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