E    A         B 
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E                 A     B 
It takes a little time sometimes 
B                                     E  
to get your feet back on the ground 
E                 A     B 
It takes a little time sometimes 
B                                        E 
to get the titanic turned back around 
E                 A     B 
It takes a little time sometimes 
B                            E 
but baby you are not going down 
E                 A     B 
It takes more than you got right now 
B                    (E) 
give it, give it time 
(instrumental interlude like intro) 
E                 A     B 
B 
E                 A     B 
B 
Verse I: 
A                            
What�s this walking through my door 
G#/E 
I know I�ve seen the look before 
A 
Sometimes on faces on the street 
G#/E                     
And sometimes at the mirror looking back at me 
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A 
You can�t fix the pain with money 
E 
You cant�t rush a weary soul 
D 
You can�t sweep it under the rug now honey 
B 
But it take not a lot to know 
Chorus 
Verse II : 
A 
Well it may not be over my morning 
G#/E 
But Rome wasn�t build in a day 
A 
You can name that thing a thousand times 
E 
It won�t make it go away 
A 
Let me put my arms around you 
E 
And hold you while you weep 
D 
We �ve been talking and you know what, I�m sick of this talk 
B 
And it�s nothing that won�t keep 
Chorus: 
Chorus freely again but modulates a whole tone up.  
F#              B    C# 
Takes a little time sometime 
C#                      F# 
to get the.... 
You can�t fix the pain with money 
You cant�t rush a weary soul 
You can�t sweep it under the rug now honey 
But it take not a lot to know 
Chorus ad lib