Intro: Lead Guitar (with percussion)
 
Verse
 
F#m                                           A 
Tick-ing a-way the moments that make up a dull  day; 
 
E                                                F#m 
frit-ter and waste the hours  in an off-hand way; 
 
                                               A 
Kick-ing a-round on a piece of ground--in your hometown; 
 
E                                                       F#m 
wait-ing  for some-one or some-thing to show_you the way.---- 
 
Dmaj7                              Amaj7 
Tired of ly--ing in the sun--shine,stay-ing home--to watch the rain, 
 
Dmaj7                              Amaj7                        Dmaj7 
you are young and life is long,and there is time to k*ll to-day. 
 
                          C#m7 
And then one day,you find--ten years have got be-hind you. 
 
Bm7                           E                              F#m 
No one told you when to run....You missed the start--ing gun. 
 
Solo
 
F#m A E F#m F#m A E F#m F#m A E F#m F#m A E F#m 
 
Dmaj7 Amaj7 Dmaj7 Amaj7 Dmaj7 C#7 Bm7 E 
 
Verse
 
F#m                                                    A 
run and you run-to catch up with the Sun, but it's sink-ing; 
 
E                                          F#m 
rac-ing a-round to come up be--hind you a--gain. 
 
                                                       A 
The Sun is the same in a rel-a-tive way, but you're old-er, 
 
E                                                F#m 
short-er of breath, and one-day clos-er to death. 
 
Dmaj7                              Amaj7 
Ev--'ry year is get--ing short-er, nev-er seem to find the time. 
 
Dmaj7                                 Amaj7 
Plans that ei-ther come to naught, or half a page of scrib-bled lines. 
 
Dmaj7                           C#m7                             Bm7 
Hang-ing on in qui-et des--per-a---tion is the Eng-lish way. The time is gone. 
 
                                              -9 
                                           Bm7 
                                              -5 
The song is o--ver. Thought I'd some-thing more to say.