The Alan Parsons Project – Time (Guitar Acoustic Tab)

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Title: Time Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.) Time: 4/4, Tempo: Q=80, Beats on eighths are marked "+", on sixteenths "s". Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert melody/harmony notes. The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position. Let ring. Use thumb-fretting. Chords with bar/half-bar shape are marked "!". The song is set in key C; to play it in the original key of Eb, set Capo to fret 3.
[Verse1]
   C        +       +       +              +       +        +        + Am!   +       +       +
E|-0a---------------------------|--------------0---------------|-0--/5---------------------------|
B|-1a---------------------------|------------------3--p1---h3--|----/5---------------------------|
G|-0a-------0-------0-------0---|----------0-------------------|-------------5-------5-------5---|
D|------2---------------2-------|------2---------------2-------|---------5---------------5-------|
A|-3a---------------------------|-3----------------------------|-3-------------------------------|
E|--------------0---------------|--------------0---------------|-----------------0---------------|
   Time,                                       flowing like a    river

            +       +       +     C        +       +       +              +       +       + Am
E|-5----------------------------|-0a---------------------------|--------------0---0--h3--/5--|
B|----------5-------------------|-1a---------------------------|-------------------------/5--|
G|------------------5-------5---|-0a-------0-------0-------0---|----------0------------------|
D|------5---------------5-------|------2---------------2-------|------2---------------2------|
A|-0----------------------------|-3a---------------------------|-3---------------------------|
E|--------------0---------------|--------------0---------------|--------------0--------------|
                                  Time,                                       beckoning   me

            +       +       +              +       +       +     G        +       +       +
E|--------------5---------------|--------------8--p7------p5---|-10-------3---3-------3---3---|
B|------------------5-----------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
G|----------5---------------5---|----------5-------------------|------------------0-----------|
D|------5---------------5-------|------5---------------5-------|------0---------------0-------|
A|-0----------------------------|-0----------------------------|--------------2---------------|
E|--------------0---------------|--------------0---------------|-10---------------------------|
                                               Who knows when    we       shall meet  again

   G/A#     +       +       +     Am7      +       + G7    +              +       +       +
E|------------------------------|---------/8---8--\1-----------|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
G|----------0-------2--p0---2---|p0------------------------0---|----------0-------0-------0---|
D|------0---------------0-------|------2---------------0-------|------0---------------0-------|
A|-1------------1---------------|-0----------------------------|--------------2---------------|
E|------------------------------|--------------8---------------|-3----------------------------|
                                           If  ever

[Chorus]
   C        +       +       +              +       +       +         + Am    +       +       +
E|-0a---------------------------|--------------0---------------|-0--/5---------------------------|
B|-1a---------------------------|------------------3--p1---h3--|----/5---------------------------|
G|-0a-------0-------0-------0---|----------0-------------------|-------------5-------5-------5---|
D|------2---------------2-------|------2---------------2-------|---------5---------------5-------|
A|-3a---------------------------|-3----------------------------|-3-------------------------------|
E|--------------0---------------|--------------0---------------|-----------------0---------------|
But time                                 Keeps flowing like a    river

            +       +       +     C        +       +       +              +       +       +
E|-5--------------------7--/8---|-8a---------------------------|-8a------------------(10-/12)--|
B|----------5-------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|------------------5-----------|-0a-------0-------0-------0---|-0a-------0-------0------------|
D|------5---------------5-------|------0---------------0-------|------0---------------0--------|
A|-0----------------------------|--------------7---------------|--------------7----------------|
E|--------------0---------------|-8a---------------------------|-8a----------------------------|
                        To  the   sea                                                (To  the)

[Verse2]    ... as Verse1 above,  substitute bar 1+5 by ...
   C   +       +       +       +
E|-0a--0---3--p0-------------------|
B|-1a------------------------------|
G|-0a------------------0-------0---|
D|---------2---------------2-------|
A|-3a------------------------------|
E|-----------------0---------------|
   Goodbye my love,                      Maybe for forever
   Goodbye my love,                      The tide waits for me
Who knows when we shall meet again, If ever [Chorus] ... as above ... But time, Keeps flowing like a river (on and on) To the sea. To the
[Post-Chorus]
   C        +       +       +              +       +       +     Am7      +       +       +
E|-12---------------------------|-12-------------------0--h1---|-3a-------------------3---3---|
B|------------------10----------|------------------------------|-1a---------------------------|
G|----------0---------------0---|----------0-------0-----------|-0a-------0-------0-----------|
D|------10--------------10------|------10--------------2-------|------2---------------2-------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|-0a---------------------------|
E|-12-----------12--------------|-12-----------12--------------|--------------0---------------|
   sea.                                                Till it's gone                 fore-

   Dm7 +       +       +       +     B6!      +       +       +     A7  +       +       +       +
E|---------------------------------|-3a-------------------3---3---|---------------------------------|
B|-----1---------------------------|-3a---------------------------|-----2---------------------------|
G|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-3a-------3-------3-----------|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
D|---------0---------------0-------|------3---------------3-------|---------2---------------2-------|
A|-0-------------------------------|--------------1---------------|-0-------------------------------|
E|-----------------1---------------|-1a---------------------------|-----------------0---------------|
   ver,                              Gone                 fore-     ver,

   Dm7      +       +       +   Fdim7 +       +       +       +  s  Cmaj7      +       +       +
E|-1a-------------------1---1---|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|
B|-1a---------------------------|-----0-----------------------------|------------------0-----------|
G|-2a-------2-------2-----------|-----1-------1-------1-------0-h1--|p0--------0---------------0---|
D|------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0---------|------2---------------2-------|
A|--------------0---------------|-----------------2-----------------|-3----------------------------|
E|-1a---------------------------|-1---------------------------------|--------------3---------------|
   Gone                 forev-        er-                     more

            +       +       +     C        +       +       +              +       +       +
E|----------------------3-----/-|-8a---------------------------|-8--------------------10--12--|
B|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
G|----------0-------0-------0---|-0a-------0-------0-------0---|-0--------0-------0-----------|
D|------2---------------2-------|------0---------------0-------|------0---------------0-------|
A|-3----------------------------|--------------7---------------|--------------7---------------|
E|--------------3---------------|-8a---------------------------|-8----------------------------|

   C        +       +       +              +       +       +
E|-12a--------------------------|-12a--------------------------|
B|------------------10----------|------------------10----------|
G|-0a-------0---------------0---|-0a-------0---------------0---|
D|------10--------------10------|------10--------------2-------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|-12a----------12--------------|-12a----------12--------------|
[Verse2] ... as above ... Goodbye my love, Maybe for forever Goodbye my love, The stars wait for me Who knows when we shall meet again, If ever [Chorus] ... as above ... [Post-Chorus] ... as above ... ************************************ | a Arpeggio: all notes in the chord are played harp-like in one beat in fast sequence | h Hammer-on | p Pull-off | / Slide up | \ Slide down |(1) Play for Post-Chorus ************************************