Billy Joel – This Is The Time (Guitar Intro)

[Intro]
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CHORDS
         E-A-D-G-B-e
B/A      x-0-4-4-4-x
D6       x-x-0-2-0-2
E/G#     4-x-2-1-0-0
G6       3-x-0-0-0-0
F#7sus4  2-4-4-4-2-0  or 2-4-2-4-2-2
F#7      2-4-4-3-2-0  or 2-4-2-3-2-2

Faug     1-3-x-2-2-1
F6       1-3-x-2-3-1
A/E      0-2-2-2-2-0
Cdim7    x-3-4-2-4-x
D#m7-5   x-x-1-2-2-2
Aadd9    x-0-2-4-2-0

C#m7               D                 E
  We walked on the beach beside that old hotel

C#m7                 D                  E
  They're tearing it down now, but it's just as well

C#m7                  D            E
  I haven't shown you everything a man can do

C#m7              D              E               E E
  So stay with me baby, I've got plans for you (breaks)

            E/G#      A
This is the time to remember

         D                E
Cause it will not last forever

              E/G#         A
These are the days to hold on to

         D                     E
Cause we won't, although we'll want to

            A
This is the time

G6                  F#7sus4 F#7
  But time is gonna change

                    Faug F6 F6  [ Faug F6 F6   ]
You've given me the best of you

                   A/E  E  E
And now I need the rest of you

C#m7                  D               E
  Did you know that before you came into my life

C#m7                  D            E
  It was some kind of miracle that I survived

C#m7               D                  E
  Some day we will both look back and have to laugh

C#m7                 D                E           E E
  We lived through a lifetime and the aftermath (breaks)

            E/G#      A
This is the time to remember

         D                E
Cause it will not last forever

              E/G#         A
These are the days to hold on to

         D                     E
Cause we won't, although we'll want to

            A
This is the time

G6                  F#7sus4 F#7
  But time is gonna change

                    Faug F6  F6  [ Faug F6 F6   ]
I know we've got to move somehow

                    A/E  E   E
But I don't want to lose you now

C#m7               G#m7
 Sometimes it's so easy

         A           B  Cdim7
To let a day slip on by

C#m7           G#m7                | A | A B |
  Without even seeing each other at all

C#m7              G#m7
  But this is the time you'll turn back

    F#m7    D#m7-5 G#7
And so will I

C#m7                G#m7                | Aadd9 | % |
  And those will be days you can never recall

C#m7          D             E
  And so we embrace again behind the dunes

C#m7            D              E
  This beach is cold on winter afternoons

C#m7              D                         E
  But holding you close is like holding the summer sun

C#m7                D         E
  I'm warm from the memory of days to come

            E/G#      A
This is the time to remember

         D                E
Cause it will not last forever

              E/G#         A
These are the days to hold on to

         D                     E
Cause we won't, although we'll want to

            A
This is the time

G6                  F#7sus4 F#7
  But time is gonna change

                    Faug F6 F6  [ Faug F6 F6   ]
You've given me the best of you

                   A/E  E  E
And now I need the rest of you