| Bb | F | Bb/G | Bb | F | Bb/G | Eb | Bb | F | Bb/G | |
| I'm | playing | my | gui- | tar | while | my | sister bangs the | jar |
| Bb | F | Bb/G | Bb | F7 | |
| The | glass sets | up | a | sound like people | laughing |
| Bb | F | Bb/G | Bb | F | Bb/F# | Eb | Bb | F | Bb/G | |
| It's | goin | g to | my | brain | and | it's | easing all my | pain |
| Eb | F | Eb | Bb | Eb | Bb | Eb | Bb | Eb | Bb | |
| I must | hear this sound a | gain 'cause time is | pas | sing |
| (repeat info) |
| Mmm. |
| I'm walking by the sea and the shingle sings for me |
| The crabs are swimming down among the starfish |
| The rocks all clatter down and the seagulls fly around |
| But the whole trip rubs it in that time is passing, passing |
| Ab | Eb | Bb | Eb/Bb | Bb | Eb/Bb | Bb | |
| Find it | , I got to | hear it | all ag | ain |
| Ab Eb Bb Eb/Bb... |
| My heart has heard the sound of harmony |
| Eb | Bb | |
| Blind to it, as my | tears fall again |
| Ab | Eb | Ab | Eb | Bb | |
| It's | only by the | music | I'll be | free |
| (repeat verse pattern for instrumental section) |
| Eb | Ebsus4 | Eb | |
| There's | something in the | whisper of the | trees |
| Eb | Ebsus4 | Eb | |
| Millions hear it, | still they can't be | lieve |
| Bb | Ab | Bb | Ab | Ab | Eb | Eb | |
| There are | echoes of it | splashing in the | waves |
| Bb | Ab | Eb | Eb/Bb | |
| As an | empire of | dead men leave their | graves |
| Don't listen to people talk, don't listen to 'em selling souls |
| Don't listen to me or words from men above |
| Don't hear it in your needs and don't hear it in your greeds |
| Just hear it in the sound of time a-passing |
| Find it, I got to hear it all again |
| My heart has heard the sound of harmony |
| Blind to it, as my tears fall again |
| It's only by the music I'll be free |
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