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D A E x4 D A E Time is gonna take so much away D A E But there's a way that time can offer you a trade D A E Time is gonna take so much away D A E But there's a way that time can offer you a trade A E You gotta do something that you can get nicer at, A E You gotta do something that you can get wiser at, A E You better do something that you can get better at D A E 'Cause that's the only thing that time will leave you with D A E 'Cause time is gonna take so much away D A E But there's a way that time can offer you a trade A E It might be cabaret, it could be poetry, A E It might be trying to make a new happy family, A E It could be violin repair or chemistry, D A E But if it's something that takes lots of time that's good D A E 'Cause time is gonna take so much away D A E But there's a way that time can offer you a trade. D E Because your looks are gonna leave you D E And your city's gonna change too D E And your shoes are gonna wear through D A E Yeah time is gonna take so much away, D A E But there's a way that you can offer time a trade. [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/j/jeffrey-lewis/308908.html ] A E You gotta do something that you can get smarter at, A E You gotta do something you might just be a starter at, A E You better do something that you can get better at D A E 'Cause that's the thing that time will leave you with. D A E x4 A C E And maybe that's why they call a trade a trade, A C E Like when they say you should go and learn a trade; A C E The thing you do don't have to be to learn a trade, A C E Just get something back from time for all it takes away. A E It could be many things, it could be anything, A E It could be expertise in Middle Eastern traveling, A E Something to slowly sow the balance life's unraveling D A E You have no choice you have to pay time's price D A E But you can use the price to buy you something nice D A E Something you can only buy with lots of time D A E So when you're old you blow some whippersnapper's mind. A E It might be researching a book that takes you seven years A E A book that helps to make the path we take to freedom clear A E And when you're done you see it started with a good idea D A E One good idea could cost you thousands of your days D A E But it's just time that you'd be spending anyway D A E You have no choice you have to pay time's price D A E But you can use the price to buy you something nice A C E So I've decided recently A C E To try to trade more decently A C E x2 D A E x4 |