Intro: E F#m
F#m A
Ticking away the moments that make up the dull day
E F#m
You fritter and waste the hours in an off hand way
F#m A
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
E F#m
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way
Dmaj7 Amaj7
Tired of ly-ing in the sunshine, staying home to watch the rain
Dmaj7 Amaj7
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today
Dmaj7 C#m7
And then one day, you find.... ten years have got behind you
Bm7 E
No one told you when to run. You missed the starting gun.
[Solo] F#m A E F#m x4 Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7 E x2
F#m A
When you run and you run-to catch up with the Sun, but it's sinking
E F#m
Racing around to come up behind you again
F#m A
The Sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older
E F#m
Shorter of breath, and one day closer to death
Dmaj7 Amaj7
Every year is getting shorter; never seem to find the time
Dmaj7 Amaj7
Plans that either come to naught, or half a page of scribbled lines
Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way. The time is gone, the song is over
B7#9 B7b9 Em9
Thought I'd something more to say-e-ay-ay
A Em A
Em A Em A
Home, home again. I like to be here when I can
Em A
When I come home, cold and tired
Em A
It's good to warm my bones beside the fire
Cmaj7 Bm
Far away across the field, the tolling of the iron bell
Fmaj7 G
Calls the faithful to their knees, to hear the softly
D7#9 D7b9 Bm
spoken magic spell
F#m Dmaj7 Amaj7 C#m7 Bm7 Fmaj7 B7#9 B7b9 D7#9 D7b9 Cmaj7 Em9 C??
e|-2-----2-------0-------4-------2-----0---------------------------------3----0----0-|
A|-2-----2-------2-------5-------3-----1-------3-----1-----6------4------5----0----0-|
D|-2-----2-------1-------4-------2-----2-------2-----2-----5------5------4----0----0-|
G|-4-----0-------2-------6-------4-----3-------1-----1-----4------4------5----4----2-|
B|-4-------------0-------4-------2-------------2-----2-----5------5------3----2----3-|
E|-2--------------------------------------------------------------------------0----3-|
*NB: simpler to play Fmaj7 without playing E and A strings
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Short version
[Intro]
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|-0-----------------------2-|
F#m A
Ticking away the moments that make up the dull day
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------3--2------2---|
G|----------------------------------------------------2--2------2---|
D|-----------------------------------------2------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E F#m
You fritter and waste the hours in an off hand way
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------0---0----------------------------2--------|
G|-------------------------------------1---1---------------4b6---6r4p2--2--------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------2--2---|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#m A
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
e|-----------------------------------------------------5---7----7/9-9-9---7\--|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------/6-----7----7/9-9-9---7\--|
D|----------------------------4-2---------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E F#m
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way
e|-----------0---0-------------------0----0----------------------|
B|-----------0---0-------------------0----0-----------2-----2-2--|
G|----------------------------------------------------2-----2-2--|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------0--0-0-----------------------------------|
Dmaj7 Amaj7
Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain
Dmaj7 Amaj7
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today
Dmaj7 C#m
And then one day you find that ten years have got behind you
Bm E
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------(roll pic down string)---|
E|--------------------------2b3-2-0-----------------------------------------|
[Solo] F#m A E F#m Dmaj7 Amaj7 Bm E
e|--------------------------------------------------------------5------|
B|----------2----------------------------------------5-5--5-5-5----7---|
G|-----4b6--------4b6r4-b6r4p2-4------------------/6-------------------|
D|-4--------------------------------4-b-5-r-4------------------------4-|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------9--9b10-9-7----------------------|
B|---------------------------------------10-9--9b10r9-------|
G|-4b6---6r4p2--4b6-----/9----------------------------9/11--|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------17---------|
B|-------14-17b19-------17b19---|
G|----14------------------------|
D|-16---------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--17h19p17-17-------------------------------17-17-------------------|
G|---------------18--18b19b18-16b18-r-16-16---------16b18r16--14------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------16-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----17b19---17-------------------------------------------19b21-r---pb21-r-19---19-19-|
B|-14-------------17b19----17p14-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------14--16--14-16b18--------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------19-----------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-16----------------------------------------|
B|-----17------17-b19-19-----19-19-19\14-----|
G|---------16--------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
e|----------5/7-5------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------7-----------9/10--9-\5-5-----7-/9-9-----7\5-5h7-----5\2/5--2--------|
G|---2/6-----------------------------------------------------------------4b6-|
D|-4-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6b7----6---4-2-4b6--r--4-2-4---2---------4---------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------/7------7p6-------------------------4-------|
A|---------------------------------------------------7-----7----------------4-------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------0----------------2-------|
[Verse]
F#m A
And you run and run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------7---5---3---2--|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------7/--7---6---4---2--|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E A
And racing around to come up behind you again
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------2----|
G|---1-----------1-----------------------------2------4b6---6r4p2--2----|
D|---2-------------------------------------------4-------------------2--|
A|---2------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#m A
The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older
e|--------------------------------------------------------------5----7-7---5\--|
B|-------------------------------------------------------5-----------------5\--|
G|--------------------------------------2---2------------6---/6------7-7---6\--|
D|--------------------------------------4---4------------7---------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E A
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------0------------------0----0-----------------2-------------------2-2-----|
G|----------1------------------1----1-----------------2----------2--------2-2-----|
D|----------2------------------2----2---------------------4---------4-------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------2------------------------------|
Dmaj7 Amaj7
Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time
Dmaj7 Amaj7
Plans that either come to naught or a half page of scribbled lines
Dmaj7 C#m
Hanging on in a quiet desperation is the English way
Bm D C
The time is gone the song is over, thought i'd something more to say
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[Breathe reprise]
Em7 A7 Em7 A7
e|------------------------5-----7---5------0---------------0------------------9-----7--5--|
B|--------------------------5---------------3-----------------0-------x----------------5--|
G|-------2-4-----------/6-----6---7----------0------------------------x---7/9---9\7-7--6--|
D|-2-----4-5----2-----------------------------2----------2--------2---x----------------7--|
A|-2------------0----0-------------------------2------------------0---x---------0------0--|
E|-0-----------------------------------0--------0----0------------------------------------|
Em7 A7
Home, Home again
Em7 A7
I'd like to be here when I can.
Em7 A7
When I come home cold and tired.
Em7 A7
It's good to warm my bones beside the fire.
C
Far away, across the field,
Bm
The tolling of the iron bell
Am
Call the faithful to their knees,
G F Em
To hear the softly spoken magic spells
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Fearing Backing track (short) version
Intro: E F#m
F#m A
Ticking away the moments that make up the dull day
E F#m
You fritter and waste the hours in an off hand way
F#m A
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
E F#m
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way
Dmaj7 Amaj7
Tired of ly-ing in the sunshine, staying home to watch the rain
Dmaj7 Amaj7
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today
Dmaj7 C#m7
And then one day, you find.... ten years have got behind you
Bm7 E
No one told you when to run. You missed the starting gun.
[Solo] F#m A E F#m Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7 E
F#m A
When you run and you run-to catch up with the Sun, but it's sinking
E F#m
Racing around to come up behind you again
F#m A
The Sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older
E F#m
Shorter of breath, and one day closer to death
Dmaj7 Amaj7
Every year is getting shorter; never seem to find the time
Dmaj7 Amaj7
Plans that either come to naught, or half a page of scribbled lines
Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way. The time is gone, the song is over
Bm7-5*
Thought I'd something more to say-e-ay-ay
Em A Em A
Em A
Home, home again
Em A
I like to be here when I can
Em A
When I come home, cold and tired
Em A
It's good to warm my bones beside the fire
Cmaj7 Bm
Far away across the field, the tolling of the iron bell
Fmaj7 G
Calls the faithful to their knees, to hear the softly
D7#9 D7b9 Bm
spoken magic spell
F#m Dmaj7 Amaj7 C#m7 Bm7 Fmaj7 Bm7-5 D7#9 D7b9 Cmaj7
e|-2-----2-------0-------4-------2-----0-----------------------------3---|
A|-2-----2-------2-------5-------3-----1-------1-------6------4------5---|
D|-2-----2-------1-------4-------2-----2-------2-------5------5------4---|
G|-4-----0-------2-------6-------4-----3-------3-------4------4------5---|
B|-4-------------0-------4-------2-------------2-------5------5------3---|
E|-2---------------------------------------------------------------------|
*NB: simpler to play Fmaj7 without playing E and A strings
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Fills:
2nd finger 11th on D
1st finger 10th on B
2nd finger 12th on D
3rd finger 12th on B
e--------------------------------
B--10--10--12--12/14--14--14-12--
G--x---x---x---x--x---x---x--x---
D--11--11--12--12/14--14--14-12--
A--------------------------------
E--------------------------------
e--------------
B--7--5--3--2--
G--x--x--x--x--
D--7--5--4--2--
A--------------
E--------------
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------5------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------5-5--7p5h7p5h7----7---|
G|-------------4b6r5b6-----4b6r4-2-4b6-4---------------/6-----------------------|
D|---------4-------------------------------4b5r4------------------------------4-|
A|-scrape-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------9--9b10-9-7----------------------|
B|---------------------------------------10-9--9b10r9-------|
G|-4b6---6r4p2--4b6-----/9----------------------------9/11--|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------17---------|
B|-------14-17b19-------17b19---|
G|----14------------------------|
D|-16---------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--17h19p17-17-------------------------------17-17-------------------|
G|---------------18--18b19b18-16b18-r-16-16---------16b18r16--14------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------16-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----17b19---17-------------------------------------------19b21-r---pb21-r-19---19-19-|
B|-14-------------17b19----17p14-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------14--16--14-16b18--------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------19-----------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-16----------------------------------------|
B|-----17------17-b19-19-----19-19-19\14-----|
G|---------16--------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
e|----------5/7-5------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------7-----------9/10--9-\5-5-----7-/9-9-----7\5-5h7-----5\2/5--2--------|
G|---2/6-----------------------------------------------------------------4b6-|
D|-4-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6b7----6---4-2-4b6--r--4-2-4---2---------4---------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------/7------7p6-------------------------4-------|
A|---------------------------------------------------7-----7----------------4-------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------0----------------2-------|
Short solo:
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------5------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------5-----7p5h7p5-----7---|
G|-------------4b6r5b6-----4b6r4-2-4b6-4---------------/6-----------------------|
D|---------4-------------------------------4b5r4------------------------------4-|
A|-scrape-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6b7----6---4-2-4b6--r--4p2h4---2---------4----------------|
D|--------------------------------------/6------6p4----------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------7-----|
E|-----------------------------------------------------0-----|