Great Big Sea – Time Brings (Guitar)

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[Intro] C F G C F G C C [Verse 1]
 Dm        G        C        F
Hearken to me both high and low

      Dm       G     C
I'll sing for you a song

    Dm        G          C            F
Of Kings and Queens and rose-lipped maidens

 Dm                  G
Courting light foot lads
[Verse 2]
 Dm          G          C       F
Now love is grand when love is new

    Dm           G       C
The heart blood it runs strong

         Dm        G      C        F
There's nothing a doting lad won't do

    Dm                G
To keep his princess warm
[Verse 3]
       Dm        G          C     F
He'll tease her with poems and promises

      Dm       G      C
He'll ask her out to dance

        Dm              G             C      F
He'll cajole and he'll beg and he'll always win

    Dm           G
In bittersweet romance
[Chorus]
     C       Dm        G       C
For time it comes and time it goes

    Dm                  F       G
It makes the strongest tree to bend

 Dm         G         F    C
Kings and Queens have no defence

 C           Dm         G     C
Time brings all things to an end
[Link] (C) F G C [Verse 4]
       Dm        G          C      F
But he goes out with his drinkin' pals

     Dm   G        C
His eyes begin to rove

      Dm         G         C         F
He forgets all about the brown-eyed beauty

     Dm             G
Who now sits home alone
[Verse 5]
        Dm       G          C       F
There's no more walks down lover's lane

        Dm       G           C
There's no more wine in the sun

 Dm         G         C      F
All that's left is a hollow pain

 Dm               G
Time alas you've won
[Chorus]
     C       Dm        G       C
For time it comes and time it goes

    Dm                  F       G
It makes the strongest tree to bend

 Dm         G         F    C
Kings and Queens have no defence

 C           Dm         G     C
Time brings all things to an end
[Interlude] (C) F G C F G C Dm F G F Dm G Am C F G C F G C C [Verse 6]
     Dm      G        C       F
Now all who wish for love to stay

     Dm        G          C
And last your whole life through

 Dm    G       C       F
Keep ahead of time me boys

     Dm        G
And never be untrue
[Chorus]
     C       Dm        G       C
For time it comes and time it goes

    Dm                  F       G
It makes the strongest tree to bend

 Dm         G         F    C
Kings and Queens have no defence

 C           Dm         G     C
Time brings all things to an end

 C           Dm         G     C
Time brings all things to an end
[Ending] (C) F G C