Al Stewart - Time Passages

VERSE 1
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It was late in December. The sky turned to snow.
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All'round the day was going down slow. 
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Night, like a river, beginning to flow
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I felt the beat of my mind go drifting into

CHORUS
Eb///  Eb///           { Eb/ - Bb/ - C / - F/ }                      
time passages. Years go falling in the fading light. 
Eb///   Eb///    Ab///         Gm/         Bb/          Eb///
Time passages.  Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight.

INSTRUMENTAL/INTRO
Eb ///  Eb ///  Eb ///   Gm/ Ab/  x2

VERSE 2
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Well, I'm not the kind to live in the past.
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The years run too short and the days too fast. 
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The things you lean on are things that don't last. 
Ab / Bb /                        (Cm-Bb-Ab)     
Well it's just now and then my line gets cast into these

CHORUS
Eb///         Eb///           { Eb/ - Bb/ - C / - F/ }   
time passages.  There's something back there that you left behind.
Eb/// Eb///    Ab///       Gm/  Bb/                 Eb/// 
Time passages.  Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight.
 
BRIDGE
B /// B /// 
Hear the echoes and feel yourself starting
Eb /// Eb ///
to turn. 
B / / / B / / / 
Don't know why you should feel that 
///                  C///     F///
there's something to learn.
  (NC)                          BACK TO INTRO:
It's just a game that you play.

INSTR: Eb ///  Eb ///  Eb ///   Gm/ Ab/  x2

SOLO 1 (SAX): Eb /// Eb /// F/ Bb/ Gm/ Ab/ 
              Eb/// Eb/// Eb///  Gm/ Ab/ 

SOLO 2 (SAX): B/// B/// Bb - Eb -Bb - Eb -
        B/// B/// Eb/// Eb///
        Abm/ Adim / Eb / Cm / 
        Abm/// Abm/// Bb/// Bb///

SOLO 3 (GTR): Gm/ Cm/ Cm/ Bb/// Bb/// x4

VERSE 3
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Well, the picture is changing. Now you're part of a crowd. 
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They're laughing at something, the music's loud. 
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A girl comes toward you you once used to know.
Ab / Bb /                        (Cm-Bb-Ab)
You reach out your hand, but you're all alone in those

CHORUS
Eb///         Eb///           { Eb/ - Bb/ - C / - F/ }   
time passages. I know you're in there, you're just out of sight.
Eb///    Eb///           Ab///       Gm/  Bb/                 Eb///      
Time passages.   Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight.

OUTRO
INSTR: Eb / / /  Eb / / /  Eb / / /   Gm / Ab /  x2

SOLO 4: B/// B/// Bb - Eb -Bb - Eb -
        B/// B/// Eb/// Eb///
        Abm/ Adim / Eb / Cm / 
        Abm/// Abm/// Bb/// Bb///
SOLO 5: Gm / Cm / Cm / Bb / / / Bb / / / x4

1st chart here (u-g). Enjoy.
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