There Was a Time Donovan
...THERE WAS A TIME... by Donovan
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*from 'A Gift from a Flower to a Garden' (1968)*
Verse 1:
[G] There was a time, [G/F#]I thought of mine [Em]only.
[G] Could it be, oc-[G/F#]curred to me while [Em]lonely.
Chorus 1:
[C] I was noble [Bm]personage,
[Em] Born to beauti-[C]fy the page.
If [Em]I used [C]time to set it [Em]down.[C] [D7]
Verse 2:
[G] There was a time, [G/F#]I thought of mine [Em]only.
[G] Could it be, oc-[G/F#]curred to me while [Em]lonely.
Chorus 2:
[C] I was of high [Bm]lineage,
[Em] Cast up in a [C]dreadful age.
[Em] Born to be the [C]hermit of my [Em]line.[C] [D7]
Bridge 1:
[Bm] On a windy [F#m]saturday,
[Bm] St. Alban's [F#m]market day.
[Em] Little did I know,
The work I [C]was to do,
Or the [Bm]love I had to [Em]show.[D7]
Verse 3:
[G] There was a time, [G/F#]I thought of mine [Em]only.
[G] Could it be, oc-[G/F#]curred to me while [Em]lonely.
Chorus 3:
[C] I was of high [Bm]lineage,
[Em] Cast up in a [C]dreadful age.
[Em] Born to be the [C]hermit of my [Em]line.[C] [D7]
Outro:
[G] [G/F#] [Em]
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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[G] [G/F#] [Em] [C] [Bm] [D7] [F#m]
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
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