Chords for Clint Tunes: Killin' Time - Clint Black

_ Killing Time was something [D] I always said and still do.
We were really [F] talking about how slowly the big wheel in Nashville turns.
It was like, you know, when's the record gonna come out?
And it was always, you know, oh, next month, you know,
then it'd be one more month.
It was probably about another year.
As a matter of fact, that's where the title cut, Killing Time, came from.
There's a little controversy on who said what here.
Hayden and I have had our friendly debates about who came up with the line.
My memory, I had a friend that was always saying, you know,
everything's killing me, it's killing me.
I think he got it from Don Rickles.
Clint and I were doing like an acoustic duo, I think, down [G] in Galveston.
And we were talking about, you know, how long it takes for, you know,
then when is the record gonna come out?
And I said, well, always something that happened quick
because this Killing Time is killing me.
And he caught it.
He said, man, that'd be a great hook for a song.
Now when Clint tells the story, he came up with that and the hook, so.
_ _ We couldn't write a song about, you know, what we were going through
because people can't relate.
But we can all relate to that loss of love.
So that song got added at the last moment.
The record was actually already being mastered, minus that song.
So it ended up being the last one thrown on
and they ended up using it for the title cut.
I forgot one more thing.
That works.
Here we [D] go.
Oh, okay.
That's ready.
[G#] _ [G] Oh.
Ready?
Ready.
Ready. _ _
All right, here we go.
_ Check it out, boss.
Three, [C] four, one, two.
_ [F] _ _ [A#] _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ You were the first thing that I thought of
when I thought I drank you off [C] my mind.
When I get lost [G] in the liquor,
_ you're the only one [D] I find.
[G] If I did the things I ought to,
_ you still would not [C] be mine.
So I keep a tight grip [G] on the bottle
and [D] getting loose in [G] killing _ _ time.
And this killing [C] _ _ time
_ is [G] killing _ me.
_ Drinking [D] myself blind,
_ _ thinking I [G] won't see
_ _ that if I cross [C] that line,
_ _ [G] they bury me.
_ _ Well, I'd just [F] like to find
I'll be killing [C] time for [G] eternity.
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
Well, I don't know [D] nothing about tomorrow. _
[G] I've been lost [C] yesterday. _ _
I spent all my [G] life just [D] dying for
[A] a love that passed [D] away.
[G] If there's an end to all my sorrow,
this is the only price [C] I'll pay.
I'll be a happy [G] man when I go,
and [D] I can't wait [G] another _ day.
And this [C] killing _ time
_ is [G] killing _ me.
_ Drinking [D] myself blind,
_ _ thinking I [G] won't _ see
that if I cross that line,
_ _ they bury me.
_ _ Well, I'd just [F] like to find
I'll be [C] killing time for _ [G] eternity. _
_ And this [C] killing _ time
_ is [G] killing _ me.
_ Drinking [D] myself blind,
_ _ thinking I [G] won't see
_ that if I cross [C] that _ line,
_ they [G] bury _ me.
_ Well, I'd just [F] like to find
I'll be [C] killing time for [G] eternity. _ _
_ I said I'd just [F] like to find
I'll be [C] killing time for [G] eternity. _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [A#] _ [G] _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ Killing time, I think I always looked at that
as being the defining album for who I was.
It's a double-edged sword.
The record company, they wanted a repeat of Killing Time.
After a while, they'd say,
hey, why don't you guys,
why don't y'all write another Killing Time?
We're like, well, we've already written that.
I wanted to grow as an artist.
I wanted to explore all of the things musically
that I could do.
We want to kind of move on now.
I want to look back on my body of work
and not feel like now I'm going to do
Killing Time for the rest of my life.
That, to me, is the most important part.
I mean, people are either going to like it or they're not.
We were just [D] being ourselves.
I love trying new things,
and I wanted it to apply to me musically.
Hopefully what that means for me is
I put out Killing Time,
and then I put out other things
that had strong impacts on people
that define me for a new [G] generation. _ _ _
[A] I spend all my [E] time Making time
[B] To work on [C#m] my assembly [A] line
Trying to [E] find one more [F#m] minute
To sweep one [B] more thing in [A] it
On [E] track for a heart [B] attack
If I don't do [C#m] some kicking _ back
[F#m] Now I think it's high [B] time
I make a little [E] more