Billy Joel - This is the time
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Capo: 1
Tuning: E A D G B E
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This is the Time – Billy Joel
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Written by: Billy Joel
From: "The Bridge" (1986)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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Capo: 1st fret
Play: E
Key: F
For original chords transpose +1.
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[Intro]
A B/A A A
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|2---------2-----|4-----5-5-------|------2--2--4-7-|7--6--4-6-------|
G|2-------2-2-----|4-----6-6-------|----------------|----------------|
D|2-----2---2-----|4-----7-7---2---|------2--2--4-7-|7--5--4-5---2---|
A|0---------------|0-----0-0-------|0---------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
(triplets) (triplets)
A B/A A A
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------2-----|4-----5-5-------|---------2--4-7-|7--6--4-6---7---|
G|--------2-2-----|4-----6-6-------|----------------|----------------|
D|------2---2-----|4-----7-7---2---|------2--2--4-7-|7--5--4-5---7---|
A|0---------------|0-----0-0-------|0---------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
(triplets) (triplets)
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
B/A x-0-4-4-4-x
D6 x-x-0-2-0-2
E/G# 4-x-2-1-0-0
G6 3-x-0-0-0-0
F#7sus4 2-4-4-4-2-0 or 2-4-2-4-2-2
F#7 2-4-4-3-2-0 or 2-4-2-3-2-2
Faug 1-3-x-2-2-1
F6 1-3-x-2-3-1
A/E 0-2-2-2-2-0
Cdim7 x-3-4-2-4-x
D#m7-5 x-x-1-2-2-2
Aadd9 x-0-2-4-2-0
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[Intro]
| A | B/A A | A | % |
| A | B/A A | A | % |
| C#m7| D6 | E | % |
| C#m7| D6 | E | % |
[Verse]
C#m7 We walked on the Dbeach beside that Eold hotel
C#m7 They're tearing it Ddown now, but it's Ejust as well
C#m7 I haven't shown you Deverything a Eman can do
C#m7 So stay with me Dbaby, I've got Eplans for you (bEreEaks)
[Chorus]
This is the E/G#time to reAmember
Cause it Dwill not last forEever
These are the E/G#days to hold Aon to
Cause we Dwon't, although we'll Ewant to
This is the Atime
G6 But time is gonna F#7sus4change F#7
Faug F6 F6 [ Faug F6 F6 ]
You've given me the best of you
And now I need the A/Erest Eof Eyou
[Verse]
C#m7 Did you know that beDfore you came inEto my life
C#m7 It was some kind of Dmiracle that EI survived
C#m7 Some day we will Dboth look back and Ehave to laugh
C#m7 We lived through a Dlifetime and the Eaftermath (bEreEaks)
[Chorus]
This is the E/G#time to reAmember
Cause it Dwill not last forEever
These are the E/G#days to hold Aon to
Cause we Dwon't, although we'll Ewant to
This is the Atime
G6 But time is gonna F#7sus4change F#7
Faug F6 F6 [ Faug F6 F6 ]
I know we've got to move somehow
But I don't want to A/Elose Eyou Enow
[Middle 8]
C#m7 Sometimes it's so G#m7easy
To let a Aday slip on Bby Cdim7
C#m7 G#m7 | A | A B |
Without even seeing each other at all
C#m7 But this is the G#m7time you'll turn back
F#m7 D#m7-5 G#7
And so will I
C#m7 G#m7 | Aadd9 | % |
And those will be days you can never recall
[Interlude]
| C#m7 | D6 | E | % |
| C#m7 | D6 | E | % |
[Verse]
C#m7 And so we emDbrace again beEhind the dunes
C#m7 This beach is Dcold on winter Eafternoons
C#m7 But holding you Dclose is like holding the Esummer sun
C#m7 I'm warm from the Dmemory of Edays to come
[Chorus]
This is the E/G#time to reAmember
Cause it Dwill not last forEever
These are the E/G#days to hold Aon to
Cause we Dwon't, although we'll Ewant to
This is the Atime
G6 But time is gonna F#7sus4change F#7
Faug F6 F6 [ Faug F6 F6 ]
You've given me the best of you
And now I need the A/Erest Eof Eyou
[Outro] solo
| C#m7 | D6 | E | % |
| C#m7 | D6 | E | % |
(repeat and fade)