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Precious Time Chords

Music by: The Maccabees
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[Intro 1]
[G]

[Verse 1]
Pound for [G]pound and [D]cheek to [Em]cheek
Cheek paler than [D]a lamp [G]light
Take me down to light the [Em]box
And play [D]super Scalextric

[Verse 2]
[G]And [D]turn [Em]this
[D]Dark[G]ness
Into [D]light
And I'll [Em]turn too bright
[D]Forget all the hype

[Verse 3]
I'll need [D]heart and I'll need [A]cour[Am]age
We all [G]need...

[Verse 4]
Toe to [G]toe, there's [D]nowhere to [Em]go
So I'm tiptoeing [G]around it
I held you down and I [D]held [G]my [Em]own
And now I feel like I'm [D]floating

[Verse 5]
[G]So turn to [D]thi[Em]s
[D]Head [G]on
And [D]keep [Em]on
[D]Keeping on

[Verse 6]
I'll need [D]heart and you'll need [Am]courage
We all need time
[C]

[Verse 7]
So let's [D]make time work for [C]us[Em]
[Am]Let's [D]make time [C]work for [Em]us
[Am]Let's [D]make time [C]work for [B]us
[Em]Let'[Am]s make[D] time work for us[G]

[Verse 8]
Let's [G]take our precious time about [C]it
Let's take our precious time about [G]it
Let's take our precious time about [C]it
Let's take our precious

[Verse 9]
time about it
[G]
Don't you know, nobody [Em]knows
If there's somebody [G]waiting
So you'll hold yourself up and
you'll hold your[Em]self in
And then pray that you are [D]growing

[Verse 10]
[G]And turn to [D]thi[Em]s
[D]Dark[G]ness
You turn it into [D]light,
and you'll [Em]turn too bright
Forget [D]all the hype

[Verse 11]
You'll need [D]heart and I'll need [Am]courage
We [A]all need time
[C]

[Verse 12]
So let's [D]make time work for [C]us[Em]
[Am]Let's [D]make time [C]work for [Em]us
[Am]Let's make[D] time work[C] for us[B]
[Am]Let's make[D] time work for us[G]

[Verse 13]
Let's take our [G]precious time about [C]it
Let's take our precious time about [G]it
Let's take our precious time about [C]it
Let's take our precious time about [Am]it
Let's take our precious time about [C]it
Let's take our precious time about it
Let's take our precious [G]time about

[Interlude 1]
[G][F#m][D][Em][D][A][Am][G][F#m][Em]
[D][C][B][Am][D][C][Em][Am]
[D][G][F#m][G][Em][D][G][F#m]
[Em][D]

[Verse 14]
Cause [D]we'll need heart
and we'll need [Am]courage
In [A]these [D]times
We'll need heart and we'll need [Am]courage
In these [D]times

[Verse 15]
Because time can mean so [Am]much
Are you [Em]still mine?
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