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The Time That Never Was

Bruce Springsteen

RockEasy for beginners4 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

G
Em
C×
D××

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro: G  |   | Em  |    | C  |    | D  |    | 
 
Verse 
    G 
Sometimes I wake up in the morning 
       Em 
And it cuts me like a knife 
        C                                    D 
I come face to face with my lie, for another world another life 
   
 
    G               Em 
The time that never was 
          C               D 
Whoa, the time that never was 
 
Verse  
        G     
We grow apart through night by the future 
        Em 
But the past would never change 
          C                               D       
Forced to run head on collisions, 'til we vanished into dust 
 
 
    G               Em 
The time that never was 
          C               D 
Whoa, the time that never was 
 
Solo: G  |   | Em  |    | C  |    | D  |    | 
 
Verse 
   G            
So kiss me once more baby 
       Em 
One more kiss baby you must 
    C                             D 
Don't ever let me forget her, the time that never was 
 
 
    G               Em 
The time that never was 
           C              D 
Whoa, the time that never was 
    G               Em 
The time that never was 
           C              D 
Whoa, the time that never was 
    G               Em 
The time that never was 
           C              D 
Whoa, the time that never was 
          
 

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Chord set

G · Em · C · D

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.