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