B A E C#m
Time passes slowly up here in the mountains
B A E C#m
We sit beside bridges and walk beside fountains
D#m E D#m E
Catch the wild fishes that float through the stream
B A E C#m B
Time passes slowly when you're lost in a dream
B A E C#m
Once I had a sweetheart she was fine and good lookin'
B A E C#m
We sat in her kitchen while her mama was cookin E F#
E F#
Stared out the window to the stars high above
E D#m F#sus4 F# B7
Time passes slowly when you're searchin' for love
BRIDGE:
E7 B7
Ain't no reason to go in a wagon to town
E7 B7
Ain't no reason to go to the fair
E7 B7
Ain't no reason to go up, ain't no reason to go down
F# F#sus4 F# F#sus4 F# F#sus4
Ain't no reason to go anywhere
B A E C#m
Time passes slowly up here in the daylight
B A E C#m
We stare straight ahead and try so hard to stay right
F#sus4 E F#sus4 E
Like the red rose of summer that blooms in the day
F#sus4 E D#m C#m B
Time passes slowly and fades away
Bsus4: 2 2 4 4 5 2
(from New Morning, 1970)