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Time passes slowly up here in the mountains
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We sit beside bridges and walk beside fountains
Dm D# Dm D#
Catch the wild fishes that float through the stream
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Time passes slowly when you're lost in a dream
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Once I had a sweetheart she was fine and good lookin'
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We sat in her kitchen while her mama was cookin D# F
D# F
Stared out the window to the stars high above
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Time passes slowly when you're searchin' for love
BRIDGE:
D#7 A#7
Ain't no reason to go in a wagon to town
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Ain't no reason to go to the fair
D#7 A#7
Ain't no reason to go up, ain't no reason to go down
F Fsus4 F Fsus4 F Fsus4
Ain't no reason to go anywhere
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Time passes slowly up here in the daylight
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We stare straight ahead and try so hard to stay right
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Like the red rose of summer that blooms in the day
Fsus4 D# Dm Cm A#
Time passes slowly and fades away
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(from New Morning, 1970)