There Was A Time

[D] [G/D] [Bm] [G] [Bm] [A] [G] [D] [G] [D]

[D]When you find you can [Bm]somehow
[G]Make it like all the [D]rest
[Bm]You won't need to scrounge around for someone [A]else
Torn [G]between the [D]unknown
And the [G]place you call [D]home
And the [F#m]life you want but have never [A]known

There was a [D]time
You could [G/D]put it out of your [Bm]mind
And [G]leave it all [Bm]behind
There was a [A]time
And that time is [G]gone   [D]     [G/D]

What has life for 50 years
In this town done for you
Except to earn your name and place on a barstool
You spend your whole life in this county
You've never been out of state
You say you're going to make it out before it's too late

There was a time
You could put it out of your mind
And leave it all behind
There was a time
And that time is gone

There was a [D]time when nothing [D/G]seemed to make much [Bm]sense
Now that's [G]turned more [Bm]intense
And all the grudges you've kept [A]around
Now are [G]nowhere [D]to be [G/D]found

(Hammer on the 6th string, 2nd fret - then hammer 5th string, second fret,
then play the E note, 4th string, second fret, then play D chord)

Remember when you didn't have
To look ahead or behind you
There was always something right there to do
But now it's locked (maybe "life"- I dunno) in some kind of trap
Looking for a way out
We keep moving on that's what it's all about

There was a time
You could put it out of your mind
And leave it all behind
There was a time
And that time is gone