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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.

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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

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