This Is The Time (Ver. 2)
Billy Joel
RockAdvanced for beginners20 chords
How to play it
Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.
BbDiagram coming soon
C
Bbmaj7Diagram coming soon
Eb6Diagram coming soon
Fsus2Diagram coming soon
F
A
EbDiagram coming soon
FmDiagram coming soon
AbDiagram coming soon
G
GbDiagram coming soon
Gb6Diagram coming soon
Dm7Diagram coming soon
Am7
A7
C#Diagram coming soon
Gm7Diagram coming soon
Em7
Bbsus2Diagram coming soon
Chords & lyrics
Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.
Bb C/Bb Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 C/Bb Bb C/Bb Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 C/Bb Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 C/Bb Bb C/Bb Bb C/Bb Dm11 Eb6 Fsus2 x2 Dm11 Eb6 Fsus2 We walked on the beach beside that old hotel They're tearing it down now, but it's just as well I haven't shown you everything a man can do So stay with me baby; I've got plans for you F/A Bb Eb F This is the time to remember, cause it will not last forever F/A Bb Eb F These are the days to hold on to, cause we won't, although we'll want to Bb Fm/Ab F/G(no 3rd) This is the time, but time is gonna change Gb Gb6 You've given me the best of you Bb/F F And now I need the rest of you Dm11 Eb6 Fsus2 Did you know that before you came into my life It was some kind of miracle that I survived Some day we will both look back and have to laugh We lived through a lifetime and the aftermath F/A Bb Eb F This is the time to remember, cause it will not last forever F/A Bb Eb F These are the days to hold on to, cause we won't, although we'll want to Bb Fm/Ab F/G(no 3rd) This is the time, but time is gonna change Gb Gb6 I know we've got to move somehow Bb/F F But I don't want to lose you know Dm7 Am7 Bb C A7/C# Sometimes it's so easy to let a day slip on by Dm7 Am7 Bb C Without even seeing each other at all Dm7 Am7 Gm7 Em7 A7 But this is the time you'll turn back and so will I Dm7 Am7 Bbsus2 And those will be days you can never recall Dm11 Eb6 Fsus2 And so we embrace again behind the dunes This beach is cold on winter afternoons But holding you close is like holding the summer sun I'm warm from the memory of days to come F/A Bb Eb F This is the time to remember, cause it will not last forever F/A Bb Eb F These are the days to hold on to, cause we won't, although we'll want to Bb Fm/Ab F/G(no 3rd) This is the time, but time is gonna change Gb Gb6 You've given me the best of you Bb/F F And now I need the rest of you
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Chord set
Bb · C · Bbmaj7 · Eb6 · Fsus2 · F · A · Eb · Fm · Ab · G · Gb · Gb6 · Dm7 · Am7 · A7 · C# · Gm7 · Em7 · Bbsus2
Practice tip
Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.