The Remaining Time

Tempo: 67 | Time: 4/4 

Intro 
Bb F Gm Dm Ebm7 F 


[Verso 1]
 
               Bb                      Cm      Bb 
The thread of gold weaves through the morning air 
          Gm        Dm               Eb 
Touching the silver in your tangled hair 
             Bb                               Gm 
I watch your fingers,  frail and etched with blue 
     Cm                                   F 
Tracing the wedding band that's worn and true 
 


[Verso 2]
 
              Bb                Cm       Bb 
We share our tea in silence, sweet and deep 
   F     Gm              Dm           Eb 
Between the secrets that we chose to keep 
             Bb      F              Gm 
You smile at me, a soft and weary grace 
Eb           Bb              F         Bb 
And I find fifty years within your face 
 


[Refrão]
 
                                  F 
I close my eyes and suddenly it's May 
Gm                                 Dm 
The scent of clover from a distant day 
              Eb                            Bb 
We're running barefoot through the summer rain 
             Cm                        F 
Two reckless hearts without a touch of pain 
 


[Verso 3]
 
Bb                                   F 
I see you dancing in that dress of blue 
             Gm                  Dm 
When all the world was white and bright and new 
        Eb                             Bb 
We were the architects of dreams so grand 
              Cm                         F 
Now all those years are grains of golden sand 
 


[Refrão]
 
      Bb              F               Gm 
And I wonder as the clock begins to chime 
Dm          Eb        Bb           F 
How much is left of our borrowed time 
              Bb               F            Gm 
How many more mornings can I wake to your name 
Dm         Cm     F                 Bb 
Before the winter snuffs the candle flame 
 


[Ponte]
 
       Gm                            Dm 
It's a happy ache, a sweet and heavy no 
                    Eb       F            Bb 
Because I love you so, I'm not ready to go 
                  Gm                       Dm 
In the remaining time, let the light stay bright 
             Eb            F                 Bb 
Hold me a little closer before the coming night 

{Instrumental} 
Gm Dm Eb Bb F Gm Eb F 
 


[Verso 4]
 
              Bb            F       Gm 
We've been a symphony of grit and gold 
Dm              Eb    Bb            F 
A story that never seems to grow old 
                   Bb         F              Gm 
I'm not asking for forever or a life that's new 
              Cm                      Fsus4 
Just one more yesterday to spend with you 
F                 Eb        F             Gm 
It's the cruelest gift that time has ever gave 
                Cm                  Fsus4  F 
To love so much and have so much to save 
 


[Refrão]
 
   Bb                 F               Gm 
So I wonder as the clock begins to chime 
Dm          Eb       Bb              F 
How much is left of our borrowed time 
             Bb                F            Gm 
How many more mornings can I wake to your name 
Dm         Cm        F                Bb 
Before the winter snuffs the candle flame 
 

Outro 
                         F                 Gm Dm 
It's been a lovely life, more than I could claim 
Eb                       Fsus4       Bb     F 
Still holding the embers of a sacred flame 
Gm         F    Eb               Bb 
The tea is warm and you are here 
Cm                Bb                    Gm Dm 
Every second left is the one I hold dear 
          Eb  Ebm7     F    Bb    F Eb F Bb 
Just stay in the quiet with me