Chords for Mandolin Orange - There Was a Time (Live @Pickathon 2014)

Tempo:
136.6 bpm
Chords used:

C

Am

F

G

A

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Mandolin Orange - There Was  a Time (Live @Pickathon 2014) chords
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One, two, [D] three.
[Am]
[C]
[F] [C] [A]
[C]
[Am]
[C]
[F] [C]
I [Am] showed up [F]
[C] to your wedding wearing [F] black [Am] and
[Bm] wooden [C] red.
Wooden [Am] it seemed [C] fitting, because I was [F] bruised
and [A] [Em]
gray as [C] I've ever been.
[G] There was a [Am] time when [F] I called you.
[C]
There [G] was a [Am] time when [F] I [C] called you mine.
[Am] [F] [C]
[A]
[F] [C] [Am]
[C] This [Am] old house [F] is
[C] calling in the deep.
[F] Even these [Am] old walls [Bm]
have been.
[C] I lay [Am] down [F] and you're [C] not with me.
Waking [F] up [Am] just to sit [Bm]
[C] in.
[G]
There was a [Am] time when I [F] called you.
[C] [G]
There was [Am] a time when [F] I [C] called you.
[G]
[Am] [F]
[C] [G]
[Am] [A] [F]
[C]
There's [A] no gold [Am] on either side of the [C] Mississippi.
[F] No silver [Am] in this [Em] world left [C] to find.
These [Am] precious [C] metal [F] and [C] precious memories
slip [Am] away, slip away [Em] from [C] your finger and your mind.
[G] There was a [Am] time [D] when I [F]
[G] [Am]
called you.
There was
[C]
[D]
[F] [Am] [B]
[C]
[Am]
[F] [A]
[C] a time when I called you.
Key:  
C
3211
Am
2311
F
134211111
G
2131
A
1231
C
3211
Am
2311
F
134211111
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To learn Watchhouse - There Was A Time chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - F, C, Am, F, C, G, Am and C of chords. A strategic approach would be to train at 69 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 138. Considering your vocal pitch and chord choices, adjust the capo in accordance with the key: D Minor.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ One, two, [D] three.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ [A] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I [Am] showed up _ _ [F] _ _
[C] to your wedding _ _ wearing _ [F] black [Am] and _ _
[Bm] wooden [C] red. _ _ _ _ _
Wooden [Am] it _ _ seemed _ _ [C] _ fitting, _ _ because I was [F] bruised
and [A] _ _ [Em]
gray as [C] I've ever been. _ _
_ [G] _ There was a [Am] time when [F] I called you.
[C] _ _
There [G] _ _ was a [Am] time when [F] I [C] called you mine. _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ This [Am] old house [F] is _ _
[C] calling in the deep. _ _ _ _
[F] Even these [Am] old walls [Bm]
have been.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ I lay [Am] down _ [F] _ and you're [C] not with me. _ _ _
Waking [F] up [Am] just to sit _ [Bm] _
[C] in.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ There was a [Am] time when I [F] called you.
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
There was [Am] a time when [F] I [C] called you.
_ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
There's [A] no gold [Am] on either side of the [C] Mississippi. _ _ _ _
_ [F] No silver [Am] in this [Em] world left [C] to find. _ _
These [Am] precious _ [C] metal [F] and _ [C] precious _ memories _ _
slip [Am] away, slip away [Em] from [C] your finger and your mind.
_ [G] _ _ There was a [Am] time [D] when I [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ called you.
There was _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ a time _ _ when I called you. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was featured on the This Side of Jordan album.

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