Mike Oldfield
Written by Mike Oldfield
Keyboard chords Beginner level
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[INTRO ]G D 

verse 1 

G                 D 
Minutes seem like hours  
    C                    D 
And hours they seem like days 
         G                 D 
When the ones you want are missing 
            C                   D 
And they've gone their separate ways 
C            G            Em             D 
Walking in a sunny garden empty like the moon 
    C                     G 
And birds that once could fly so high 
    Em               D 
Now sing a different tune 



verse 2 

G              D 
Walking in the park 
               C                D 
The leaves are turning now it's fall 
    G                 D 
The time has come for leaving  
         C                 D 
In their eyes that says it all 
C               G 
Pictures on the mantle 
         Em              D 
Tell the tales of better times 
C              G              Em 
Moments from a long long time ago 
                 D 
When things were fine 


D        G 
One fine day 
         C          D 
When the wild birds return 
      D             Em 
We'll look back and say 
       C                   D 
What a lesson in life I've learned 



verse 3 


   G                  D 
So light a broad wick candle 
       C              D 
In the window make it bright 
    G                 D 
You need to find your way home  
       C                D 
In the dark and deepest nights 
    C                  G 
And if you're lost and homeless 
        Em          D 
In some lonely city zone 
     C                G 
Just follow back that winding road 
     Em                D 
That leads you back on home 





verse 4 

G                 D 
Minutes seem like hours 
        C                    D 
And the hours they seem like days 
         G                 D 
When the ones you want are missing 
            C                   D 
And they've gone their separate ways 
C            G            Em             D 
Walking in a sunny garden empty like the moon 
    C                     G 
And birds that once could fly so high 
    Em                D 
Now sings a different tune 





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