Carole King – Time Gone By (Guitar)

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Em /A /Em7 /A /Em7 /A /Em7 /Em7 A/ [Verse 1]
 Em7                    A
/The re-bel cry of des/-o-la-tion/

Em7                       A
To which we used to heark/-en   /

Em7             A
Echoes now in i/-solation

        Em7                A
As the /skies in fury dark/-en  /

Em7                     A
A thousand acts of des-/e-cration  /

Em7                   A
Hundreds more contin-/ue

        Em7                    A
When y’/know that you are all/ creation

Em7                               Em7
You're gonna fight them with all/        that's in you/
[Chorus]
D
I remember time/ gone by

           G                    Em7
When peace/and hope and dreams /were high

    D
We /followed inner visions and touched/ the sky

        G                  C                  Em   A   Em   A    Em
Now we/ who still believe/ won't let them die/   /    /    /    /    /
[Verse 2]
Em7                A
Waters dammed to / overflowing

            Em7                  A
Like tears/ brimming over in our/ eyes  /

Em7                         A
Sometimes it's so hard to / keep on going

           Em7               A
When prom-/ises turn to lies/   /

Em7                A
Go ahead, give in /to confusion

     Em7                        A
And /put aside your ideals too/    /

Em7                  A
Soon you'll see on-/ly illusion

Em7
Don't care who's hurt

     Em7
As /long as it's not you/
[Chorus]
D
I remember time/ gone by

            G                   Em7
When peace/and hope and dreams /were high

    D
We /followed inner visions and touched/ the sky

        G                 C                   Em   A   Em   A    Em
Now we/ who still believe/ won't let them die/   /    /    /    /    /
[Verse 3]
Em7          A
Sometimes a /leader emerges

        Em7             A
And is /followed for a /while

Em7              A
Doesn't matter /what he encourages

         Em7               A
Just as/ long as he's got /style /

Em7             A
Young ones con-/ceived in a passion

     Em7                      A
Of /directions we thought en-/lighted /

Em7                 A
Grown up they foll/-ow the mood in fashion /

     Em7
But beneathe their bravado

     Em7
You/ know they're frightened    /
[Chorus]
D
I remember time/ gone by

           G                    Em7
When peace/and hope and dreams /were high

     D
We /followed inner visions and touched/ the sky

       G                   C                   Em
Now we/ who still believe/ won't let them die/     /

  A                     D         Em   A         Em7  A   Em7   A   Em   A
/We won’t let them die/    /    /    /    /    /    /    /    /    /    /    /