Key: F major•
Verse 1
F
C
Bb
Oh father, dear father,
C
F
C
try to open your eyes
F
Bb
The windmill's started turning,
F
C
the wind is on the rise
F
Bb
How many times it's turned now,
F
C
for the likes of you and me
F
Bb
From today, back to the days
C
F
Fsus4
Bb
knee
C
F
C
Time passes on
Bb
C
F
Time passes on,
C
Dm
C
F
Bb
F
you're old and then you're gone
C
F
Bb
Oh son, I feel so tired now
F
C
My last day's drawing on
F
C
Bb
The windmill will be turning
F
C
Long after I am gone
F
Bb
F
It will turn through thirty years or more
Change winter into spring
C
F
Bb
And a little boy, like you,
F
C
F
will become a man beneath its wing.
Bb
C
F
Time passes on.
C
F
Bb
Time passes on.
C
F
Dm
C
Time passes on, you're old and
F
Bb
F
Fsus4
F
then you're gone
Bb
F
C
Charlie and hear your father well
F
Bb
With his rocking chair companion
F
C
A fine story he could tell
F
C
Bb
But the last time I saw him
F
C
His race was nearly run
F
C
Bb
One day you'll be old like him
F
C
F
So pay attention, son
Bb
C
F
Time passes on
Csus4
C
F
Time passes on
Bb
C
F
Time passes on
Dm
C
You're old and then
F
Bb
C
you're gone
F
Dm
Bb
C
Charlie stood by his still rocking chair
but have no breath
to spare
F
Gm
C
He said I would sing, but I have no voice
Gm
C
I live to see sunset and I have
F
Bb
C
Csus4
C
no choice
F
Bb
C
Charlie he turned to the world with a stare
Gm
F
Fsus4
F
Gm
said it doesn't seem fair I'd give to old
C
F
Bb
C
Csus4
C
never thinking I should
F
Dm
C
Charlie, stood by the rusty old door
I can't take any
F
more
Fsus4
F
Gm
My body's aching,
C
F
Bb
I must go
C
F
Time passes on
C
F
C
F
Time passes on
Bb
C
F
Time passes on,
Dm
C
F
you're older and you're gone
Bb
C
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF C Bb Fsus4 Dm...
F
C
Bb
Fsus4
Dm
Csus4
Gm
Capo: 3
Transpose: 0
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