Intro: (Em  F#m)5X  A  Em  F#m

 F#m                     A
 Ticking away the moments that make a dull day 
    E                        F#m
 You fritter and waste the hours in an off hand way 
 F#m                            A
 Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town 
 E                             F#m
 Waiting for someone or something to show you the way 
 D7M                      A7M
 Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain 
 D7M                         A7M
 You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today 
 D7M               C#m7
 And then one day you find ten years have got behind you 
 Bm7                E
 No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun 
 
 Solo  F#m A E F#m A E Dm7 A7M Dm7 C#m Bm E 
                                                                  F#m A
 And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking 
   E                      F#m
 And racing around to come up behind you again 
   F#m                              A
 The sun is the same in the relative way but you're older 
    E                        F#m
 And shorter of breath and one day closer to death 
 D7M                    A7M
 Every year is getting shorter never seem to find the time 
 D7M                       A7M
 Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines 
D7M                  C#m7
 Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way 
   Bm7                   B7/9+           B7/9-      Em
 The time is gone the song is over thought I'd something more to say 

 (Em7 A7)

Em7      A7
Home, home again.
Em7                 A7
I like to be here when I can.
Em7             A7
When I come home cold and tired
     Em7                 A7
It's good to warm my bones beside the fire.
C7+
Far away across the field
  Bm7
The tolling of the iron bell
F7+
Calls the faithful to their knees
  G7+          D7/9+   Cº   Bm7
To hear the softly spoken magic spells.