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TIME HAS TOLD ME

Tuning Standard
Capo 4th fret

As with a lot of Nick's songs, the exact picking varies a bit.
So here are the chord fingerings and passing notes - you
should be able to find the rhythm OK.


intro & main verse bit:          "troubled cure" bit:



----|-(5)--------|------------|  |-3------------------
----|-(3)--------|-2-2--2-3-2-|  |2-2---3------3------
----|2--2--2-4-2-|-2-2--2-2-2-|  |4--4--2------4/2---1
----|0--0--0-5-0-|-2-2--2-4-2-|  |2--2--0(4?)--4-----2
----|0--0--0-5-0-|0---00-0-0-0|  |0-----0------2-----2
0-00|2---20203020|------------|  |-------------------0
            (*)

(*) - it's a bit difficult to tell which inversion of G
is played here (my guess is based on the amount of string
squeak the move causes!) - you could try 3x043x instead.

link to main bit:       link to "leave the ways":

-|-------               -|-------
-|-------               -|-------
-|1-2-1--               -|1-1-1--
-|2-2-2--               -|2-2-2--
-|2-4-2--               -|2-3-4--
0|-0-0-0                0|-0-0-0-

"leave the ways":

------------------------------------------
--2-----1-(3/1)-----------0------(then----
--4-----3--------2--2-----2------one of---
--3-----2---------0--0----1------above----
--4-----3--------3-33-3---2------links)---
-----------------1--1-----2---------------

Tabbed by Chris Healey