A Matter of Time Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][A][D]
[G][A][Bm][A][D][A][D][G][A]
[Bm][A][Em]
[D][G][Bm][D]

[Verse 1]
You're [Bm]looking for a way out
I can feel [A]it[D]
Come on, [Em]show me where it hurts
Maybe I can heal it
[Bm]

[Verse 2]
Your feelings are your own
Now you keep 'em under lock and [A]key
[D]You got [Em]me drivin' through the streets
For an answer to the mys[D]tery
[Bm]

[Verse 3]
[G]The world's still wea[D]k on
Charleston [A]Avenue[G]
Outside that [D]vacant Starlight
[A]Motel I see [G]you
Laughing with your girl[D]friends
Not [A]a care in the world,
not a [Bm]burden [A]on your mind
[Em]

[Verse 4]
It was a matter of [Bm]time

[Verse 5]
[Bm]
There's a panic in this house and
it's bound [A]to surface[Em][D]
Just [Em]walkin' through the front
door makes me [Bm]nervous
It's creepin' up the floorboards,
got me wondering where I [A]stand[Em]
[D]I cannot put[Em] out the fire,
I got a book of matches in my hand
[Bm]

[Verse 6]
[G]
When we first [D]met,
headstrong and [A]filled with doubt
[G]Made just enough hustling tab[D]les
that summer [A]to take you out
I [G]was fallin' back on [D]forever when
you [A]told me about your heart
[Bm]You laid it on t[A]he line

[Interlude 1]
[G][D][Bm]
[D][A][G][D][A][D][G]

[Verse 7]
Laughing with your [D]girlfriends
Not [A]a care in the world,
not a [Bm]burden [A]on your [Em]mind
(You laid it on the line)

[Verse 8]
It was [G]just a [A]matter,
It was [D]a mat[A]ter of time
[G]

[Verse 9]
We found [A]ourselves
We be[Bm]long in it [A]forever
Ain't that [D]what it's all [A]about?
Make the [G]promise and keep [A]it
Come [Bm]hell or high [A]water
We'd [D]figure [A]it out[G]

[Verse 10]
It was [G]the night, it was the moon
[A]It was the[Bm] green grass in the gar[A]den
The [D]victory and the [A]sin

[Verse 11]
I know you're [G]weary, look [A]at me
[Bm]Flailin' in [A]the corner
Here's [Em]the towel
Go [D]on, throw [G]it in

[Verse 12]
It was a [D]matter [A]of tim[G]e
Can't you see that it's
[A]tearing me [Bm]up inside?
[A]Look what's lay[D]ing at our[G] fee[A]t
That's the [G]wreckage of [A]broken dreams
And [Bm]burned out [A]hales
And it's [Em]here [D]on our street

[Outro 1]
[G][Bm]