

And I’ll need heart and you’ll need courage

We all need time

D C

So let’s make time... work for us

D C

Lets make time work for us

D C

Lets make time work for us

G C

Lets take our precious time about it

Heavier

Lets take our precious time about it

Lets take our precious time about

G Em

quick strumming X2

slow

D A D

We’ll need heart and we’ll need courage in these times

A G

Because time can mean so much and you steal mine

by Dave

xxX

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