Old Mister Time Chords by 10Cc

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[Am] He looked funny, [G] the children called him [F] the _ [Em] scam float. _ _
[A] An old [G] raincoat, _ baggy [F] trousers and sneakers he found [Em] at the dump. _ _
[C] _ Oh, but if [G] you bothered to look, there [D] was something behind the [Am] rash. _
[Bb] Oh, _ there was [C] a look in his eyes, it [Am] was something you'd never [D] _ _ _ _
guess.
_ _ [Am] He left badly, [G] a broken [F] shack on the _ _ [Em] railway.
_ [A] _ _ The old muggy, [G] the only [F] one who replied when he [A] talked to [G] the [Am] walls.
_ [C] Oh, we [G] didn't understand, we [D] were fooled by the [Am] dirt on his face.
_ _ [Bb] Oh, we [C] were human then, we [Am] were searching behind his [D] disgrace. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Am] Why don't you leave [G] me alone? _
[Am] Why [E] don't you go to your [Bm] homes?
[E] _
[A] Why don't you keep [D] to [Gm] yourself? _
[Am] Why don't you [Gm] leave [B] me alone? _
_ _ _ _ [Em] You're never gonna [G] realize, when the rainbow is pretty [B] soft.
You're gonna make it [Em] work, it never seems to get [G] enough.
You're wondering where it's getting [B] wet, you're never gonna make it [Em] work.
Telling you to come and [G] get it, you're gonna know you're still [C] awake.
Stronger than your link and [Cm] pair, I've just been in the _ rain.
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[Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] Why don't you leave [G] me alone?
_ _ [D] [Gb] Why don't you go [B] to your _ homes?
[Em] Why don't you [Am] keep to _ [Gm] yourself?
[D] Why [Em] don't you leave me [Gb] alone?
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_ [Am] Deep into [Em] the night, [A]
he was working at a light.
Off the candle by [Em] his bed, on [Am] the theory in [Em] his head.
[D] He was building from, [C] _ _ _
[D] that he rescued from [Am] the _ dunk.
When he turned the power [Em] on, there [Am] was a sound and he was [Em] gone. _ _
[C] _ _ In [G] the grey of the dawn, [D] we discovered the thing he was [Am] working on.
[Bb] Oh, we [C] didn't understand, [Am] the future was on the [D] sky. _ _ _
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_ _ _ [F] Mr.
Time, time.
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_ _ [F] _ Mr.
Time, time.
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_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] Mr.
Time, _ time.
_ _ [Am] _ _ Mr. _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ Time, time.
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