C# B F# D#m
Time passes slowly up here in the mountains
C# B F# D#m
We sit beside bridges and walk beside fountains
Fm F# Fm F#
Catch the wild fishes that float through the stream
C# B F# D#m C#
Time passes slowly when you're lost in a dream
C# B F# D#m
Once I had a sweetheart she was fine and good lookin'
C# B F# D#m
We sat in her kitchen while her mama was cookin F# G#
F# G#
Stared out the window to the stars high above
F# Fm G#sus4 G# C#7
Time passes slowly when you're searchin' for love
BRIDGE:
F#7 C#7
Ain't no reason to go in a wagon to town
F#7 C#7
Ain't no reason to go to the fair
F#7 C#7
Ain't no reason to go up, ain't no reason to go down
G# G#sus4 G# G#sus4 G# G#sus4
Ain't no reason to go anywhere
C# B F# D#m
Time passes slowly up here in the daylight
C# B F# D#m
We stare straight ahead and try so hard to stay right
G#sus4 F# G#sus4 F#
Like the red rose of summer that blooms in the day
G#sus4 F# Fm D#m C#
Time passes slowly and fades away
Bsus4: 2 2 4 4 5 2
(from New Morning, 1970)