Phases And Stages (Theme) / Pick Up The Tempo chords by Willie Nelson
Verse 1
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Phases and stages,
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G
circles and cycles,
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C
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and scenes that we've all seen before.
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D
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Let me tell you some more.
People are sayin'
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D
that time will take care of people like me
And that I'm livin' too fast
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A
and they say I can't last for much longer
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But little they see
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that their thoughts of me
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A
D
is my savior
And little do they know
A
that the beat ought to go
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D
A
just a little faster
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G
So pick up the tempo just a little
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D
and take it on home
The singer ain't singin'
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and the drummer's been
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Dm
draggin' too long
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D
Time will take care of itself,
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D
so just leave time alone
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And pick up the tempo just a little
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D
And take it on home
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Well I'm wild and I'm mean
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I'm creating a scene and
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I'm going crazy
Well I'm good and I'm bad
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And I'm happy and I'm
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sad and I'm lazy
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I'm quiet and I'm loud
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and I'm a gatherin' a
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crowd and I like gravy
About half off the wall
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E
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E
B
but I learned it all in the Navy
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A
So pick up the tempo just a little
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E
and take it all on
The singer ain't singing,
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and the drummer's been
B
draggin' too long
E
And time'll take care of itself,
A
B
E
so just leave time alone
B
And pick up the tempo just a little,
A
E
Dm
and take it all home. song
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Dm
Phases and stages
G
Circles and cycles
E
Scenes that we've all seen before
Let me tell you some more
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