Common Time Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][D][Am][D]
[Am]
Try [Em]teachin' [G]me love

[Verse 1]
[D]with a circle
and a [Am]square drawn [G]in the [D]sand[Am]
Try [Em]see from a[D]bove what you cannot see
[Am]from where[Em] you stand[G], mmh-[D]mmh[Am]
Try playin’ [G]a four-p[D]art fugue fugue
on [Am]a small [Em]elastic band
[D]

[Verse 2]
I'm talkin' common time,
[C]common time, simple and true
[D]I hear it all the time,
[C]in my mind, really I [D]do
I’m talkin' common time,
[C]common time, products of two
[D]Common to everyone,
[C]common to me and to you
[Am][D][G]

[Verse 3]
[Am]
Try [Em]blowin' a [D]conch if you're
[Am]overwhelmed with [Em]your de[D]sire[Am]
Try [Em]burnin' [D]your scattered thoughts in [Am]a single fo[G]cused [D]fire,
[Am]mmh-mmh
Try Try [G]showin' [D]a manuscript
to [Am]a large un[G]ruly [D]choir

[Verse 4]
[D]
I'm talkin' common time,
[C]common time, simple and true
[D]I hear it all the time, in [C]my mind,
really I [D]do
I’m talkin’ common time,
[C]common time, products of two
[D]Common to everyone, com[C]mon to me and to you[Em]
[D]

[Interlude 1]
[C][Em][G][D][Am][C]
[D][Am][C][D][C]
[D][C][D]

[Verse 5]
I'm talkin’ common [C]time,
common time, simple and true
[D]I hear it all the time, in [C]my mind, really I do
[D]I'm talkin' common time,
[C]common time, products of two
[D]Common to everyone, com[C]mon to me and to you

[Outro 1]
[D][C][F][Am][A]
[D][C][F][Am][G][D]
[G][C][F][Am][G]
[D][G][C]
[Am][F][Am][D][Dsus4][D][C]
[F][Am][D][C]
[F][Am][D]
[G][C][F][Am][G][D][C]
[F][G][D][C]
[F][G][A][D][C]
[F][G]