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From: "David Huei- C. Hu" 

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Time Passages

as recorded on Time Passages by Al Stewart
(words and music by Al Stewart and Peter White)

EbBb| (x43121@3) Ab/Eb|Eb Bb|Gm7 Ab/Bb|  Eb (x43121@3)      Bb/Eb      |Gm            Ab (xx1114@1) |
                         It was late in December. The sky turned to snow.

              Bb (x1333x@1)    Cm (x3101x@1)  Bb (x1333x@1) Ab (xx1114@1)  Eb (x43121@3)          Bb/Eb    Gm (355333@1)       AbAll'round (xx1114@1)the day was going down slow. Night, like a river, beginning to flow

           Bb (x1333x@1)        CmBb AbI (xx1114@1)felt the beat of my mind go drifting into


Eb (x43121@3) Bb/Eb Ab/Eb Eb (x43121@3)  Bb (x1333x@1)            Cm (x3101x@1)   Ftime (133211@1)passages. Years go falling in the fading light.
EbBb/Eb (x43121@3)       Ab/Eb BbAb                  Gm (355333@1)      BbTime (x1333x@1)passages.           Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight.

EbBb/Eb| (x43121@3) Ab/Eb|Eb Bb|Gm7 Ab/Bb|     Eb (x43121@3)        Bb/Eb   Gm (355333@1)        Ab (xx1114@1)			Well, I'm not the kind to live in the past.

		Bb (x1333x@1)            Cm (x3101x@1) Bb (x1333x@1)Ab (xx1114@1) Eb (x43121@3)            Bb/Eb
The years run too short and the days too fast. The things you lean on are

Gm (355333@1)              Ab (xx1114@1)                         Bb (x1333x@1)      CmBb   Abthings (xx1114@1)that don't last. Well it's just now and then my line gets cast

into these


Eb (x43121@3)Bb/Eb       Ab/Eb Eb (x43121@3)     Bb (x1333x@1)                        Cm (x3101x@1)  Ftime (133211@1)passages.        There's something back there that you left behind.
Eb (x43121@3) Bb/Eb      Ab/Eb BbAb                Gm (355333@1)       BbTime (x1333x@1)passages.           Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight.

EbBb/Eb| (x43121@3) Ab/Eb|Eb Bb|Gm7 Ab| Cb (x2444x@1)                Abm6/Cb
				Hear the echoes and feel yourself starting
   Eb (x43121@3)  Cb (x2444x@1)                      Abm6/Cb            		       CmF
to turn. Don't know why you should feel that there's something to learn.

		                | EbBb/Eb| (x43121@3) Ab/Eb|Eb Bb|Gm7 Ab/Bb|
It's just a game that you play.


          Eb (x43121@3)      Bb/Eb                 Gm (355333@1)      AbWell, (xx1114@1)the picture is changing. Now you're part of a crowd. They're laughing

   Bb (x1333x@1)           Cm (x3101x@1)Bb (x1333x@1)Ab (xx1114@1) Eb (x43121@3)         Bb/Eb           Gm (355333@1)         Abat (xx1114@1)something, the music's loud. A girl comes toward you you once used to know.

                   Bb (x1333x@1)             Cm (x3101x@1)BbAb
You reach out your hand, but you're all alone in those


Eb (x43121@3) Bb/Eb    Ab/Eb Eb (x43121@3)      Bb (x1333x@1)                       Cm (x3101x@1)   Ftime (133211@1)passages.       I know you're in there, you're just out of sight.
Eb (x43121@3) Bb/Eb    Ab/Eb Bb (x1333x@1)Ab (xx1114@1)                   Gm (355333@1)       BbTime (x1333x@1)passages.          Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight.


    |Eb Bb/Eb|  Ab/Eb|Eb Bb|Gm7 Ab/Bb|

                 repeat and fade......

(dhu@nmsu.edu)