This Is The Time

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This is the Time – Billy Joel
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Written by: Billy Joel
From: "The Bridge" (1986)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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Capo: 1st fret
Play: E
Key: F
For original chords transpose +1.
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[Intro]
[A [B/A [A [A
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|2---------2-----|4-----5-5-------|------2--2--4-7-|7--6--4-6-------|
G|2-------2-2-----|4-----6-6-------|----------------|----------------|
D|2-----2---2-----|4-----7-7---2---|------2--2--4-7-|7--5--4-5---2---|
A|0---------------|0-----0-0-------|0---------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
(triplets) (triplets)
[A [B/A [A [A
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------2-----|4-----5-5-------|---------2--4-7-|7--6--4-6---7---|
G|--------2-2-----|4-----6-6-------|----------------|----------------|
D|------2---2-----|4-----7-7---2---|------2--2--4-7-|7--5--4-5---7---|
A|0---------------|0-----0-0-------|0---------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
(triplets) (triplets)
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
B/A x-0-4-4-4-x
D6 x-x-0-2-0-2
E/G# 4-x-2-1-0-0
G6 3-x-0-0-0-0
F#7sus4 2-4-4-4-2-0 or 2-4-2-4-2-2
F#7 2-4-4-3-2-0 or 2-4-2-3-2-2
Faug 1-3-x-2-2-1
F6 1-3-x-2-3-1
A/E 0-2-2-2-2-0
Cdim7 x-3-4-2-4-x
D#m7-5 x-x-1-2-2-2
Aadd9 x-0-2-4-2-0
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[Intro]
A B/AA A
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A B/AA A
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C#m7D6 E
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C#m7D6 E
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[Verse 1]
C#m7 D E
We walked on the beach beside that old hotel
C#m7 D E
They're tearing it down now, but it's just as well
C#m7 D E
I haven't shown you everything a man can do
C#m7 D E E E
So stay with me baby, I've got plans for you (breaks)
[Chorus]
E/G# A
This is the time to remember
D E
Cause it will not last forever
E/G# A
These are the days to hold on to
D E
Cause we won't, although we'll want to
[Post-Chorus]
A
This is the time
G6 F#7sus4 F#7
But time is gonna change
FaugF6F6 FaugF6F6
[ ]
You've given me the best of you
A/E E E
And now I need the rest of you
[Verse 2]
C#m7 D E
Did you know that before you came into my life
C#m7 D E
It was some kind of miracle that I survived
C#m7 D E
Some day we will both look back and have to laugh
C#m7 D E E E
We lived through a lifetime and the aftermath (breaks)
[Chorus]
E/G# A
This is the time to remember
D E
Cause it will not last forever
E/G# A
These are the days to hold on to
D E
Cause we won't, although we'll want to
[Post-Chorus]
A
This is the time
G6 F#7sus4 F#7
But time is gonna change
FaugF6F6 FaugF6F6
[ ]
I know we've got to move somehow
A/E E E
But I don't want to lose you now
[Middle 8]
C#m7 G#m7
Sometimes it's so easy
A B Cdim7
To let a day slip on by
C#m7 G#m7 A AB
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Without even seeing each other at all
C#m7 G#m7
But this is the time you'll turn back
F#m7 D#m7-5 G#7
And so will I
C#m7 G#m7 Aadd9
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And those will be days you can never recall
[Interlude]
C#m7D6 E
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C#m7D6 E
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[Verse 3]
C#m7 D E
And so we embrace again behind the dunes
C#m7 D E
This beach is cold on winter afternoons
C#m7 D E
But holding you close is like holding the summer sun
C#m7 D E
I'm warm from the memory of days to come
[Chorus]
E/G# A
This is the time to remember
D E
Cause it will not last forever
E/G# A
These are the days to hold on to
D E
Cause we won't, although we'll want to
[Post-Chorus]
A
This is the time
G6 F#7sus4 F#7
But time is gonna change
FaugF6F6 FaugF6F6
[ ]
You've given me the best of you
A/E E E
And now I need the rest of you
[Outro] solo
C#m7D6 E
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C#m7D6 E
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(repeat and fade)

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                  This is the Time – Billy Joel
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Written by: Billy Joel
From: "The Bridge" (1986)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Capo: 1st fret
Play: E
Key:  F
For original chords transpose +1.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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[Intro]
| A | B/A A | A | % |
| A | B/A A | A | % |
| C#m7| D6 | E | % |
| C#m7| D6 | E | % |
[Verse 1]
[Chorus]
[Post-Chorus]
[Verse 2]
[Chorus]
[Post-Chorus]
[Middle 8]
[Interlude]
| C#m7 | D6 | E | % |
| C#m7 | D6 | E | % |
[Verse 3]
[Chorus]
[Post-Chorus]
[Outro] solo
| C#m7 | D6 | E | % |
| C#m7 | D6 | E | % |
(repeat and fade)

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