G                           Em
A society lady, and a dignified death
        C                       D
Quiet sang amazing grace, on the old baptismal steps
             G                             Em
Gone are the parties, and those sweet cigarettes
             C                                  D
Gone is the absence of late Mr. Jones on the far side of the bed


[Chorus]
Em                      C    G
How high, was that Brooklyn sky?
              C      G                  D
And how many mid-Julys did you burn through?
Em              C     G
Good luck to miracle drug
      C       G                        D
It curses as it cures its way through you
C           G            Em       D
Time marches on, Marches on this time
C      G             D
May I walk you home tonight
C           G          Em        D
Time Marches on Marches on did try
          C                                  D
It's not what you leave it's what you leave behind


[Verse 2]
                G                            Em
The kitchen remodelled when the brownstone sold
              C                                  D
gone are the face of sunday flowers in the dining room window
            G                          Em
here are the trappings of a strangers life
           C                            D
sound of children in your hall, ones you do not recognize


[Chorus]
Em                      C    G
How high, was that Brooklyn sky?
              C      G                  D
And how many mid-Julys did you burn through?
Em              C     G
Good luck to miracle drug
      C       G                        D
It curses as it cures its way through you
C           G            Em       D
Time marches on, Marches on this time
C      G             D
May I walk you home tonight
C           G          Em        D
Time Marches on Marches on did try
          C                                  D
It's not what you leave it's what you leave behind


[Bridge]
C               D
A Tree grows,  gets chopped down
C           D
Move over, move a town
C            D      C
a decade, a century
                     D
whats time funny to remain found dreams


[Chorus]
Em                      C    G
How high, was that Brooklyn sky?
              C      G                  D
And how many mid-Julys did you burn through?
Em              C     G
Good luck to miracle drug
      C       G                        D
It curses as it cures its way through you
C           G            Em       D
Time marches on, Marches on this time
C      G             D
May I walk you home tonight
C           G          Em        D
Time Marches on Marches on did try
          C                                  D
It's not what you leave it's what you leave behind

[Verse 3]
D                G                    Em
this once was a forest and then was a farm
              C
and then was a neighbourhood of immigrants
D
between two world wars
              G                  Em
and now Is a stranger to so many eyes
           C                              D
and the sunsets over prospect, and one by one the stars aligned
                      D
for a second put aside