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