D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) x4 D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) ETime (022100@1)is gonna take so much away D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)But there's a way that time can offer you a trade D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) ETime (022100@1)is gonna take so much away D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)But there's a way that time can offer you a trade A (x02220@1) EYou (022100@1)gotta do something that you can get nicer at, A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)You gotta do something that you can get wiser at, A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)You better do something that you can get better at D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)'Cause that's the only thing that time will leave you with D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)'Cause time is gonna take so much away D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)But there's a way that time can offer you a trade A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) It might be cabaret, it could be poetry, A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) It might be trying to make a new happy family, A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) It could be violin repair or chemistry, D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) But if it's something that takes lots of time that's good D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)'Cause time is gonna take so much away D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)But there's a way that time can offer you a trade. D (xx0232@1) EBecause (022100@1)your looks are gonna leave you D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) And your city's gonna change too D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1)And your shoes are gonna wear through D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) EYeah (022100@1)time is gonna take so much away, D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)But there's a way that you can offer time a trade. A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)You gotta do something that you can get smarter at, A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)You gotta do something you might just be a starter at, A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)You better do something that you can get better at D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) 'Cause that's the thing that time will leave you with. D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) x4 A (x02220@1) C (x32010@1) E (022100@1)And maybe that's why they call a trade a trade, A (x02220@1) C (x32010@1) E (022100@1)Like when they say you should go and learn a trade; A (x02220@1) C (x32010@1) E (022100@1)The thing you do don't have to be to learn a trade, A (x02220@1) C (x32010@1) E (022100@1)Just get something back from time for all it takes away. A (x02220@1) EIt (022100@1)could be many things, it could be anything, A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) It could be expertise in Middle Eastern traveling, A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)Something to slowly sow the balance life's unraveling D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)You have no choice you have to pay time's price D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)But you can use the price to buy you something nice D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) Something you can only buy with lots of time D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) So when you're old you blow some whippersnapper's mind. A (x02220@1) EIt (022100@1)might be researching a book that takes you seven years A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) A book that helps to make the path we take to freedom clear A (x02220@1) EAnd (022100@1)when you're done you see it started with a good idea D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)One good idea could cost you thousands of your days D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)But it's just time that you'd be spending anyway D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)You have no choice you have to pay time's price D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)But you can use the price to buy you something nice A (x02220@1) C (x32010@1) E (022100@1) So I've decided recently A (x02220@1) C (x32010@1) E (022100@1) To try to trade more decently A (x02220@1) C (x32010@1) E (022100@1) x2 D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) x4
