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Time To Spare chords by
Tom Paxton
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Key: D major•
Intro 1
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D

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Em
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Verse 1
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I've been

thinking about you lately
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G

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I've been wondering
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where you are
A
A

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It's been years since we went
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A

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rambling through the night
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D

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You were gonna write your novel
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Em
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I was gonna be a star
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A

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We were young and things
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D

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were sure to work out right
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Em
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A
A

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And oh, the nights were warmer then
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D

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A

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We were free from care
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D

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Em
Em

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Nobody wished us anything but well
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A

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D
D

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A

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We had time to spare
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D

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We had time to spare

Revolution was a- comin'
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Em
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In the vanguard we would be
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We could feel the coming
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victory in our bones
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D

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But the music started changing
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And one morning around three
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A

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We decided we would
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D

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all be Rolling Stones

And oh, the nights were
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Em
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A

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warmer then
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D

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We were free from care
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D

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A

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Nobody wished us anything but well
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D

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We had time to spare
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A

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(we had time to spare)
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We had time to spare

We started getting married
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Em
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And we started our career s
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A

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Though we swore that deep inside,
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A

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we'd stay the same
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The children started coming
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And they seemed to swallow years
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So we taught ourselves to play
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D

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a different game

Now, we read it in the papers
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Em
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And we watch it on TV
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All the politics
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The passions in the air
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I've been thinking about you lately
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Em
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And how much you meant to me
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And how wonderful it was
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D

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when we were there

And oh, the nights were
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Em
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warm er then
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We were free from care
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Em
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Nobody wished us anything but well
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We had time to spare (we had

time to spare)

We had time to spare
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Oh, nobody wished us anything but well
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We had time to spare

We had time to spare
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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • D

  • G

  • Em

  • A

Capo: 0

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The original key of Time To Spare by Tom Paxton is D major.

The primary chords used in Time To Spare are D, G, Em, A.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like D, G, Em, A, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Time To Spare is approximately 154 beats per minute.

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