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

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


[Chorus]
D    A/D        G/D
Time passages
D         A              Bm     E
 Years go falling in the fading light
D    A/D        G/D
Time passages
G                       F#m7       A     [ D ]
 Buy me a ticket on the last train 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        G
Well, I'm not the kind to live in the past
    G             A             Bm   A   G
The years run too short and the days too fast
D               A/D         F#m7              G
 The things you lean on are things that don't last
           G            A       Bm   A    G
Well, it's just now and then my line gets cast into these


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


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


[Middle 8]
Bb                   Gm6/Bb                    D
 Hear the echoes and feel yourself starting to turn
Bb                         Gm6/Bb                         Bm
 Don't know why you should feel 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                  F#m7      G
Well, the picture is changing, now you're part of a crowd
        G           A                 Bm A     G
They're laughing at something and the mu-sic's loud
  D            A/D            F#m7         G
A girl comes towards you, you once used to know
    G              A               Bm  A G
You reach out your hand but you're all a-lone in these 


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


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


[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 |


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