In These Times Chords by Joan Armatrading

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_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ These are the times, _ _
_ _ [G] tears fill the back of your eyes.
These are [Am] the _ times the birds migrate [G] _ across [C] the skies.
_ _ These are the times, _ _ [G] what hope you had you forget.
These [Am] wicked _ times you're bound to feel all [G] _ sanity [C] is lost.
In these times [Am] everyone _ needs [G] love. _ _ _ _ _
In [C] these times do [Am] you pray to [G] God.
_ _ In these [C] times everyone needs comfort and [G] would welcome a hand to hold.
_ _ [Am] _ Compassion is the fire that burns the [F] hurt, the pain, [C] the sore.
And though my eyes are so polluted by [G] the sight of lost desires, I can [F] _ see you [G] _
standing _ [C] by. _ _ _ _
_ _ This is my fear, _ _ _ [G] the distance will come between us and [Am] it could _ mean nothing,
nothing [G] to get from here [C] to there.
_ _ We own the world _ _ _ [G] and everything that's in it,
let [D] our love _ shine [Am] like glistening raindrops [G] resting on [C] a rose.
In these times [Am] celebrate _ our [G] love. _ _ _ _
In [C] these times let's [Am] be thankful, _ [G] _ Lord.
_ All the [C] days we can spend together _ _ [G] and I'm happy to hold your hand.
Your [Am] passion is the food that feeds [F] the hunger in [C] my heart.
And now my eyes are clearly open, no [G] more longing for the past.
Now [F] I have you [G] _
in [C] these _ times. _ _
_ _ _ In these _ times _ [Am] everyone needs [Em] love.
_ _ In _ [C] these times do [Am] you pray to [G] _
God.
_ In these [C] times everyone needs comfort
_ [G] and would welcome a hand to hold.
_ [Am] Your passion is the fire that burns [F] the hurt,
the pain, [C] the sore.
And though my eyes are so polluted _ [G] by the sight of lost desires,
good [F] to have you [G] _ in [C] these _ times. _ _ _ _ _ _
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