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[Intro]
Am    G    F    G    F    C    C
[Verse]
When I was Cyoung     I Fdreamed of being GolderG  
Now that I'm Colder   I Fdreamed of being GyoungF  
I Cdream of a Gtime    when there Amwas no Gtime at Fall
And I Gwonder      Fwhere the time has CgoneC  
[Verse]
When I was Cyoung     I Fdreamed of how I'd Gspend my lifeG  
Now that I'm Colder    I Fspend my life in GdreamsF  
The Cthings I've planned, I've Gnever done
The Amthings I've Gdone I Fnever planned
And Gall the while   it is Flater than it CseemsC  
[Chorus]
FTimeG...     Cyou're no friend to Fme
As Fyou go tickin Gby      CI can hear the Fenemy
Each Fday you add a Gnumber    to the Cthings I'll never Fbe
Oh DmTime,      Fyou're no friend tCo meC  
[Verse]
When I was Cyoung       the Froad went on forGeverG  
Now that I'm Colder      I Fsee it isn't GsoF  
COnce I took my Gtime...    now Amtime has Gtaken Fme
And Gno one has to Ftell me     where Cit goesC  
[Chorus]
FTimeG...     Cyou're no friend to Fme
As Fyou go tickin Gby      CI can hear the Fenemy
Each Fday you add a Gnumber    to the Cthings I'll never Fbe
Oh DmTime,      Fyou're no friend tCo meC  
[Outro]
Oh DmTime... AmTime... GTime...FYour no friend to Cme

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Time

by John Cadley

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

Am G F G F C C

[Verse]

C F G G

When I was young I dreamed of being older

C F G F

Now that I'm older I dreamed of being young

C G Am G F

I dream of a time when there was no time at all

G F C C

And I wonder where the time has gone

[Verse]

C F G G

When I was young I dreamed of how I'd spend my life

C F G F

Now that I'm older I spend my life in dreams

C G

The things I've planned, I've never done

Am G F

The things I've done I never planned

G F C C

And all the while it is later than it seems

[Chorus]

F G C F

Time... you're no friend to me

F G C F

As you go tickin by I can hear the enemy

F G C F

Each day you add a number to the things I'll never be

Dm F C C

Oh Time, you're no friend to me

[Verse]

C F G G

When I was young the road went on forever

C F G F

Now that I'm older I see it isn't so

C G Am G F

Once I took my time... now time has taken me

G F C C

And no one has to tell me where it goes

[Chorus]

F G C F

Time... you're no friend to me

F G C F

As you go tickin by I can hear the enemy

F G C F

Each day you add a number to the things I'll never be

Dm F C C

Oh Time, you're no friend to me

[Outro]

Dm Am G F C

Oh Time... Time... Time...Your no friend to me

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