Intro: E7 F#m x4 F#m A E7 F#m F#m A Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day E7 F#m Fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way F#m A Kicking around on a piece of ground in your hometown E7 F#m Waiting for someone or something to show you the way Chorus: D Tired of lying in the sunshine A Staying home to watch the rain D You are young and life is long A And there is time to kill today D And then one day you find C#m Ten years have got behind you Bm No one told you when to run... E7 You missed the starting gun Instrumental: F#m A E7 F#m x4 D A D A D C#m Bm E7 F#m And you run and you run to catch up with the Sun, A but itʼs sinking; E7 F#m Racing around to come up behind you again. F#m A The Sun is the same in a relative way, but youʼre older, E7 F#m shorter of breath, and one day closer to death. Chorus: D Every year is getting shorter A Nnever seem to find the time. D Plans that either come to naught A Or half a page of scribbled lines. D Hanging on in quiet C#m desperation is the English way. Bm The time is gone, the song is over. E7 Thought Iʼd something more to say. Instrumental: Em A x2 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 Itʼs good to warm my bones beside the fire Cmaj7 Far away, across the field Bm Tolling on the iron bell F Calls the faithful to their knees G D Bm To hear the softly spoken magic spell