| G# | C# | G# | C# | C# | G# | |
| Time has told | me |
| C# | G# | G#7 | |
| You're a rare rare | find |
| G#7 | C# | A#m | |
| A troubled | cure |
| A#m | D# | C# | |
| For a troubled | mind |
| C# | G# | |
| And time has | told me |
| C# | G# | |
| Not to ask for | more |
| G#7 | C# | A#m | |
| Someday our | ocean |
| A#m | D# | |
| Will find it's s | hore |
| C | B | |
| So I`ll leave the ways that are | making me be |
| E | A# | |
| What I really don't | want to be |
| C | B | |
| Leave the ways that are | making me love |
| E | A# | D# | C# | |
| What I really don't | want to l | ove. |
| C# | G# | |
| Time has told | me |
| C# | G# | |
| That you came with the | dawn |
| G#7 | C# | A#m | |
| A soul with no | footpri | nt |
| A#m | D# | C# | |
| A rose with no | thorn |
| G# | |
| Your tears they | tell me |
| C# | G# | G#7 | C# | A#m | |
| There's really no | way | of ending your | troub | les |
| A#m | D# | C# | |
| With things you can | say |
| G# | C# | G# | G#7 | |
| And time will | tell you | to stay by my | side |
| C# | A#m | D# | |
| And I keep on | trying | 'til there's no more to | hide. |
| C | B | |
| So leave the ways that are | making you be |
| E | A# | |
| What you really don't | want to be |
| C | B | |
| Leave the ways that are | making you love |
| E | A# | D# | C# | |
| What you really don't | want to | love. |
| C# | G# | C# | G# | G#7 | |
| Time has | told me | you're a rare rare | find |
| C# | A#m | D# | C# | |
| A troubled | cure | for a troubled | mind |
| G# | |
| And time has | told me |
| C# | G# | G#7 | |
| Not to ask for | more |
| C# | A#m | D# | C# | G# | |
| Well some day our | ocean | will find its s | hore |
| From Kelly Willis "What I Deserve" |
| RYKO Records 1999 |
| Warlock Music ltd.(BMI) |