Chord/Tab song: The Time It Is Today

(Russ Giguere)

Jim Yester, in the liner notes to the Japanese _From The Original Master
Tapes_ CD (Warner/Pioneer WPCP-3536):

Very complex and personal, an excellent work by Russell Giguere. At
times very pastoral, at times very angry, one man's plea for humanity to
"wake up".

Intro:

Cmaj7 (w/volume swell; drums enter)

Cmaj7 Em9 (2X, w/bass fill 2nd time)
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bass fill:

[Em9] v v v v


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Verse 1:

[Cmaj7] Sunrise, [Em9] sunset
[Cmaj7] What you're born with is [Em9] what you get
L[G]et your [CaddD]fear just p[G]ass a[CaddD]way
T[G]hen your [CaddD]love will f[G]ill your [Cmaj9]days
[Em9]I know

Verse 2:

I need so little, yet so much
Child's sweet laughter, woman's touch
I can't say just what is real
All I know is what I feel
I know

Bridge:

([D7]Ba-ba-ba...) The time it is today
And we must find our way
My heartbeat clearly states
The answer's not in hate
I once believed that [G/B]love was b[G]ut a dr[A]eam
[D7]But now I know
That l[G/B]ove's a fl[G]owing st[A]ream
They're [Bm]lying, killing, they're pushing their rules
They t[G]ell me the prophets all were just fools
But [Bm]I know different and I won't be used
It's t[G]hey that are lost
It's [Cmaj7]they are conf[Em9]used[Cmaj7][Em9]
(They are confused)
(They are confused)

Verse 3:

Sunrise, sunset
What you're born with is what you get
All your world is all your fears
They don't change, but pass in years
Em9 E (end cold)
I know

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers