Precious Time Chords - The Maccabees






G

G                      Em
Pound for pound and cheek to cheek, cheek paler than a lamp light
G                         Em
Take me down to light the box and play super Scalectrix

G             Em         G                             Em
    and turn this, darkness, into light, and then I'll turn too bright, forget all the hype

D                                   A
I'll need heart and you'll need courage, We all need...

G                              Em
Toe to toe, there's nowhere to go, so Im tiptoeing around it
G                              Em
I held you down and I held my own, and now I feel like Im floating

G       Em         G     Em
   So turn to this, head on and keep on, keeping on

D                                     A
and Ill need heart and youll need courage
             C
We all need time
               D               C
So lets make time... work for us
        D            C
Lets make time work for us
        D            C
Lets make time work for us
        D
Lets make time work for us

G                                  C
Lets take our precious time about it
                                   G
Lets take our precious time about it
                                   C
Lets take our precious time about it
                                   G
Lets take our precious time about it

G                        Em
Dont you know, nobody knows, is there somebody waiting?
G                                                Em
So youll hold yourself up and you hold yourself in and then pray that you are growing

G                Em         G                                 
          Em
    and turn to this, darkness, you turn it into light, and then you'll turn too bright, 
all the hype

D                                      A
And Ill need heart and youll need courage
             C
We all need time
          D                 C
So lets make time... work for us
        D            C
Lets make time work for us
        D            C
Lets make time work for us
        D
Lets make time work for us

G             C
Lets take our precious time about it
  G
Lets take our precious time about it
   C
Lets take our precious time about it
Heavier    G
Lets take our precious time about it
              C
Lets take our precious time about it

Lets take our precious time about

G        Em   quick strumming  X2

slow
D           A           D
Well need heart and well need courage in these times
  A     G
Because time can mean so much and you steal mine

by Dave

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