A Song to Pass the Time Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[D]There is a middle-aged woman
woman [G]dragging her feet
[Asus4]She carries bask[G]ets o[D]f clothes
to [G]a l[Asus4]aundromat[G]
While [D]the Mexican children
kick rocks into [Asus4]the street
And they [G]laugh [D]in a language
I don't [G]understand
[Asus4]But I lov[G]e them
Why do I love [D]them?
[G][D]

[Verse 2]
So the neighborhood is dimming,
I [G]smoke on the [Asus4]porch
Watch [G]the people [F#m]as they pass
enclosed inside [A]their cars
And on their [D]faces,
just anger [G]or disappointment
I start [D]wishing there was something
[F#m]I could [A]of fer them
[Asus4]A con sol[G]ati[Asus4]on,[D][G]
what could I offer [D]them?[G][D]
When they are sad in their suburbs,
[G]robots water the [Asus4]lawn[G]

[Verse 3]
[D]And everything they touch
gets dusted [G]spot[Asus4]less
So they [D]start to believe that they've not
[Em]touched [G]any[Asus4]thing at [G]all[Asus4]
[G]While the [F#m]cars i[D]n the
driveway only [G]mul[Asus4]tiply
[G]They are los[D]t in their houses

[Verse 4]
I have heard [Em]them sing [G]in the shower
making [D]speeches [F#m]to the[D]ir
sister on the tele[Asus4]phone
[G]Saying, "You come hom[D]e
Woman, you come here
Don't stay so [G]far away from [Asus4]me"
[G]This [F#m]weather

[Verse 5]
has me wanting
love more tan[Em]gible
[G]Som[Asus4]ething I [G]can hold[D][G]
because it's getting [D]cold[G][D]
I say [Em]hold up our [D]fists to
the [A]flame [Am]in the sky[G]
To [Em]block out the [D]light that is reach
[Am]ing for [A]our [G]eyes
Because it would [D]blind

[Verse 6]
[G]us
It will [D]blind us
I have locked my actions in the
[G]grooves [A]of routine[G][Asus4]
So [G]I may [D]nev[F#m]er be free
of this [A]apathy[Asus4]
But [D]I wait

[Verse 7]
for a letter that [Em]is coming to [G]me
[A]She sends me [F#m]pictures of the
ocean in an [A]envel[Asus4]ope
So there still [D]is hope
Yes, I can be healed
There is someone look[A]ing
[Asus4]for what I concealed
In my [A]secret drawer[F#m],
in my pockets deep
You will find [G]the reas[A]on s that
[Asus4]I can't sleep
And you will [D]still want [G]me
But will you still want [D]me?[G]
will you still want [D]me?
[G][D]

[Verse 8]
Well, I say [Em]come for the [D]week
You can [Am]sleep in my [G]bed
And [Em]pass through my [D]life like
[A]a dream [Am]through [A]my [G]head
It will, it will be [D]easy[G]
I will make it [D]easy
[G][D]

[Verse 9]
But all I have for the moment
is a [Em]song to pass the time
A [D]melody to keep me from [A]worry[G]ing[Am]
[A]Oh, some simple

[Verse 10]
[D]progression to keep
my [Em]fingers [G]busy[Asus4][G]
[D]And word[F#m]s that are sure to[D]
come [F#m]back t[A]o m[Asus4]e
And they will [A]be laughing[G]
and they will be laugh[D]ing[G]
My mediocrity
[D]

[Verse 11]
[G]My medio[D]crity

[Outro 1]
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