Harry Chapin – Let Time Go Lightly (Guitar)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: [email protected] performed by Harry Chapin on "Harry's Greatest Stories Live" written by Steven Chapin Chorus:
G             Gmaj7            C
I let time go lightly when I'm here with you

Am            D                C       G          C
I let time go lightly when the day is through

G             Gmaj7                  C
I keep a watch on time when I've got work to do

Am            D             C  G
I let time go lightly with you
Verse 1
G     C G           C                   G            C G
Morning, a time for breaking ground and sowing seed

                       C        D         C           G
And yet we give up our sunshine so we can buy what we need

    C               G     C G          C           G              C G
And that leaves the evening to share a fire with a friend or two

G                    C      D     C            G
to lose sight of the hours; to go lightly with you
Chorus:
G             Gmaj7            C
I let time go lightly when I'm here with you

Am            D                C       G          C
I let time go lightly when the day is through

G             Gmaj7                  C
I keep a watch on time when I've got work to do

Am            D             C  G
I let time go lightly with you
Verse 2
G     C G                   C                 G            C G
Old friends, they mean much more to me than a new friend

                              C  D         C                 G
'cause they can see where you are and they know where you've been

G                 C                  G              C G 
Music has been my closest friend, my fiercest foe

G                         C   D             C           G
'cause it can take you so high; yes, it can take you so low

C            G        D      G     A
When I was a child my mother would help me along

A                          C
She'd rock me to sleep and sing me a song

C                G       D        G       A
So I learned to love the music of all the tunes in my mind

A                       C
The changing of chords, the rhythm of time
Chorus:
G             Gmaj7            C
I let time go lightly when I'm here with you

Am            D                C       G          C
I let time go lightly when the day is through

G             Gmaj7                  C
I keep a watch on time when I've got work to do

Am            D             C  G
I let time go lightly with you

    C             D            C
Yes I let time go lightly with you

      Am          D/F#     G
and a fire and a friend or two

     Am        C          D/F#      G
With you and a fire and a friend or two

C                    G
A friend or two, and you