Time Passages

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                Time Passages – Al Stewart
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Written by: Stewart/White
From: "Time Passages" (1978)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Capo: 1st fret
Play: D
Key: Eb
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CHORDS
       E-A-D-G-B-e
A/D    x-x-0-2-2-0
G/D    x-5-5-4-3-x
F#m7   2-x-2-2-2-0
Gm6/Bb x-1-2-0-3(0)  (= Bb6-5)
G/A    x-0-5-4-3-3
E/G#   4-x-2-1-0-0
D/A    x-0-0-2-3-2
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It is difficult to include the 
melody. Here’s as far as I got:

[Intro]
  D    A/D         A/D      G/D 
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4
    D     A         F#m7       G
 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|2-----0---------| 0-5-0---------
B|3-----2-------3-| 2---2-----3---
G|2-----2---------| 2---2-----4---
D|0-----0---------| 0---------5---
A|----------------|----------5----
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E|--|2-0---0---------|0-------------
B|--|3---3-2-------3-|2---------3---
G|--|2-----2---------|2---------4---
D|--|0-----2---------|2---------5---
A|-|------0---------|----------5----
E|-|----------------| 2---------3---

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[Intro]
[Rhodes]
  D  A/D       G/D D  A     
|/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / 
F#m7 G
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  D  A/D       G/D D  A     
|/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / 
F#m7 G
|
[full band]
  D  A/D       G/D D  A     
|/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / 
F#m7 G
|
  D  A/D       G/D D  A     
|/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / 
F#m7 G/A
|


[Verse]
       D         A/D         F#m7
It was late in December, the sky 
          G
turned to snow
G              A       Bm    A  
 All round the day was going down 
  G
slow
D             A/D     F#m7       
 Night like a river beginning to 
G
flow
G           A          Bm   A  
 I felt the beat of my mind go 
G
drifting into


[Chorus]
D    A/D        G/D
Time passages
Continues after the ad
D         A              Bm     
 Years go falling in the fading 
E
light
D    A/D        G/D
Time passages
G                       F#m7      
 Buy me a ticket on the last train
 A     [ D ]
 home tonight


[Interlude]
  D  A/D       G/D D  A     
|/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / 
F#m7 G
|
  D  A/D       G/D D  A     
|/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / 
F#m7 G/A
|


[Verse]
      D           A/D     F#m7   
Well, I'm not the kind to live in
     G
 the past
    G             A             
The years run too short and the 
Bm   A   G
days too fast
D               A/D         F#m7
 The things you lean on are 
              G
things that don't last
           G            A       
Well, it's just now and then my 
Bm   A    G
line gets cast into these


[Chorus]
D    A/D        G/D
Time passages
D                  A             
 There's something back here that
     Bm     E
 you left behind
    D    A/D        G/D
Oh, time passages
G                       F#m7      
 Buy me a ticket on the last train
 A     [ D ]
 home tonight


[Interlude]
  D  A/D       G/D D  A     
|/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / 
F#m7  G
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[Middle 8]
Bb                   Gm6/Bb      
 Hear the echoes and feel 
              D
yourself starting to turn
Bb                         Gm6/Bb
 Don't know why you should feel 
                         Bm
that there's something to learn
 E                         [ D ]
   It's just a game that you play
(break)


[Link]
  D  A/D       G/D D A/C# A F#m
|/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / 
  G A
|
  D  A/D       G/D D  A     
|/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / 
F#m7  G
|


[Solo]
(guitar)
| D A/D | A/D  G/D| Em A | F#m7 G |
| D A/D | A/D  G/D| D A | F#m7  G |


[Solo]
(saxophone)
| Bb | Bb | G/A Dmaj7 | G/A Dmaj7 |
| Bb | Bb | Dmaj7 | Dmaj7 |
| Gm | E/G#| D/A | Bm |
| Gm | Gm | Asus4 | A |


[Interlude]
|2/4 F#m | Bm | A | A F#m | Bm | A |
 A F#m | Bm | A | A (break) |


[Verse]
          D          A/D          
Well, the picture is changing, now
        F#m7      G
 you're part of a crowd
        G           A             
They're laughing at something and 
    Bm A     G
the mu-sic's loud
  D            A/D            
A girl comes towards you, you 
F#m7         G
once used to know
    G              A               
You reach out your hand but you're 
Bm  A G
all a-lone in these


[Chorus]
D    A/D        G/D
Time passages
D              A                
 I know you're in there, you're 
Bm          E
just out of sight
    D    A/D        G/D
Oh, time passages
G                       F#m7      
 Buy me a ticket on the last train
 A     [ D ]
 home tonight


[Interlude]
  D  A/D       G/D D  A     
|/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / 
F#m7 G
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  D  A/D       G/D D  A     
|/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / 
F#m7 G
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[Link]
| D A/D | A/D  G/D| Em A | F#m7 G |
| D A/D | A/D  G/D| D A | F#m7  G |


[Solo]
(saxophone)
| Bb | Bb | G/A Dmaj7 | G/A Dmaj7 |
| Bb | Bb | Dmaj7 | Dmaj7 |
| Gm | E/G#| D/A | Bm |
| Gm | Gm | Asus4 | A |


[Other]
|2/4 F#m |
| Bm | A | A F#m | Bm | A | A F#m |
(repeat til fade)