TIME HAS COME TODAY
by The Chambers Brothers
(c) 1968
Intro Riff:
D C G D
|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
e|------2h3p2-----|------2h3p2-0---|------2h3-2-0-2-|------2h3p2-----|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
lead G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
guitar D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
rhythm G|7---------------|5---------------|----------------|7---------------|
guitar D|7---------------|5---------------|5---------------|7---------------|
A|5---------------|3---------------|5---------------|5---------------|
E|----------------|----------------|3---------------|----------------|
Intro
|x |x |x |x [cowbell]
|D |C |G |D [with intro riff]
|D |C |G |D [with intro riff]
Verse 1
|D C |G D [again for each line]
Time has come today,
Young hearts can go their way,
Can`t put it off, another day,
I don`t care, what others say,
They say we don`t listen anyway,
Time has come today, hey.
|D |C |A |A
Verse 2
|D C |G D [again for each line]
The rooms have changed today (hey),
I have no place to stay (hey),
I`m thinking about the subway (hey),
My love, has flown away (hey),
My tears, have come and gone (hey),
Oh my Lord, I have to roam (hey),
I have no home (hey),
I have no home (hey).
|x |x [cowbell]
|D |C |G |D [with intro riff]
Verse 3
|D C |G D [again for each line]
Now the time has come (time),
There`s no place to run (time),
I might get burned up by the sun (time),
But I`ll have my fun (time),
I`ve been loved, and put aside (time),
I`ve been crushed, by tumbling tide (time),
And my soul, has been psychedelicized (time).
|D C |G D
(time)
Verse 4
|D C |G D [again for each line]
Now the time has come (time),
There are things to realize (time),
Time has come today (time),
Time has come today (time).
Bridge
|x |x |x |x |x |x |A |A [cowbell, then add bass]
Time, time, time, time,
|A |A |A |A |A |A |A |A [add drums]
Time, time, time, time,
|A |A |A |A |A |A |A |A [add guitar]
Time, time, time, ohhh...
Repeat Verse 3
Repeat Verse 4
Outro
|x |x |x |x |x |x |x |x
Time, time, time, time,
|D.....
Yeah.
NOTES:
Chords & lyrics transcribed by Paul Halvorson; TAB riff by Greg Halvorson; with additional formatting by John Crooks.
See the movie COMING HOME (1978); this song is used to great effect during a very famous scene with actor Bruce Dern.
