Chords for Joan Armatrading - In These Times

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_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ These are the times, _ _
_ _ [G] tears fill the back of your eyes.
These are [Am] the _ times the birds migrate [G] _ across the [C] skies.
_ These are the times, _ _ what [G] hope you had you forget. _
These [Am] wicked _ times you're bound to feel all [G] _ sanity [C] is lost.
In these times everyone [Am] _ _
needs [G] love. _ _ _ _
In [C] these times do [Am] you pray to [G] _ God.
_ In these [C] times everyone needs comfort and [G] would welcome a hand to hold.
_ _ [Am] _ Compassion is the fire that burns the [F] hurt, the pain, the [C] soul.
And though my eyes are so polluted by [G] the sight of lost desires, I can [F] _ see you [G] _
standing _ [C] by. _ _ _ _
_ _ This is my fear, _ _ _ [G] the distance will come between us and it [Am] could mean _ nothing,
nothing [G] to get from here [C] to there.
_ _ We own the world _ _ _ [G] and everything that's in it,
let [D] our love _ shine [Am] like glistening raindrops [G] resting on [C] a rose.
In these times [Am] celebrate _ our [G] _ love. _ _ _
In [C] these times let's [Am] be _ thankful, [G] _ Lord.
_ All the _ [C] days we can spend together _ and [G] I'm happy to hold your hand.
_ [Am] Your passion is the food that feeds [F] the hunger in [C] my heart.
And now my eyes are clearly open, _ [G] no more longing for the past.
Now [F] I have you [G] _
in [C] these _ _ times. _
_ _ _ In these _ times _ [Am] everyone _ [Em] needs love.
_ _ _ In [C] these times do [Am] you pray to [G] _
God.
_ In these [C] _
times everyone needs comfort
_ [G] and would welcome a hand to hold.
_ _ [Am] _
Compassion is the fire that burns [F] the hurt,
the pain, the [C] soul.
And though my eyes are so polluted _ [G] by the sight of lost desires,
good to [F] _
have you [G] _ _ in [C] these _ times. _ _ _ _ _ _
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