These Things Take Time
The Smiths Key
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G A G A
(intro)
C D C D
Em D A4
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B D Em
My eyes have seen the glory of the sacred wunderkind
D A4 B
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D Em
You took me behind a disused railway line
D A4
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B D Em
And said I know a place where we can go, Where we are not known
D
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A4 B D
And you told me something that I won't forget too soon
G A G A
But I can't believe you'd ever care
C D C D
And this is why you will never care
Em D4
These things take time
Em A4
I know that i'm
C
The most inept
D4
That ever stepped
G4 C4 G4
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G4 C4 D4
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Em D A4
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D Em
I'm spellbound; by a woman divine
B A4
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B D Em
And the hills are alive with celibate cries
D
()
A4
And I know where you came from, I know where You're going and i know
B D Em
where you belong
D A4
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B D
You said I was ill, and you were not wrong
G A G A
But I can't believe you'd ever care
C D C D
And this is why you will never care
Em D4
These things take time
Em A4
I know that i'm
C
The most inept
D4
That ever stepped
G4 C4 G4
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G4 C4 D4
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Em D Em A4 B
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Em
Oh, the alcoholic afternoons When we sat in your room
D Em D A4 B
They meant more to me Than any, any living thing on earth
D A4 B
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Em
They had more worth Than any living thing on earth
D A4 B D
On earth, on earth, oh ...
G A G A
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C D C D
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Em D4
Vivid and in your prime
Em D4
You will leave me behind
C D4
You will leave me behind
G4 C4 G4
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G4 C4 D4
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