Chords for Time of Inconvenience Nanci Griffith
Tempo:
114.75 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
B
G#m
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [E]
It's an inconvenient time
[B] [E]
[B] [C#m]
[E] We're
[A] [E]
living in a time of inconvenience
Compassion fills me with this [A] meanness in the [E] air
City streets are filled with [A] violence
[E] So we close our doors to the city and pretend that [A] it's not there
Here I go [E] again, back out on the inconvenient [A] streets
Evil seems to be getting [B] to the soles of my [E] feet
Cause I'm living [B] in a time of [A] inconvenience
[B] It's an [E] inconvenient time
[A] [E]
[B] [A] We're [E]
living in the age of communication
Where they know the voice is heard, have money in [A] their [E] hands
The greed has become a [A] sophistication
[E]
You ain't got money, you ain't got nothing in [A] this state
Here I am, one [B] lonely woman on these mean [A]
streets
The right to life [B] man has become my enemy
Cause [E] I'm [B] living in a time [A] of inconvenience
[B] It's an [E] inconvenient time
[B] [A] [E]
[A] Then I turn my cheek as [G#m] my history fades
While [F#] the clock ticks away any [B] progress we've [Em] made
[A] I never thought [G#m] I'd be ashamed to be [E] human
[F#] Afraid to say [B] my time is seen as day
[E] Cause I'm living [B] in a time [A] of inconvenience
[E] Living [B] in a time [A] of inconvenience
[E] Living in a time of [A] inconvenience
[B] It's an [E] inconvenient time
This [B] [A] [E]
[A] [E] is [Em] a time of greed and power
[A] [E] Where everyone needs to have someone to shove around
Our children come to us for [A] answers
[E] Listening for freedom [B] but they don't [A] notice them
There they are, our [B] children don't doubt in these mean [A] streets
Evil sweeps them [E] up and brings them to their knees
Cause they're living in a time of [A]
inconvenience
[E] They're living in the age of [A]
communication
[E] [B] This is a time of [A] greed and power
[E] [B] This is a crime [A] that I wish was not mine
[B] Cause it's an [E] inconvenient time
It's an [A] unknown [E] time
[B] [A] [E]
[A] [E]
[A] [E]
[A] [E]
[B] [A] [E]
[B] [A]
[B] [E]
It's an inconvenient time
[B] [E]
[B] [C#m]
[E] We're
[A] [E]
living in a time of inconvenience
Compassion fills me with this [A] meanness in the [E] air
City streets are filled with [A] violence
[E] So we close our doors to the city and pretend that [A] it's not there
Here I go [E] again, back out on the inconvenient [A] streets
Evil seems to be getting [B] to the soles of my [E] feet
Cause I'm living [B] in a time of [A] inconvenience
[B] It's an [E] inconvenient time
[A] [E]
[B] [A] We're [E]
living in the age of communication
Where they know the voice is heard, have money in [A] their [E] hands
The greed has become a [A] sophistication
[E]
You ain't got money, you ain't got nothing in [A] this state
Here I am, one [B] lonely woman on these mean [A]
streets
The right to life [B] man has become my enemy
Cause [E] I'm [B] living in a time [A] of inconvenience
[B] It's an [E] inconvenient time
[B] [A] [E]
[A] Then I turn my cheek as [G#m] my history fades
While [F#] the clock ticks away any [B] progress we've [Em] made
[A] I never thought [G#m] I'd be ashamed to be [E] human
[F#] Afraid to say [B] my time is seen as day
[E] Cause I'm living [B] in a time [A] of inconvenience
[E] Living [B] in a time [A] of inconvenience
[E] Living in a time of [A] inconvenience
[B] It's an [E] inconvenient time
This [B] [A] [E]
[A] [E] is [Em] a time of greed and power
[A] [E] Where everyone needs to have someone to shove around
Our children come to us for [A] answers
[E] Listening for freedom [B] but they don't [A] notice them
There they are, our [B] children don't doubt in these mean [A] streets
Evil sweeps them [E] up and brings them to their knees
Cause they're living in a time of [A]
inconvenience
[E] They're living in the age of [A]
communication
[E] [B] This is a time of [A] greed and power
[E] [B] This is a crime [A] that I wish was not mine
[B] Cause it's an [E] inconvenient time
It's an [A] unknown [E] time
[B] [A] [E]
[A] [E]
[A] [E]
[A] [E]
[B] [A] [E]
[B] [A]
[B] [E]
Key:
A
E
B
G#m
F#
A
E
B
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ It's an inconvenient time
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _
[E] _ _ _ We're _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ living in a time of _ _ inconvenience
_ Compassion fills me with this [A] meanness in the [E] air
City streets are filled with [A] violence
[E] _ So we close our doors to the city and pretend that [A] it's not there
Here I go [E] again, back out on the inconvenient [A] streets
Evil seems to be getting [B] to the soles of my [E] feet
Cause I'm living [B] in a time of [A] inconvenience
[B] It's an [E] inconvenient time
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [B] [A] We're _ _ [E] _
living in the age of communication
_ Where they know the voice is heard, have money in [A] their [E] hands
The greed has become a _ [A] sophistication
_ [E]
You ain't got money, you ain't got nothing in [A] this state
Here I am, one [B] lonely woman on these mean [A]
streets
The right to life [B] man has become my enemy
Cause [E] I'm [B] living in a time [A] of inconvenience
[B] It's an [E] inconvenient time
_ _ [B] _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ Then I turn my cheek as [G#m] my history fades
While [F#] the clock ticks away any [B] progress we've [Em] made
[A] I never thought [G#m] I'd be ashamed to be [E] human
[F#] Afraid to say [B] my time is seen as day
_ [E] Cause I'm living [B] in a time [A] of _ inconvenience
[E] _ Living [B] in a time [A] of inconvenience
_ [E] _ Living in a time of [A] inconvenience
[B] It's an [E] inconvenient time
_ This [B] _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ is [Em] a time of greed and power
[A] _ _ [E] _ Where everyone needs to have someone to shove around
Our children come to us for [A] answers
_ [E] Listening for freedom [B] but they don't [A] notice them
There they are, our [B] children don't doubt in these mean [A] streets
Evil sweeps them [E] up and brings them to their knees
Cause they're living in a time of [A] _
_ inconvenience
[E] _ They're living in the age of [A]
communication
_ _ [E] _ [B] This is a time of [A] greed and power
_ _ [E] _ [B] This is a crime [A] that I wish was not mine
[B] _ Cause it's an [E] inconvenient time
_ It's an [A] unknown [E] time _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ It's an inconvenient time
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _
[E] _ _ _ We're _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ living in a time of _ _ inconvenience
_ Compassion fills me with this [A] meanness in the [E] air
City streets are filled with [A] violence
[E] _ So we close our doors to the city and pretend that [A] it's not there
Here I go [E] again, back out on the inconvenient [A] streets
Evil seems to be getting [B] to the soles of my [E] feet
Cause I'm living [B] in a time of [A] inconvenience
[B] It's an [E] inconvenient time
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [B] [A] We're _ _ [E] _
living in the age of communication
_ Where they know the voice is heard, have money in [A] their [E] hands
The greed has become a _ [A] sophistication
_ [E]
You ain't got money, you ain't got nothing in [A] this state
Here I am, one [B] lonely woman on these mean [A]
streets
The right to life [B] man has become my enemy
Cause [E] I'm [B] living in a time [A] of inconvenience
[B] It's an [E] inconvenient time
_ _ [B] _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ Then I turn my cheek as [G#m] my history fades
While [F#] the clock ticks away any [B] progress we've [Em] made
[A] I never thought [G#m] I'd be ashamed to be [E] human
[F#] Afraid to say [B] my time is seen as day
_ [E] Cause I'm living [B] in a time [A] of _ inconvenience
[E] _ Living [B] in a time [A] of inconvenience
_ [E] _ Living in a time of [A] inconvenience
[B] It's an [E] inconvenient time
_ This [B] _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ is [Em] a time of greed and power
[A] _ _ [E] _ Where everyone needs to have someone to shove around
Our children come to us for [A] answers
_ [E] Listening for freedom [B] but they don't [A] notice them
There they are, our [B] children don't doubt in these mean [A] streets
Evil sweeps them [E] up and brings them to their knees
Cause they're living in a time of [A] _
_ inconvenience
[E] _ They're living in the age of [A]
communication
_ _ [E] _ [B] This is a time of [A] greed and power
_ _ [E] _ [B] This is a crime [A] that I wish was not mine
[B] _ Cause it's an [E] inconvenient time
_ It's an [A] unknown [E] time _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _
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