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