Peter Frampton?s "Just the time of year"
From the Album "Frampton Comes Alive"

im sure this transcription is 99% accurate

i dedicate this transcription to my father who likes frampton a lot




TUNING   E A D g b d

so it's basically the standard tuning 
but the high e string is tuned down to d


here is the way you play the chords:

C         x32010
Cmaj7     x32000
Esus4     022200
Em        022000
Am7       x02010
D/F#      200230
G         320030
Bm3       x20030   <--- yes i made that up :D
Am7/G     302010
Em7       022030
F#m       244222 
B         x2444x
A         x0222x or 
G/F       200030


INTRO
C     Cmaj7     Esus4      
Em    Am7       D/F# 
G     Am7 - Bm3  (only one stroke for this last two) 

and then something like this 

e|-0--0--0-|
B|-0--0--1-|
G|-0--0--0-|
D|-0--0--2-|
A|-0--2--3-|
E|-x--x--x-|   we?ll call this "A023" from now on
   ^  ^  ^


C     Cmaj7           Esus4
Suddenly    with no warning
     Em                      Am7
It was four in the morning
         Am7/G                    D/F#         
What the papers will say has been printed


"A023"  C   Cmaj7               Esus4
          I   have no reason
   Em                         Am7
To want to change the season
            D/F#                G    Am7 - Bm3
'cause It's just the time of year
      Am7      D/F#               G    Am7 - Bm3
Ooh yeah, it's just the time of year


"A023"  C      Cmaj7               Esus4
         Suddenly    I'm yawning
                   Em                Am7
Maybe cause it's five in the morning
           Am7/G         D/F#
Sleepless nights I have wasted


C   Cmaj7        Esus4
You are the reason
          Em             Am7
Don't talk to me of treason
      D/F"             G     Am7 - Bm3
It's just the time of year
      Am7      D/F#               G    Am7 - Bm3
Oh yeah, it's just the time of year


e|--0--0--0-|
B|--0--0--3-|
G|--0--0--0-|
D|-x--x---2-|
A|-x--x---2-|
E|-3--2---0-|   we?ll call this "A023" from now on
   ^v ^v  ^


Em7
   Only one
F#m                     B     Em7
Could steal your heart away
                     A                 
But now she's looking the other way
C                                          
   What you give, I find it hard I can't see
D/F#
If you knew you wouldn't take it from me
C
   Writing notes to an unconquered land
D/F#
   Lying there on your square foot of sand


"A023"  C        Cmaj7        Esus4
          Wake me up,    I'm sleeping
         Em                  Am7
Good to see how your keeping
              Am7/G
Me   I'm doing fine
   D/F#
I'm just wasted


 C       Cmaj7               Esus4
   I   have no reason
   Em                         Am7
To want to change the season
            D/F#                G    Am7 - Bm3
'cause It's just the time of year
      Am7      D/F#               G    
Ooh yeah, it's just the time of year
   G    G/F    Em7     Am                  D/F#        G
 Just  the    time of year, that's what it is Oh Oh Oh
   G    G/F    Em7     Am                  D/F#        G
 Just  the    time of year, that's what it is Oh Oh Oh
   G    G/F    Em7     Am                  D/F#        G
 Just  the    time of year, that's what it is Oh Oh Oh
   G    G/F    Em7     Am                D/F#                  G
 Just  the    time of year,    and it's just      the time of year.




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