Verse 1EmG
Ticking away the moments that make up the dull day
DEm
Fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way
EmG
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your hometown
DEm
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way
ChorusCG
Tired of lyin' in the sunshine, stayin' home to watch the rain
CG
You were young and life is long and there was time to kill today
CBm
And then you wake to find that, ten years have got behind you
AmC
No one told you when to run, you missed the startin' gun
InstrumentalEmGDEm x2
CGCGCBmAmCVerse 2EmG
And you run, and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking
DEm
Racing around to come up behind you again
EmG
The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older
DEm
Shorter of breath, and one day closer to death
CG
Every year is gettin' shorter, never seem to find the time
CG
Plans they often come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
CBm
Hangin' on in quiet desperation is the English way
AmC
The story's done, the song is over, thought I'd somethin' more to say
EndingEmGDEm x2
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