Chorus:
F# B C#
It takes a little time sometimes
C# F#
to get your feet back on the ground
F# B C#
It takes a little time sometimes
C# F#
to get the titanic turned back around
F# B C#
It takes a little time sometimes
C# F#
but baby you are not going down
F# B C#
It takes more than you got right now
C# (E)
give it, give it time
(instrumental interlude like intro)
F# B C#
C#
F# B C#
C#
Verse I:
B
What’s this walking through my door
A#/F#
I know I’ve seen the look before
B
Sometimes on faces on the street
A#/F#
And sometimes at the mirror looking back at me
B
You can’t fix the pain with money
F#
You cant’t rush a weary soul
E
You can’t sweep it under the rug now honey
C#
But it take not a lot to know
Chorus
Verse II :
B
Well it may not be over my morning
A#/F#
But Rome wasn’t build in a day
B
You can name that thing a thousand times
F#
It won’t make it go away
B
Let me put my arms around you
F#
And hold you while you weep
E
We ‘ve been talking and you know what, I’m sick of this talk
C#
And it’s nothing that won’t keep
Chorus:
Chorus freely again but modulates a whole tone up.
G# C# D#
Takes a little time sometime
D# G#
to get the....
You can’t fix the pain with money
You cant’t rush a weary soul
You can’t sweep it under the rug now honey
But it take not a lot to know
Chorus ad lib