Chord/Tab song: There Was a Time

...THERE WAS A TIME... by Donovan


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from 'A Gift from a Flower to a Garden' (1968)

Verse 1:

[G] There was a time, [G/F#]I thought of mine [Em]only.
[G] Could it be, oc-[G/F#]curred to me while [Em]lonely.

Chorus 1:

[C] I was noble [Bm]personage,
[Em] Born to beauti-[C]fy the page.

If [Em]I used [C]time to set it [Em]down.[C][D7]

Verse 2:

[G] There was a time, [G/F#]I thought of mine [Em]only.
[G] Could it be, oc-[G/F#]curred to me while [Em]lonely.

Chorus 2:

[C] I was of high [Bm]lineage,
[Em] Cast up in a [C]dreadful age.

[Em] Born to be the [C]hermit of my [Em]line.[C][D7]

Bridge 1:

[Bm] On a windy [F#m]saturday,
[Bm] St. Alban's [F#m]market day.
[Em] Little did I know,
The work I [C]was to do,
Or the [Bm]love I had to [Em]show.[D7]

Verse 3:

[G] There was a time, [G/F#]I thought of mine [Em]only.
[G] Could it be, oc-[G/F#]curred to me while [Em]lonely.

Chorus 3:

[C] I was of high [Bm]lineage,
[Em] Cast up in a [C]dreadful age.

[Em] Born to be the [C]hermit of my [Em]line.[C][D7]

Outro:

[G] [G/F#] [Em]

CHORD DIAGRAMS:


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[G] [G/F#] [Em] [C] [Bm] [D7][F#m]
[EADGBE]320003 [EADGBE]200033 [EADGBE]022000 [EADGBE]x32010 [EADGBE]x24432 [EADGBE]xx0212 [EADGBE]244222

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
([email protected])