Precious Time chords by Joe Jackson

SimplifiedA · Asus4 · Em · G · F#m …

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A
Asus4
Em
G
F#m
B
F
C

Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
A million tiny  (G major) 
F#m 
A 
G 
B 
lights  (F sharp minor) are strung  (A major) across the western  (G major) sky  (B major) 
Em 
They burn to light our  (E minor) mission
A 
B 
A 
G 
 (A major)  (B major) But  (A major) it's just a million lonely  (G major) hearts
A 
G 
B 
Strung  (A major) out from never asking  (G major) why  (B major) 

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Verse 2

We burn with blind ambition

I heard somebody say

I don't regret my wedding day

But something's wrong

Verse 3

It's not the same

I'm lonely and I'd start again

If I had the time

Precious time

Verse 4
Em 
 (E minor) 
A 
Em 
But I don't ask  (A major)  (E minor) much
A 
Em 
Just to keep  (A major) in  (E minor) touch
C 
G 
And  (C major) waste a little of  (G major) your
Em 
A 
precious  (E minor) time  (A major) 
C 
G 
 (C major) Waste a little of  (G major) your precious
A 
 (A major) time

Interlude 1

Verse 5
G 
A million dol (G major) lars never jus
A 
G 
Em 
B 
 (A major) tified a million  (G major)  (E minor) lies  (B major) 
Em 
B 
To jockey for pos (E minor) ition  (B major) 
A 
G 
 (A major) And if two hearts can't  (G major) beat as one
F#m 
A 
G 
B 
 (F sharp minor) How  (A major) can a million souls  (G major) survive  (B major) 

Verse 6

In this world of suspicion

I heard somebody say

I dream about my wedding day

Through lonely nights

Verse 7
Em 
I  (E minor) dream of you
B 
A lover though a friend  (B major) would do
Em 
G 
C 
G 
 (E minor) I'd  (G major) find him if I had  (C major) the time  (G major) 
A 
Precious  (A major) time
Em 
A 
 (E minor)  (A major) 

Verse 8
Em 
 (E minor) 
A 
Em 
But I don't ask  (A major)  (E minor) much
A 
Em 
C 
Just to keep  (A major) in  (E minor) touch  (C major) 
G 
A 
C 
G 
A 
An (G major)  (A major) d  (C major) waste a little of  (G major) your precious  (A major) time
Em 
A 
G 
A 
Em 
G 
Em 
A 
Em 
 (E minor)  (A major)  (G major)  (A major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor) 
A 
Em 
 (A major)  (E minor) 
C 
G 
Waste  (C major) a little of  (G major) your
Em 
A 
precious  (E minor) time  (A major) 

Verse 9
Em 
 (E minor) 
A 
Em 
And just a smile's  (A major) enough  (E minor) 
A 
Em 
Just some of that hu (A major) man  (E minor) stuff
C 
G 
And waste  (C major) a  little  (G major) of your precious
A 
A 
F 
C 
F 
G 
C 
F 
G 
time  (A major)  (A major)  (F major)  (C major)  (F major)  (G major)  (C major)  (F major)  (G major) 
G 
Pre (G major) cious time