Let Time Go Lightly Chords by Harry Chapin

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_ I _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Cm] _ [Ab] _
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[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ let time go lightly [Eb] when [Db] I'm here with you.
_ _ _ I let time [Eb] go lightly [Db] when the day [Ab]
is through.
[Bbm] _ _ [Ab] I keep a watch on time when [Db] I've got work to _ _ _ _ do.
But [Bbm] I let time [Eb] go lightly _ [Db] with you. _
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[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ Morning, [Db] _ [Ab] _
a time [Db] for breaking ground _ [Ab] _
and so in the sea. _ _
_ _ And yet we give up our [Db]
sunshine _ _ so _ _ [Gm] _
_ [Fm] _ [Cm] we can buy [Db] what we [Cm] _
[Ab] need.
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_ [Eb] _ _ _ And that [Ab] leaves the evening _ _ to _ _ share [Db] a fire with [Ab] a friend or two.
_ To _ _ _ lose sight of the [Bbm]
hour, _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ to [Db] go lightly _ [Dbm] with you. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
I let time go lightly when [Db] I'm here with you.
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I let [Eb] time go lightly _ [Db] when the day [Cm] is [Fm] through.
[Bbm] _ _ [Ab]
I keep a watch on time when I've [Db] got work to do.
_ _ _ [Bbm] But I let [Eb] time go lightly _ [Db] with you.
[Gb] _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _
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Old friend, _ _ _ _ they mean much [Db] more to me than [Ab] a new friend. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Because they can see where you [Bbm] _
are _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Db] and they know where [Ab] you've been. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Music _ has _ _ _ been my oldest friend, [Fm] _
my fiercest _ foe.
_ [E] _
Because [D] it can take [C] me so [Bbm] _ _
high.
_ _ _ Yes, [Eb] _
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[Dbm] it can make me so low.
[Cm] When I was [Fm] a child, [Gbm] my mother [Bb] would help me along.
_ _ She'd rock me to sleep _ [Bbm] and [Db] sing me a song.
[Dbm] _ So I [Cm] learned to love [Fm] the music [Bm] of all [Db] the [Bb] tunes in my mind.
The changing of chords, _ [C] [Db] the rhythm _ of [Ab] time. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I let time go lightly when [Db] I'm here with you. _
_ _ _ [Bbm] I let time [Eb] go lightly [Db] when the _ day [Fm] is through.
_ [Bbm] _ [Ab] _ I keep a watch on time when [Db] I've got work to do. _ _
_ _ [Bbm] But I let [Eb] time go lightly _ [Db] with you.
[Gb] _ _ [Db] _
[Ab] _ [Db] Yes, I let _ [Bbm] time _ [Ab] _ [Eb] go lightly [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _
_ with [Db] _ [Fm] you.
[Bbm] And a [Bm] fire [D] and a friend [Cm] or two.
_ _ [Db] _ With [Ab] you and [Bbm] a [Bm] fire and [Ab] a friend [Cm] or two.
_ [B] _ [Bbm] _ _ [F]
A friend [Eb] or two. _ _
_ _ [Ab] And you. _ _
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