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Time For Leaving

Intro :    F    Am7  G    C    F    Am7  G    C

           Am7        F                          Am7
There's an ill wind on the lowlands         A famine in the hills
                F                                Am7
A rust storm on the northern seas           A dust storm on the skills
      C           Am7                G                Am7
Where is the law that holds me        In a grey unpleasant land
                     F                                    Am7
I will not dance for the medicine man With the happy pills at hand

       G        Am7        F    C    F       C/G          G  C
I will pack up my things and go       Head on down to Australia
     G             C         F   C    F    C/G  G    C
Just strap on some wings and blow

F         G    C/G   F           G    C
Right here in my time, right here in my mind
F          G     C/G   F         G           C   F    G    Am    F   G
Right here in my life, this is a time for leaving

I will not sing a chain gang song           I will not walk the line
The company store won't have my soul  And al won't have his dime
You could take my job and shove it          If I just had one to give
You could take my pain and love it         But you won't know, how I live

I will pack up my things and go       Take a train over Canada
Tie up my strings and blow

Right here in my time, right here in my mind
Right here in my life, this is a time for leaving

F    C    G    Am   F    Am   F    C    C/G

     Am   F             C      G         Am       F        C        G
If I fill my eyes up with the sun     And hold my face to the blazing sun
   Am     F      C       G       Am               F             C   G
My shadow will be cast behind me   And I'll took no more at its beaten eyes

This is a time listen to the city fall, listen to the warm wind call
Listen to me my love this is the time for leaving

Right here in my time, right here in my mind
Right here in my life, this is a time for leaving
This is a time for leaving

CHORD | E A D G B e
Am    | X 0 2 2 1 0
Am7   | X 0 2 0 1 0
C     | X 3 2 0 1 0
C/G   | 3 3 2 0 1 0
F     | X X 3 2 1 1
G     | 3 2 0 0 3 3