E|------------0----------------|
B|--1----3----0-----3---1------|
G|--0----0----0-----0---2------|
D|--2----4----2-----0---3------|
A|--3----5----2-----2---3------|
E|------------0-----3---1------|
    C    D    Em    G   F

[Intro] (riff 1)

[Riff 1]

E|--------------|
B|------3--1----|
G|------0--2----|
D|------0--3----|
A|------2--3----|
E|-1h3--3--1----|
        G  F


[Intro]

G - F   x8


[Verse]
G - F
When the spoon is hot
And the needle's sharp
And you drift away
I can hear you say
That the world in black
Is upon your back
And your body shakes
So you ditch away
And you close the shades


[Pre-chorus]
C D*
   Don't try to do it
C D*                      Em    C
   Don't try to kill your time

C D*
   You might do it
C D*                          Em     C
   Then you can't change your mind


[Chorus]
             C               D
You've gotta hold on to your time
             C
Till you break through these
F       **
Times of trouble

 *Riff 2                 **Riff 3
E|----------------------------------|
B|--1--3--5--3----------------------|
G|--0--0--0--0----------------------|
D|--2--2--4--4----------------------|
A|--3--3--5--5-------------2--------|
E|---------------------------3-3-1--|
    C     D


G - F   x4


[Verse]
G - F
When you try to talk
And the words get hard
And they put you down
Don't you stay
Don't you ditch away


[Pre-chorus]
C D*
   I saw you swinging
C D*                       Em     C
   Swinging your mother's sword

C D*
   I know you're playing but
C D*                        Em    C
   Sometimes the rules get hard


[Bridge/Chorus]
       Em7      Dsus4/F# G        A7sus4
But if somebody left you out on a ledge
   Em7      Dsus4/F#   G        A7sus4
If somebody pushed you over the edge
          Em7             Dsus4/F#          G
You gotta hold on to your time till you break
              F       **
Through these times of trouble


[Solo]

G - F   x8


[Pre-chorus]
C D*
   I saw you swinging
C D*                       Em     C
   Swinging your mother's sword

C D*
   I know you're playing but
C D*                        Em    C
   Sometimes the rules get hard


[Bridge/Chorus]
       Em7      Dsus4/F# G        A7sus4
But if somebody left you out on a ledge
   Em7      Dsus4/F#   G        A7sus4
If somebody pushed you over the edge
   Em7      Dsus4/F#      G            A7sus4
If somebody loved you and left you for dead
          Em7             Dsus4/F#          G
You gotta hold on to your time till you break
              F
Through these times of trouble