Chords for Bobby Bare: Time (Shel Silverstein)

_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _
Ain't the snow falling just [F#] a bit deeper these days?
Ain't they building the stairs [B] a bit steeper these days?
And the _ town's really changing [E] in so [C#m] many ways. _
[F#] It's time, _ _ _
[B] time.
To _ you young folks, you're growing _
[F#] _ uncommonly tall. _
And the newspaper _ print is [B] becoming so small. _
And folks talk so soft you [E] can barely [C#m] hear at all.
[F#] It's time, _ _ just [B] time. _ _ _
The jokes aren't as witty [F#] as the old jokes once were. _
And the girls ain't half as pretty [B] as I remember her.
And today on the bus, [E] a grown man [C#m] called me sir.
[F#] It's time, _ _ [B] just time. _ _ _
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[E] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ And you know, I ain't quite so anxious [F#] for fame or success.
And my eye finds the girl [B] in the plain simple dress.
And I cling a bit longer [E] to each [C#m] warm caress.
[F#] And that's [G#m] time, _ [F#] _
[B] just time. _ _ _
So it takes a bit longer [F#] to walk up a hill. _ _
_ Whatever, if my life [B] now is much more fulfilled. _
But they're tearing down buildings [E] that I watched them build.
[C#m] _ _
[F#] It's [G#m] time, [F#] _ _
[B] _ time. _ _ _
_ _ _ [D#] You'll get there [E] too, if you stay healthy.
[C#m] _ _
[F#] _ Like I say, if you [B] live long enough, you get old. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [N] _