Time Chords by Dean Brody

_ _ _ _ To waste time, I scroll on my phone a lot.
I mean, social media takes over quite a bit of time.
I lie in bed, spend time doing my makeup.
_ _ For seeing my grandparents, I don't know, sometimes I go with my family, but I don't know, like, I'll go later.
They're always there, right?
There's so much time ahead of me and I don't really worry about it.
I mean, I'll have [Ab] tomorrow, I'll have any other day. _ _
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[Db] _ _ _ [Ab] Gang of kids on our pedal bikes, in a dusty town [Dbm] we'd arrive, [Ab] to the general store for Popeye's [Db] cigarettes.
_ _ _ [Ab] Class of 99, yeah we lived, [Db] laughed, loved and cried, and [Ab] took for granted that those days would [Db] never end.
_ _ _ [Cm] Living like that yearbook [Db] picture wouldn't fade, _ but some standing right beside me, I might never see [Eb] [Db] again.
The [Ab] trouble is, you think you [Db] have time, [Ab] you think tomorrow's always coming down [Db] the line.
[Ab] Then one day, you wake up [Db] and you find, the trouble is, you [Eb] thought you had [Ab] time.
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] Suit and tie and a fancy job, big [Db] old house, two car garage.
He [Ab] works hard for his wife and his son.
[Db] _ An [Ab] empty seat at T-Ball games is [Db] just a sacrifice he'll make, he'll make [Ab] it up.
Next weekend comes [Db] along, _ _ [Cm] years go by and that day comes [Db] too soon.
That boy goes off to college, he's standing in his empty [Eb] room.
[Db] The [Ab] trouble is, you think you [Db] have time, [Ab] you think tomorrow's always coming down [Db] the line.
Then [Ab] one day, you wake up [Db] and you find, the trouble is, you [Eb] thought you had [Ab] time. _ _
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[Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] Shotgun shells and a tackle box, on [Db] the floorboard of a truck.
Morning [Ab] sun, burning fog off [Db] a lake.
_ _ [Ab] Teenage girl with her granddad, he [Db] takes her fishing, but he feels bad.
She [Ab] can't take her eyes off that old Facebook [Db] page.
[Fm] But [Cm] someday soon, who knows [Db] how long, she'll look up from that phone and he'll be [Eb] gone.
_ [Ab] The trouble is, you think you [Db] have time, you think [Ab] tomorrow's always coming [Db] down the line.
Then [Ab] one day, you wake up [Db] and you find, the trouble is, you [Eb] thought you had [Ab] time.
[Db] The trouble is, you [Eb] think you have [Ab] time.
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_ _ _ _ _ you think you have time.
People don't [Gm] realize, _ _ [F] time vanishes [G] in an instant.
_ [C] _ _ _ One day you're young, _ then you wake up and it's just memories.
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