Category: tenor

C Am F G C
Time keeps on ticking; the years seem to fly
I’m not getting younger; from pain, I can’t hide
But I know it won’t be long
I have lost loved ones at times in my life
And living without them has been a hard fight
But I know it won’t be long

C Am F G C
And I will wake up tomorrow, and life will be new
The Kingdom has come, and forever its rule
over us will bring peace
It won’t be long
C Am [F G]x2 C
Friends and loved ones we’re welcoming back
Pain and sorrow is all in the past
Yes, I know Jehovah’s will
will be done
in all the earth
It won’t be long

When I look at this world and the days we’re in
The time is reduced. It is clear, my friend
Yes, I know it won’t be long
So I try my best to do what is right
To make Jehovah the purpose in my life
’Cause I know it won’t be long

C Am F G C
And I will wake up tomorrow, and life will be new
The Kingdom has come, and forever its rule
over us will bring peace
It won’t be long
C Am [F G]x2 C
Friends and loved ones we’re welcoming back
Pain and sorrow is all in the past
Yes, I know Jehovah’s will
will be done
in all the earth
It won’t be long

F D C
Even if I don’t get to see
this old world pass away
Safe I know I will be
in Jehovah’s memory

C Am F G C
And I will wake up tomorrow, and life will be new
The Kingdom has come, and forever its rule
over us will bring peace
It won’t be long
C Am [F G]x3 CFriends and loved ones will welcome me back
Pain and sorrow is all in the past
Yes, I know Jehovah’s will
will be done
in all the earth
And we’ll see
Paradise
It won’t be long

D G D
I can see clearly now the rain is gone
D G A
I can see all obstacles in my way
D G D
Gone all the dark clouds that had me blind
C G D
It’s gonna be a bright, (bright) bright, (bright) sun shiny day
C G D
It’s gonna be a bright, (bright) bright, (bright) sun shiny day

Yes I can make it now the pain is gone,
All of the bad feelings have disappeared.
Here is the rainbow I have been praying for.
It’s gonna be a bright, (bright) bright, (bright) sun shiny day

C G D
Look all around, there’s nothing but blue skies
C G D
Look straight ahead, there’s nothing but blue skies

F C
Look all around, there’s nothing but blue skies
F A C#m G C#m G C Bm A
Look straight ahead, there’s nothing but blue skiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiies .

I can see clearly now the rain is gone
I can see all obstacles in my way
Here is the rainbow I have been praying for.

It’s gonna be a bright, (bright) bright, (bright) sun shiny day
It’s gonna be a bright, (bright) bright, (bright) sun shiny day
repeat as desired

[1] Won’t you play the
[3m] music so the
[1(6)] [0022] cradle can
[1] rock to a
[2m7] [5566] lullaby in ragtime
[2m] Sleepy hands are
[6aug] [0123] creeping to the
[2m7] end of the
[5] clock, play a
[2m7] lullaby
[1] ragtime

[1] You can tell the
[3m] sandman is
[1(7)] [1011] on his way
[4] by the way
[4m] [0112] that they play As
[2(7)] still as the
[6m7] trill of a
[2(7)] [3230] thrush at twilight’s
[5] hush

[5] ..so you can hear the
[1] Rhythm of the
[3m] ripples on the
[1(6)] side of the
[1] boat as you
[2m7] sail away to dreamland

[2m] High above the
[6aug] moon you hear a
[2m7] silvery
[5(7)] note as the
[2m7] sandman
[5(7)] takes your
[1] hand
[1(7)] So
[4] rock-a-bye my baby,
[4m] don’t you cry my baby,

[1] sleepy
[6#7] time is
[6(7)] nigh Won’t you
[2m] rock
[6(7)] me
[2m] to a ragtime
[2m7] lull-
[5(7)] a-
[1] by
[1(6)]

Bb C F
get up every morning and put on my shirt and pant
down to the table for egg and toast and tea
put on my sock and shoe and head out the door
dive into the day to see what kind of day it’ll be

slip behind the wheel fire up Betty Lou
just an old Beetle but we get from B to A
looking sharp in new sunglass and haircut
pootle along with a song on another day

C F
I cook with a tong, eat with a chopstick
cut coupon with scissor to save a few cent
Bb C F Bb
pretend to wonder what it was that happened
don’t need a binocular to see why you went

errand run and had some fun on the coast
heading home I turn on my headlight
park at the curb and pat Betty Lou on the head
swap shoe for slipper and settle down for the night

get up every morning and put on my shirt and pant
down to the table for egg and toast and tea
put on my sock and shoe and slip through the door
out for the day to see what kind of day it’ll be
out for the day with just I myself and me
out for the day to see what kind of day it’ll be

capo 4 no intro | notes bass notes

C Am F G back when we started on down this long road we knew that the end was near C Am F C we skipped a few steps and gave up some things we knew it was almost here kept ourselves ready for what was ahead right up around the next bend but here we are now fifty years on hoping that we’ll see the endchorus →	chorus	F C I try to be patient, been waiting so long F G I try to be patient, I try to be strong F C I try to be patient like I been told G but it feels like nothing is changing C except I’m getting old
some things just take as long as they take some things you just can’t hurry they matter too much to skip any steps so we might as well try not to worrychorus bridge
C Am F G driver’s up front both hands on the wheel got this trip well in hand C Am F C we’ll sit in the back for as long as it takes till we get to where we all had plannedchorus C Am F C back when we started on down this long road we knew that the end was near	bridge	F don’t want you thinking I’ve given up C come to the end of my rope F the harder it gets the harder I’ll try G tie a knot and hang on and hope

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E C# back when we started on down this long road A B we knew that the end was near E C# we skipped a few steps and gave up some things A E we knew it was almost here kept ourselves ready for what was ahead right up around the next bend but here we are now fifty years on hoping that we’ll see the endchorus →	chorus	A E I try to be patient, been waiting so long A B I try to be patient, I try to be strong A E I try to be patient like I been told E B but it feels like nothing is changing E except I’m getting old
E C# A B E C# A E some things just take as long as they take some things you just can’t hurry they matter too much to skip any steps so we might as well try not to worrychorus bridge
E C# A B E C# A E driver’s up front both hands on the wheel got this trip well in hand C Am F C we’ll sit in the back for as long as it takes till we get to where we all had plannedchorus E C# A E back when we started on down this long road we knew that the end was near	bridge	A A don’t want you thinking I’ve given up E E come to the end of my rope A A the harder it gets the harder I’ll try B B B B BBBB tie a knot and hang on and hope

Am F
if it all fell apart and ended in a ditch
C G
we’d have no one but ourselves to thank
Am F
we set out with nothing to our names
C G
but our clothes and the gas in the tank

Am F
nothing we had was making sense anymore
C G
so we headed out to find something else
Am F
you seemed pretty sure and I didn’t wanna scare you
C G Am
so I kept my doubts to myself

(very slowly)

Em Am
as we slipped away
you held my hand so tight I couldn’t breathe
Em Am G
drove into a sunrise full of colors I knew didn’t exist

(faster)

C G F G
I thought we’d find a new place of our own
didn’t know you were such a rolling stone
shaking off the moss, heading out into the great unknown

we didn’t know the world was so wide
once you let go knots are untied
its beauty’s just a mirror of the beauty we all have inside

C G F G (x2)

C A F G (x2)

C Am F G C Am F G
Flyin’ down the highway with the radio on
Singin’ just as loud as I can to my favorite song
Well it might be Nez or Bob or Van
But I always try to sing just as loud as I can
Flyin’ down the highway with the radio on

You pull out the map every once in a while
And I glance at you and you glance and we share a smile
And the sun glints through your golden hair
And I can’t believe my luck that we’re there
Flyin’ down the highway with the radio on

You feed me a fast-food fish sandwich; it drips on my shirt
I slurp green circle logo iced mocha and try to stay alert
Like Newtonian bodies in motion we stay
‘Cause we hate to slow down ‘less there’s no other way
Flyin’ down the highway with the radio on

bridge
F x8 C x8
Big fast car and a snappy tune And you right by my side
F x8 G FFF G G F E D
Cup o’ joe and a bite to eat Man, what a ride!

Finally pause for some greasy home cookin’ in a roadside cafe
Pay the bill and escape in a hurry to be on our way
Watchin’ a sunset we wish we could frame
Settle in for a night that’s just more of the same
Flyin’ down the highway with the radio on

Flyin’ down the highway with the radio on
Flyin’ down the highway with the radio on

C C
peace can be a fleeting thing
A Ab C
reach out and it flies away
C C
having you here with me
A Ab C
this peace as we end our day
F C F C
moon through our windows, shining in our eyes
F C G G
paints a peaceful path to light our way

something on the radio
we sing; the harmony is sweet
doesn’t matter where we are
you have me and you make me complete
light in our life, shining in our hearts
paints a peaceful path down any street

peace is such a precious thing
this night of still serenity
a warm bed and peaceful dreams
smiling friends awaiting you and me
moon through our windows, shining in our eyes
paints a peaceful path we’ll always see

C C
peace can be a fleeting thing
A Ab Ab Ab Ab C
reach out and hold it here with me