F# E B G#m
Time passes slowly up here in the mountains
F# E B G#m
We sit beside bridges and walk beside fountains
A#m B A#m B
Catch the wild fishes that float through the stream
F# E B G#m F#
Time passes slowly when you're lost in a dream
F# E B G#m
Once I had a sweetheart she was fine and good lookin'
F# E B G#m
We sat in her kitchen while her mama was cookin B C#
B C#
Stared out the window to the stars high above
B A#m C#sus4 C# F#7
Time passes slowly when you're searchin' for love
BRIDGE:
B7 F#7
Ain't no reason to go in a wagon to town
B7 F#7
Ain't no reason to go to the fair
B7 F#7
Ain't no reason to go up, ain't no reason to go down
C# C#sus4 C# C#sus4 C# C#sus4
Ain't no reason to go anywhere
F# E B G#m
Time passes slowly up here in the daylight
F# E B G#m
We stare straight ahead and try so hard to stay right
C#sus4 B C#sus4 B
Like the red rose of summer that blooms in the day
C#sus4 B A#m G#m F#
Time passes slowly and fades away
Bsus4: 2 2 4 4 5 2
(from New Morning, 1970)