Billy Joel - This is the time

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^Dm7 We walked on^Cm/Eb the beach beside t^Fhat old hotel. ^Dm7 They're tear^Cm/Ebing it down now, bu^Ft it's just as well. ^Dm7 I haven't sh^Cm/Ebown you everything ^Fa man can do ^Dm7 so stay with^Cm/Eb me, baby, I've got^F plans for you. ^{F F} This is the

^F/A time to re^Bbmember cuz it wi^Ebll not last fo^Gm7rever^F. These are the ^F/A days to ho^Bbld on to cuz we w^Ebon't altho' we^Gm7'll w^Fant to. This is the ^Bb time, ^Fm/Ab but time is ^Gm7gonna change. ^G7/F You've given me ^Ebm7 the best of you ^Ebm7 and now I ne^Bbed the res^Ft of you. ^G

^Dm7 Did you know ^Cm/Ebthat before you cam^Fe into my life ^Dm7 it was som^Cm/Ebe kind of miracle t^Fhat I survived. ^Dm7 Someday we ^Cm/Ebwill both look back^F & have to laugh. ^Dm7 We lived thr^Cm/Ebu a lifetime & the ^Faftermath. ^{F F} This is the ^F/A time to reme^Bbmber cuz it w^Ebill not las fo^Gm7rever^F. These are the ^F/A days to hold^Bb on to cuz we w^Ebon't altho' we^Gm7'll w^Fant to. This is the ^Bb time bu^Fm/Abt time is gonna cha^Gm7nge. ^G7/F I know we've got ^Ebm7 to move somehow ^Ebm7 but I don't ^Bbwant to lo^Fse you now. ^G

^Dm Sometimes it^Am7's so easy to let a^Bb day slip o^Cn by ^Dm without ev^Am7en seeing each othe^Bbr at all. ^Dm But this is^Am7 the time you'll tu^Bbrn back & so will I^{Em7 A7 Dm} and those will^Am7 be the days you ca^Bbn never re^Fcall.

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^Dm7 And so we embr^Cm/Ebace again behind th^Fe dunes. ^Dm7 This beach ^Cm/Ebis cold on winter a^Ffternoons. ^Dm7 But holding ^Cm/Ebyou close is like h^Folding the summer sun. ^Dm7 I'm warm fr^Cm/Ebom the memory of da^Fys to come. ^F T^Fhis is the ^F/A time to remem^Bbber cuz it will not^Eb last forever.^{Gm7 F} These are the ^F/A days to hold ^Bbon to but we w^Ebon't altho' we^Gm7'll w^Fant to. This is the ^Bb time ^Fm/Abbut time is gonna c^Gm7hange. ^G7/FYou'be given me the ^Ebm7 best of you, ^Ebm7 but now I need ^Bbthe rest o^Ff you. ^G

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