Time Passages Chords by Al Stewart

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[Eb] It was late in [Bb] December, [Gm] the sky turned [Ab] to snow.
All [Bb] around the day [Cm] was [Bb] going [Ab] down slow.
[Eb] Night [Bb] like a river [Gm] beginning [Ab] to flow.
I [Bb] felt the beat of [Cm] my [Bb] mind [Ab] go dripping [Eb] in the time [Bb] _ passages.
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[Eb] Years [Bb] go falling [Cm] in the [F] fading _ [Eb] lifetime _ [Bb] _ [Ab] [Bb] passages.
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Buy me a ticket [Gm] on the last [Bb] train home [Eb] tonight.
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[Eb] Well, I'm not [Bb] the kind [Gm] to live in [Ab] the past.
The years [Bb] run too short [Cm] and the [Bb] days [Ab] too fast.
[Eb] The [Bb] things you lean [Gm] on are things that [Ab] don't last.
Well, it's just [Bb] now and then [Cm] my [Bb] line [Ab] gets
cast [Eb] into these [Bb] time [Bb] passages.
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[Eb] _ There's something [Bb] back [Cm] there that you left [F] behind.
[Eb] Oh, [Bb] time passages.
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_ Buy me a ticket [Gm] on the last [Bb] train [Eb] home tonight.
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_ [B] Hear the [Abm] echoes and feel yourself starting to [Eb] turn. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] Don't know why you should [Abm] feel that there's
something to [Cm] learn.
_ [F] _ It's just a game that you [Eb] [Bb] play.
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Well, _ _ _ _ _ [Ab]
[Eb] the picture is [Bb] [Gm] changing now.
You're part of a [Ab] crowd.
They're laughing [Bb] at something [Cm] in the [Bb] music [Ab] slot.
[Eb] A girl comes [Bb] towards you.
You once used [Ab] to know.
You reach out [Bb] your hand, [Cm] but you're [Bb] all [Ab] alone
in [Eb] those [Bb] time passages.
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[Eb] I [Bb] know you're in there.
[Cm] You're just out [F] of sight.
[Eb] Oh, time [Bb] passages.
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Buy me a ticket [Gm] on the last [Bb] train home [Eb] tonight.
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You're _ part of a crowd.
You reach out your hand, but you're all alone in those time _ _ _