Pick Up The Tempo chords by Robert Earl Keen

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Verse 1
D 
 (D major) People are saying
G 
D 
 (G major) Time'll take care of people  (D major) like me
I'm living too fast
E 
They say  (E major) I can't last much longer
A 
 (A major) 

Verse 2
D 
But  (D major) little they see
G 
D 
 (G major) Their thoughts of me are my sa (D major) vior
And little they know
A 
That the  (A major) beat oughta go
D 
just a little faster (D major) 

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Verse 3

So pick up the tempo just a little

and take it on home

The singer ain't singin'

And the drummer's

been draggin' too long

Verse 4

Time'll take care of itself

So just leave time alone

Pick up the tempo just a little

And take it on home

Verse 5
E 
Well, I'm  (E major) wild and I'm mean
A 
I'm cre (A major) atin' a scene,
E 
I'm goin' crazy  (E major) 
I'm good and I'm bad
F# 
B 
I'm  (F sharp major) happy and I'm sad and I'm  (B major) lazy

Verse 6
E 
I'm  (E major) quiet and I'm loud
A 
And I'm  (A major) gatherin' a crowd,
E 
I like gravy  (E major) 
'Bout half off the wall
B 
But  (B major) I  learned it all in the Navy
E 
A 
 (E major)  (A major) 

Verse 7
E 
 (E major) 
A 
E 
A 
 (A major) So  (E major) pick up the tempo just a  (A major) little
B 
E 
And take it on  (B major)  (E major) home
The singer ain't singin'
F# 
And the  (F sharp major) drummer's
B 
been draggin' too  (B major) long

Verse 8
E 
A 
 (E major) Time'll take care of it (A major) self
B 
E 
So just leave  (B major) time  (E major) alone
B 
E 
B 
 (B major) And  (E major) pick up the tempo just a  (B major) little
A 
F#m 
E 
And take it on  (A major) home  (F sharp minor)  (E major) 
(Yeah, thank you, oh man)
(Alright, thank you, Bruce)
(That's a good one)