10cc – Old Mister Time (Guitar)

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[Intro] Amadd9 Fmaj7b5 G Amadd9 Fmaj7b5 G [Verse 1]
Am
   He looked funny

G6                             F6    G6/9
   The children called him the scare-crow

Am
   An old raincoat

G6                        F6                       G6/9
   And baggy trousers and sneakers he found at the dump
[Pre-Chorus]
C              G/B
Oh, but if you bothered to look

          D                     Am
There was something behind the rags

Bbmaj7          C/Bb
Oh, there was a look in his eyes

       Am                        D
It was something you'd never forget
[Verse 2]
Am
   He lived badly

G6                       F6      G6/9
   A broken shack on the railway

Am
   An old moggy

G6                    F6                          G6/9
   The only one who replied when he talked to the walls
[Pre-Chorus]
C             G/B
Oh, we didn't understand

        D                          Am
We were fooled by the dirt on his face

Bbmaj7      C/Bb
Oh, we were human then

        Am                      D
We were searching behind his disgrace
[Chorus]
Am7                     Dsus4/G
Why don't you leave me alone?

Am7                      Bsus4
Why don't you go to your homes?

Am7                       Dsus4/G
Why don't you keep to yourselves?
I'm tellin' you
Am7                     Bsus4
Why don't you leave me alone?
[Bridge]
       Em
You're never gonna realise

     G
When all you do is criticise

       B7
You're never gonna make it work

    Em
You never seem to get enough

    G
You crumble when it's getting rough

       B7
You're never gonna make it work

    Em
I'm tellin' you there'll come a day

       G7
You're gonna blow yourselves away

     C
It's wrong that I should interfere

  Cm
I just get in the way
[Solo] Amadd9 Fmaj7b5 G6 Amadd9 Fmaj7b5 G6 C G/B D Am Bbmaj7 C/Bb Am7 D [Chorus]
Am7                     Dsus4/G
Why don't you leave me alone?

Am7                      Bsus4
Why don't you go to your homes?

Am7                       Dsus4/G
Why don't you keep to yourselves?
I'm tellin' you
Am7                     Bsus4
Why don't you leave me alone?
[Verse 3]
Am            G6
Deep into the night

       F6             G6/9
He was working by the light

       Am            G6
Of the candle by his bed

       F6            G6/9
On the theory in his head

       Dm                C6
He was building from the junk

        Bbmaj7            C6
That he rescued from the dump

            Am               G6
And when he turned the power on

            F6               G6/9
There was a sound and he was gone
[Pre-Chorus]
C           G/B
Oh in the gray of the dawn

      D                          Am
We discovered the thing he was working on

Bbmaj7       C/Bb
Oh we didn't understand

    Am                     D
The future was old Mister Time
[Outro]
Amadd9     Fmaj7b5
Old Mister Time (Time)

Amadd9     Fmaj7b5
Old Mister Time (Time)
Amadd9 Fmaj7b5 Amadd9 Fmaj7b5 Amadd9 Fmaj7b5
Amadd9 Fmaj7b5
(Fade Out)