Chords for For Such a Time as This
Tempo:
119.5 bpm
Chords used:
A
C#
F#
E
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Jam Along & Learn...
[A#m]
[F#] [A#m]
[F#] [C#]
[D#m] I [C#]
[G#] [C#]
built my [F#] house [C#] here, alongside this mountain, [A#m]
this [F#] rugged mountain [D#] that stands so [G#] [C#] tall.
[F#] had a good [C#] life above the [F#] [A#m] lowlands.
[F#] [A#m]
[F#] [C#]
[D#m] I [C#]
[G#] [C#]
built my [F#] house [C#] here, alongside this mountain, [A#m]
this [F#] rugged mountain [D#] that stands so [G#] [C#] tall.
[F#] had a good [C#] life above the [F#] [A#m] lowlands.
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C#
F#
E
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_ _ _ _ [A#m] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [A#m] _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ [D#m] _ _ I [C#] _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
built my [F#] house [C#] here, _ alongside this mountain, [A#m] _ _
this [F#] rugged _ mountain [D#] that stands so [G#] _ [C#] tall.
_ [C#] _ I've [F#] had a good [C#] life above the [F#] _ _ [A#m] lowlands.
_ [A#] It's more [C#] than I'd asked for, [D#m] but less [G#] than I'd dreamed.
[A#m] _ I've often [C#] heard a voice call down to me,
_ _ _ _ [A#m] _ If [F#] you'd climb [C#] higher, you'd find wondrous things [G#m] to see, _ [G#] but the way is steep _ _ and a storm may _ _ come.
_ _ [C#]
For such a time as this, isn't [A#m] it much too [F#] great a risk?
[A#m] I've never [G#] flown from the [F#] edge of a cliff, never [C#] walked on the _ [G#] water, but if I [F#] turn _ [C#] _ away, I will [A#] know, _ [F#] Miss, _ [A#m] have I [G#] waited [F#] all of my life for such [G#] a time [A#m] as this?
_ [F#] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ I've [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ been content _ to _ not ask those questions _ [C#m] _ that stir [A] the rivers, _ [C#] that move the [B] _ waves.
_ [E] Here, the windless _ waters _ are so much more peaceful.
_ [C#m] _ They [A] calm my spirit, [F#m] and silence [B] the _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [E] thoughts eluding [B]
me.
_ [E] _ _ [C#m] _ The air [A] _ [E] can free me from [Bm] complacency, _ _ [D] but the way is steep _ and a storm may come.
_ _ _ For [C#m] such a time [A] _ [E] as this, [C#] isn't it much _ [A] too great a risk?
I've [C#m] never flown [B] from the edge [A] of a [E] cliff, never walked on the water, [B] _ [G#] _ but if [C#] I [A] turn _ [E] _ away, I will [C#m] know, _ _ [A] _ Miss, have [C#m] I waited [B] all of [A] my life for such [B] a time as [E] this?
Sometimes the thrill [F#] of story [E] _ has to [C#] be gained _ [B] by fear of _
[A] falling.
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ For such [Bm] a _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] time as this, isn't [C#m] it much too [A] great _ a risk?
[C#m] I've never [B] flown from the [A] edge of a cliff, never [E] walked _ _ [B] _ _ [G#] on the water, but if I [A] _ _ [E] _ _ turn away, I will [C#] know, _ _ [A] _ Miss, [C#m] have I [B] waited [A] all of my life for such [B] a time as this?
Time as [C#m] _ _ _
_ [E] _ this.
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [A#m] _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ [D#m] _ _ I [C#] _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
built my [F#] house [C#] here, _ alongside this mountain, [A#m] _ _
this [F#] rugged _ mountain [D#] that stands so [G#] _ [C#] tall.
_ [C#] _ I've [F#] had a good [C#] life above the [F#] _ _ [A#m] lowlands.
_ [A#] It's more [C#] than I'd asked for, [D#m] but less [G#] than I'd dreamed.
[A#m] _ I've often [C#] heard a voice call down to me,
_ _ _ _ [A#m] _ If [F#] you'd climb [C#] higher, you'd find wondrous things [G#m] to see, _ [G#] but the way is steep _ _ and a storm may _ _ come.
_ _ [C#]
For such a time as this, isn't [A#m] it much too [F#] great a risk?
[A#m] I've never [G#] flown from the [F#] edge of a cliff, never [C#] walked on the _ [G#] water, but if I [F#] turn _ [C#] _ away, I will [A#] know, _ [F#] Miss, _ [A#m] have I [G#] waited [F#] all of my life for such [G#] a time [A#m] as this?
_ [F#] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ I've [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ been content _ to _ not ask those questions _ [C#m] _ that stir [A] the rivers, _ [C#] that move the [B] _ waves.
_ [E] Here, the windless _ waters _ are so much more peaceful.
_ [C#m] _ They [A] calm my spirit, [F#m] and silence [B] the _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [E] thoughts eluding [B]
me.
_ [E] _ _ [C#m] _ The air [A] _ [E] can free me from [Bm] complacency, _ _ [D] but the way is steep _ and a storm may come.
_ _ _ For [C#m] such a time [A] _ [E] as this, [C#] isn't it much _ [A] too great a risk?
I've [C#m] never flown [B] from the edge [A] of a [E] cliff, never walked on the water, [B] _ [G#] _ but if [C#] I [A] turn _ [E] _ away, I will [C#m] know, _ _ [A] _ Miss, have [C#m] I waited [B] all of [A] my life for such [B] a time as [E] this?
Sometimes the thrill [F#] of story [E] _ has to [C#] be gained _ [B] by fear of _
[A] falling.
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ For such [Bm] a _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] time as this, isn't [C#m] it much too [A] great _ a risk?
[C#m] I've never [B] flown from the [A] edge of a cliff, never [E] walked _ _ [B] _ _ [G#] on the water, but if I [A] _ _ [E] _ _ turn away, I will [C#] know, _ _ [A] _ Miss, [C#m] have I [B] waited [A] all of my life for such [B] a time as this?
Time as [C#m] _ _ _
_ [E] _ this.
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
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