Key: C minor
Intro 1
A
C#m
B
A
C#
B
A
C#m
B
A
C#
B
A
Verse 1
A
B
A
Staring out of the window
C#m
B
How the clouds
B
A
Watching their broken fragments
B
C#
As the tea is on the stove
Verse 2
C#
B
A
C#m
Floor is scattered pa per
B
C#
And the dishes all undone
C#m
B
A
Before I get my life in line
C#
Verse 3
How the hours sing along
C#m
A
B
Their solemn requiem
B
A
B
C#
B
A
Behold me now just as I
C#
B
A
C#
B
A
C#
B
A
am
Verse 4
A
B
A
C#m
Listen here you old big world
C#
B
C#
Beyond my own mind's door
B
A
If you come a- knocking
B
C#
Mind you ain't no bore
Verse 5
C#
B
A
'Cause if you's gonna clamor
C#
B
F#m
C#
Awake my weary dream
B
A
You ought at least to offer
C#
Verse 6
How the hours sing aloud
A
B
C#
Their solemn requiem
Open sky before me
B
A
B
C#
B
Behold me now just as I am
A
C#
Interlude 1
B
A
C#
B
A
C#
B
A
Verse 7
C#
B
A
C#m
I have some time for thinking
C#
B
C#
When nothing else is mine
B
A
When I got the world to please
B
C#
I cannot find the rhyme
Verse 8
C#
B
A
Yeah, when I lose my rhythm
B
C#
Where that I can float
B
A
Seems without a river
C#
Verse 9
How the hours sing along
A
B
C#
Their solemn requiem
Open sky before me
B
A
B
Behold me now just as I am
Interlude 2
C#
B
A
C#
B
A
C#
B
A
C#
B
A
Verse 10
C#
B
A
The trees just keep on growing
Db
B
Db
And the sky still making rain
B
A
When I wake I know that
B
Db
For me it is the same
Verse 11
Db
B
A
Ask me why I'm living
Dbm
Db
B
Db
I'll say it always was
B
A
Ask why the sun is giving
Db
Verse 12
How the hours sing along
A
B
Their solemn requiem
B
A
B
Behold me now just as I am
Outro 1
Db
B
A
B
A
Db
B
A
Db
B
A
B
A
B
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