Chords for Billy Joel - This Is The Time (from Live at Shea Stadium) ft. John Mayer
Tempo:
125.75 bpm
Chords used:
F
Eb
Dm
Bb
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bb] [C] [Bb]
[C] [F]
[Bb] [C] [Bb]
[Dm] [Eb]
[F]
[Dm] [Cm] Go
[F] around one more time.
Do it again, do it again.
Do it again.
[Dm] ****
[Eb] We
[F] [Dm]
[Eb] [F]
[Dm]
walked [Eb] on the beach beside [F] that old hotel
They're [Dm]
tearing [Eb] it down now, but [F] it's just as well
[Dm]
I haven't shown [Eb] you everything [F] a man can do
Stay [Dm]
with [Eb] me baby, I [F] have plans for you
This is the time to [Bb] remember, [Eb] cause it will not last [F] forever.
These are the days [Bb] to hold on to, [Eb] cause it won't, nor will [F] it want to.
This [Bb] is the time, [Fm] it's gonna [G]
change, giving me [Gb] the best of you.
And now I [Bb] need [F] the rest of you.
[Dm]
Did you know that [Eb] before you came [F]
into my life,
[Dm]
there was some [Eb] kind of miracle that [F]
I survived.
[G] [F] [Dm]
Someday we [Eb] will both look back [F]
and have to laugh.
[Dm]
We lived [Eb] through a lifetime, [F] and the end's no matter.
This [A] is the [F] time to [Bb] remember, [Eb] it will not last [F] forever.
These are the days to [Bb] hold on to, [Eb] cause it won't, nor will [F] it want to.
This is [Bb] the time, [Fm] time is gonna [G] change.
I know [Gb] we gotta move somehow, but I [Bb] don't wanna [F] lose you now.
[Dm] Sometimes it's [Am] so easy to [Bb] let a day [C] slip on [A] by,
[Gm]
without [Dm] even [C] seeing each [Bb] other at all.
But [C]
[Dm] this is [C] the time, it'll turn back [Gm] to when it's all, [Em] will not [Dm]
last.
Those [Am] will be days you can [C] never recall.
[Bb] [Dm]
[Eb] [F]
[Dm]
[Eb] [F]
[Dm]
[Eb] [F]
[G] [Dm]
[Eb] [F]
And [Dm]
so it [Eb] breaks again, [F]
behind the dunes.
[Dm]
This beach is [Eb] so cold on [F] winter afternoons.
I'll be holding [Eb] you close, just like holding [F] the summer sun.
[Dm]
I'm warmed from [Bb] the memory [F] of days to come.
This is the time [Bb] to remember, cause [Eb] it will not last [F] forever.
These are the days to [Bb] hold on to, [Eb] cause it won't, nor will [F] it want to.
This is the [Bb] time, [Fm] time is gonna [G] change.
Giving [Gb] me the best of you, and now [Bb] I need the [F] rest of you.
Yeah, yeah, [Dm] yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Eb] This [F] is the time, [Dm] oh, oh, oh.
[Eb] [F]
[Dm]
[Eb] [F]
[G] [Dm]
[Eb] [F]
This is the time, [Dm] time
[Eb] [F]
[Dm]
[Eb] is [F]
[Dm] gonna change.
[Eb] [F] [Dm]
[Eb] [Bb]
[F]
[Fm]
[C] [F]
[Bb] [C] [Bb]
[Dm] [Eb]
[F]
[Dm] [Cm] Go
[F] around one more time.
Do it again, do it again.
Do it again.
[Dm] ****
[Eb] We
[F] [Dm]
[Eb] [F]
[Dm]
walked [Eb] on the beach beside [F] that old hotel
They're [Dm]
tearing [Eb] it down now, but [F] it's just as well
[Dm]
I haven't shown [Eb] you everything [F] a man can do
Stay [Dm]
with [Eb] me baby, I [F] have plans for you
This is the time to [Bb] remember, [Eb] cause it will not last [F] forever.
These are the days [Bb] to hold on to, [Eb] cause it won't, nor will [F] it want to.
This [Bb] is the time, [Fm] it's gonna [G]
change, giving me [Gb] the best of you.
And now I [Bb] need [F] the rest of you.
[Dm]
Did you know that [Eb] before you came [F]
into my life,
[Dm]
there was some [Eb] kind of miracle that [F]
I survived.
[G] [F] [Dm]
Someday we [Eb] will both look back [F]
and have to laugh.
[Dm]
We lived [Eb] through a lifetime, [F] and the end's no matter.
This [A] is the [F] time to [Bb] remember, [Eb] it will not last [F] forever.
These are the days to [Bb] hold on to, [Eb] cause it won't, nor will [F] it want to.
This is [Bb] the time, [Fm] time is gonna [G] change.
I know [Gb] we gotta move somehow, but I [Bb] don't wanna [F] lose you now.
[Dm] Sometimes it's [Am] so easy to [Bb] let a day [C] slip on [A] by,
[Gm]
without [Dm] even [C] seeing each [Bb] other at all.
But [C]
[Dm] this is [C] the time, it'll turn back [Gm] to when it's all, [Em] will not [Dm]
last.
Those [Am] will be days you can [C] never recall.
[Bb] [Dm]
[Eb] [F]
[Dm]
[Eb] [F]
[Dm]
[Eb] [F]
[G] [Dm]
[Eb] [F]
And [Dm]
so it [Eb] breaks again, [F]
behind the dunes.
[Dm]
This beach is [Eb] so cold on [F] winter afternoons.
I'll be holding [Eb] you close, just like holding [F] the summer sun.
[Dm]
I'm warmed from [Bb] the memory [F] of days to come.
This is the time [Bb] to remember, cause [Eb] it will not last [F] forever.
These are the days to [Bb] hold on to, [Eb] cause it won't, nor will [F] it want to.
This is the [Bb] time, [Fm] time is gonna [G] change.
Giving [Gb] me the best of you, and now [Bb] I need the [F] rest of you.
Yeah, yeah, [Dm] yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Eb] This [F] is the time, [Dm] oh, oh, oh.
[Eb] [F]
[Dm]
[Eb] [F]
[G] [Dm]
[Eb] [F]
This is the time, [Dm] time
[Eb] [F]
[Dm]
[Eb] is [F]
[Dm] gonna change.
[Eb] [F] [Dm]
[Eb] [Bb]
[F]
[Fm]
Key:
F
Eb
Dm
Bb
C
F
Eb
Dm
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [Cm] _ Go _ _
[F] _ around one more time.
Do it again, do it again.
Do it again.
[Dm] ****
_ [Eb] We _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ walked [Eb] on the beach beside [F] that old hotel
_ _ They're [Dm] _
_ tearing [Eb] it down now, but [F] it's just as well
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _
I haven't shown [Eb] you everything [F] a man can _ do
Stay [Dm] _ _
_ with [Eb] me baby, I [F] have plans for you
_ This is the time to [Bb] remember, _ [Eb] cause it will not last [F] forever.
These are the days [Bb] to hold on to, [Eb] cause it won't, nor will [F] it want to.
This [Bb] is the time, _ _ [Fm] _ _ it's gonna [G] _
change, _ _ giving me [Gb] the best of you.
_ And now I [Bb] need [F] the rest of you.
_ _ [Dm] _
Did you know that [Eb] before you came [F]
into my life,
_ _ _ [Dm] _
there was some [Eb] kind of miracle that [F]
I survived.
_ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _
Someday we [Eb] will both look back [F]
and have to laugh.
_ _ [Dm] _
We lived [Eb] through a lifetime, [F] and the end's no matter.
_ This [A] is the [F] time to [Bb] remember, _ [Eb] it will not last [F] forever.
_ These are the days to [Bb] hold on to, _ [Eb] cause it won't, nor will [F] it want to.
This is [Bb] the time, _ _ [Fm] _ _ time is gonna [G] _ change.
_ I know [Gb] we gotta move somehow, _ but I [Bb] don't wanna [F] lose you now. _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ Sometimes it's [Am] so easy to [Bb] let a day [C] slip on [A] by,
[Gm] _
_ without [Dm] even [C] seeing each [Bb] other at all.
But _ [C] _ _
[Dm] _ this is [C] the time, it'll turn back [Gm] to when it's all, [Em] will not [Dm]
last.
Those [Am] will be days you can [C] never _ recall.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ And _ _ [Dm] _
so it [Eb] breaks again, _ [F]
behind the _ _ dunes.
_ [Dm] _ _
This beach is [Eb] so cold on [F] winter _ _ afternoons. _ _ _
I'll be holding [Eb] you close, just like holding [F] the summer sun.
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
I'm warmed from [Bb] the memory [F] of days to come.
_ This is the time [Bb] to remember, _ cause [Eb] it will not last [F] forever.
These are the _ days to [Bb] hold on to, [Eb] cause it won't, nor will [F] it want to.
This is the [Bb] time, _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ time is gonna [G] _ change.
_ _ Giving [Gb] me the best of you, and now [Bb] I need the [F] rest of you.
Yeah, yeah, [Dm] yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Eb] _ This [F] is the _ time, _ _ _ [Dm] oh, oh, oh.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [F]
This is the time, _ _ [Dm] time _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] is _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] gonna change.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [Cm] _ Go _ _
[F] _ around one more time.
Do it again, do it again.
Do it again.
[Dm] ****
_ [Eb] We _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ walked [Eb] on the beach beside [F] that old hotel
_ _ They're [Dm] _
_ tearing [Eb] it down now, but [F] it's just as well
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _
I haven't shown [Eb] you everything [F] a man can _ do
Stay [Dm] _ _
_ with [Eb] me baby, I [F] have plans for you
_ This is the time to [Bb] remember, _ [Eb] cause it will not last [F] forever.
These are the days [Bb] to hold on to, [Eb] cause it won't, nor will [F] it want to.
This [Bb] is the time, _ _ [Fm] _ _ it's gonna [G] _
change, _ _ giving me [Gb] the best of you.
_ And now I [Bb] need [F] the rest of you.
_ _ [Dm] _
Did you know that [Eb] before you came [F]
into my life,
_ _ _ [Dm] _
there was some [Eb] kind of miracle that [F]
I survived.
_ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _
Someday we [Eb] will both look back [F]
and have to laugh.
_ _ [Dm] _
We lived [Eb] through a lifetime, [F] and the end's no matter.
_ This [A] is the [F] time to [Bb] remember, _ [Eb] it will not last [F] forever.
_ These are the days to [Bb] hold on to, _ [Eb] cause it won't, nor will [F] it want to.
This is [Bb] the time, _ _ [Fm] _ _ time is gonna [G] _ change.
_ I know [Gb] we gotta move somehow, _ but I [Bb] don't wanna [F] lose you now. _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ Sometimes it's [Am] so easy to [Bb] let a day [C] slip on [A] by,
[Gm] _
_ without [Dm] even [C] seeing each [Bb] other at all.
But _ [C] _ _
[Dm] _ this is [C] the time, it'll turn back [Gm] to when it's all, [Em] will not [Dm]
last.
Those [Am] will be days you can [C] never _ recall.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ And _ _ [Dm] _
so it [Eb] breaks again, _ [F]
behind the _ _ dunes.
_ [Dm] _ _
This beach is [Eb] so cold on [F] winter _ _ afternoons. _ _ _
I'll be holding [Eb] you close, just like holding [F] the summer sun.
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
I'm warmed from [Bb] the memory [F] of days to come.
_ This is the time [Bb] to remember, _ cause [Eb] it will not last [F] forever.
These are the _ days to [Bb] hold on to, [Eb] cause it won't, nor will [F] it want to.
This is the [Bb] time, _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ time is gonna [G] _ change.
_ _ Giving [Gb] me the best of you, and now [Bb] I need the [F] rest of you.
Yeah, yeah, [Dm] yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Eb] _ This [F] is the _ time, _ _ _ [Dm] oh, oh, oh.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [F]
This is the time, _ _ [Dm] time _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] is _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] gonna change.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _