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