Fairport Convention – The Time Is Near (Guitar)

            F#m      Em              D
The time is near for things to pass

    G              F#
The time for me to leave

    Bm            A
But as I lie here all alone

  G                     F#
I really can't believe

    Bm                 A
That twenty years I've spent on earth

      G              F#
Would end in so much grief

         Bm            A
That the many friendly faces

       G                   F#  Bm
Should now stare hatefully

  G              D
A letter home to mother

      G              F#
And a letter home to dad

 Bm           A
Another to my sweetheart

    G              F#
For whom I feel so sad

  Bm              A
A lock of hair to cling to

     G                  F#
Is all, all that will remain

        Bm                A
And the grave inside this prison yard

  G                     F#   Bm
A stone that bears no name

   G               D
My trials and tribulations

    G              F#
Are nearly now all gone

  Bm         A
A murderer I never was

       G                F#
And my spirit will live on

Bm                     A
Jesus, help me in this troubled time

     G               F#
This hour of trouble deep

Bm              A
Help me find my peace of mind

G                   F#   Bm
Help me lord, to sleep