Time Chords & Tabs

by John Lucas (US, Boone, NC)

[Version Description]
These are just the basic chords. Lucas uses quick fingerpicking in his original recording. Please comment with any suggestions or corrections.

[Intro]
B   G#m  B    G#m
E   B    E    B

[Verse 1]
   D#m        G#m            E
My heart has known the winters
                    B          
And my feet have known the snow
       D#m         G#m           
But mine eyes have seen the glory
     E             B   
Of a seed begin to grow
           D#m      G#m           E
There is a time to uproot, darling
                    B           
But most days just hold on tight
     D#m               G#m            
For there’s a time for darkness, honey
     E                            B
But dawn will always beat the night
B   G#m   B   G#m
E   B   E   B

[Verse 2]
    F#        G#m                E
Sometimes death will come calling
                         B      
When you’ve been good and warned
           F#         G#m                 E
And other times its cold hands will cradle
       F#          B 
Dreams yet to be born
            F#      G#m           E
There is a time to dance on sorrow
                      B     
And a time to kiss her cheek
            F#      G#m            E
There is a time to mourn in silence
            F#                    B
But justice aches to hear you speak

[Chorus]
    C#m               G#m          E      B  
And I don’t know the end, or tomorrow’s story
    C#m              G#m                  E
But I have found the one who gives me rest
    C#m            G#m         E    B 
And I will make my bed in His promises
   C#m       G#m                     E
For He holds true when nothing’s left
                   B
When nothing’s left

[Verse 3]
            F#           G#m           E
There is a time when laughter will echo
                         B 
Through your halls of peace
            F#           G#m         E
But war is known to change your locks
           F#                B
And carry off the family keys
                       G#m          E
There is a time for healing and pain
                            B         
A time for drought and a time for rain
            F#       G#m      E
There is a time for everything
         F#              G#m E
Until we crown the risen King
          F#                 B
Until we crown the risen King

[Chorus]
    C#m               G#m          E      B  
And I don’t know the end, or tomorrow’s story
   C#m              G#m                  E
But I have found the one who gives me rest
    C#m            G#m        E     B 
And I will make my bed in His promises
    C#m       G#m                    E
For He holds true when nothing’s left

[Bridge]
   E                         
So crown Him in your mourning
    F#                        
And crown Him in your laughter
    G#m                             B
And crown Him when it all turns dark
E                      
Crown Him when you bury
   F#                       
And crown Him when you marry
    G#m                                    B
And crown Him when your faith finds a spark
E                          
Crown Him for He’s faithful
   F#                        
And crown Him for He’s worthy
    G#m                     B
And crown Him for He is good
E                         
Crown Him for His promises
F#                       
Cut through the blindness
 G#m                                   B
Of children that have barely understood
    E                   
The beauty that has come
        F#                
And the beauty yet to come
       G#m                                   B
And the beauty that is yours and that is mine
         E                  
And that death produces life
         F#               
And that we are made alive
       G#m                             B
By the King who paints beauty with time
       E                F#        G#m  
By the King who paints beauty with time
       E                F#             B
By the King who paints beauty with time

[Chorus]
      B                        G#m        B  
And I don’t know the end, or tomorrow’s story
                      G#m                 E
But I have found the one who gives me rest
                   G#m             B  
And I will make my bed in His promises
            G#m                     E
For He holds true when nothing’s left
                   B
When nothing’s left