[INTRO]
[B] Sometimes, it's like I'm stumbling forward [G#m]
[G#m]Hustled forward
Jostled from be[F#]hind by time
[B]Sometimes, it's like I'm being dragged
Yet [G#m]always lagging
Trying to keep in [F#]time with time
[PRE CHORUS]
[G] But if I could [E]stop the clock for just one day
If [F#]I could [G#m]freeze a moment for a moment
[F#]Rest before the measure's over
[E]Hold the beat for just one day
If I could [G]wind it back and start afresh
[A]Just a day to catch my breath
To [B]make mistakes and set them right
De[G#m]lay the coming of the night [G]
[VERSE]
[B] If I had my time ag[D#]ain
I would do it all the sa[G#m]me
You'll say, but [F#]that's insane
[E] Wouldn't you want to make a couple of changes? (Bass notes - E B F# C#)
Re[B]grets, I'd not even have a [D#]few
If I could do this thing that [G#]you
Say you can [C#]do.
[E] I've always dreamt of learning how to [B]dance (Some days I go out without pants)
[A] It's so exciting (I slept with ninety)
[F#] A new beginning (Percent of women)
[E] Every morning (In Punxsutawney)
[B] To have the time to strive for more[C#m] (Between eigh[F#]teen and eighty-[G]four)
(And one [F#m]dude when I was [Bm]bored)
[CHORUS]
[Bm] If I [G]had my time ag[D]ain [F#]
[Bm] I'd take the [G]path less trodden
[D] Avoid the [F#]crap I trod in
[G]Read a lot of books (I've stolen eighteen million bucks)
And I would worry [D]less about my nose[A] (And I guess I'll do it again)
And I would [F#]be a lot more [Bm]zen (When)
And I would [G]punch a lot of [D]men (I had)
If I [A]had my time ag[Bm]ain
[VERSE]
[B] If I had my time ag[D#]ain
I would do it all the sa[G#m]me
You'll say, 'but[F#] that's ridiculous
[E] Surely you'd wanna make a couple of fixes? (Bass notes - E B F# C#)
Al[B]l those boxes left un[D#]checked
All those dreams you left ne[G#]glected
You'd go back and put it [C#]right!'
[E] I've always fancied learning how to [B]climb (I once masturbated seven times)
I'd study [C#m]math (in the bath)
And search for [F#]meaning (in one evening)
[E] And I'd run up hills (it wasn't fun but still)
[B] And learn to paint (a man my age)
[C#m]Just to [F#]know I [G]can (It's nice to know I can)
(It's [A]nice to know I [Bm]can!)
[CHORUS]
[Bm] If I [G]had my time ag[D]ain [F#]
[Bm] I'd sample [G]all the samples
[D] Look at things from [F#]different angles
[G] I would not do it all the [A]same
If I had my time [Bm]again
[INSTRUMENTAL]
[Bm] [G] [D] [A]
[Em] [G] [Em] [G]
[D] [G] [A]
[CHORUS]
[Bm] If I [G]had my time [D]again [F#]
[Bm] The things I'd [G]handle better
[D]I would send my [F#]unsent letters
[BRIDGE]
[G]I've started seven hundred fights, and if you knew the endless nights (If I had my time back)
That I have wasted getting [D]wasted contemplating different ways to suicide (I would write and I would write)
And I have tried every [G]food and every drink (And I would add joy to other people's lives)
[G]and every cheat and every choice a thousand times (and I would learn piano)
And I [D]daily eat about a dozen donuts and I don't know [A]why
and I don't know.[F#] .. why
[Bm] And I would [D]make a lot of [G]friends
If I [D]had my time
[CHORUS]
[C#m] If I [A]had my time [E]again [G#]
[C#m] I'd open [A]all the doors I've [E]never looked be[B]hind before
And [A]oh, the things I'd taste, the things I'd[B] try (I find the thing with these revolving rides)
[A] And the misery I could [B]prevent (They're only fun 'cause you know they're gonna end)
[F#m] And I would [G#m]make a lot of [A]friends
If I [B]had my time a[E]gain (a[F#m]gain)
(But I've [E]had it, but I've [A]had my time a[E]gain!)
End on E
[B] Sometimes, it's like I'm stumbling forward [G#m]
[G#m]Hustled forward
Jostled from be[F#]hind by time
[B]Sometimes, it's like I'm being dragged
Yet [G#m]always lagging
Trying to keep in [F#]time with time
[PRE CHORUS]
[G] But if I could [E]stop the clock for just one day
If [F#]I could [G#m]freeze a moment for a moment
[F#]Rest before the measure's over
[E]Hold the beat for just one day
If I could [G]wind it back and start afresh
[A]Just a day to catch my breath
To [B]make mistakes and set them right
De[G#m]lay the coming of the night [G]
[VERSE]
[B] If I had my time ag[D#]ain
I would do it all the sa[G#m]me
You'll say, but [F#]that's insane
[E] Wouldn't you want to make a couple of changes? (Bass notes - E B F# C#)
Re[B]grets, I'd not even have a [D#]few
If I could do this thing that [G#]you
Say you can [C#]do.
[E] I've always dreamt of learning how to [B]dance (Some days I go out without pants)
[A] It's so exciting (I slept with ninety)
[F#] A new beginning (Percent of women)
[E] Every morning (In Punxsutawney)
[B] To have the time to strive for more[C#m] (Between eigh[F#]teen and eighty-[G]four)
(And one [F#m]dude when I was [Bm]bored)
[CHORUS]
[Bm] If I [G]had my time ag[D]ain [F#]
[Bm] I'd take the [G]path less trodden
[D] Avoid the [F#]crap I trod in
[G]Read a lot of books (I've stolen eighteen million bucks)
And I would worry [D]less about my nose[A] (And I guess I'll do it again)
And I would [F#]be a lot more [Bm]zen (When)
And I would [G]punch a lot of [D]men (I had)
If I [A]had my time ag[Bm]ain
[VERSE]
[B] If I had my time ag[D#]ain
I would do it all the sa[G#m]me
You'll say, 'but[F#] that's ridiculous
[E] Surely you'd wanna make a couple of fixes? (Bass notes - E B F# C#)
Al[B]l those boxes left un[D#]checked
All those dreams you left ne[G#]glected
You'd go back and put it [C#]right!'
[E] I've always fancied learning how to [B]climb (I once masturbated seven times)
I'd study [C#m]math (in the bath)
And search for [F#]meaning (in one evening)
[E] And I'd run up hills (it wasn't fun but still)
[B] And learn to paint (a man my age)
[C#m]Just to [F#]know I [G]can (It's nice to know I can)
(It's [A]nice to know I [Bm]can!)
[CHORUS]
[Bm] If I [G]had my time ag[D]ain [F#]
[Bm] I'd sample [G]all the samples
[D] Look at things from [F#]different angles
[G] I would not do it all the [A]same
If I had my time [Bm]again
[INSTRUMENTAL]
[Bm] [G] [D] [A]
[Em] [G] [Em] [G]
[D] [G] [A]
[CHORUS]
[Bm] If I [G]had my time [D]again [F#]
[Bm] The things I'd [G]handle better
[D]I would send my [F#]unsent letters
[BRIDGE]
[G]I've started seven hundred fights, and if you knew the endless nights (If I had my time back)
That I have wasted getting [D]wasted contemplating different ways to suicide (I would write and I would write)
And I have tried every [G]food and every drink (And I would add joy to other people's lives)
[G]and every cheat and every choice a thousand times (and I would learn piano)
And I [D]daily eat about a dozen donuts and I don't know [A]why
and I don't know.[F#] .. why
[Bm] And I would [D]make a lot of [G]friends
If I [D]had my time
[CHORUS]
[C#m] If I [A]had my time [E]again [G#]
[C#m] I'd open [A]all the doors I've [E]never looked be[B]hind before
And [A]oh, the things I'd taste, the things I'd[B] try (I find the thing with these revolving rides)
[A] And the misery I could [B]prevent (They're only fun 'cause you know they're gonna end)
[F#m] And I would [G#m]make a lot of [A]friends
If I [B]had my time a[E]gain (a[F#m]gain)
(But I've [E]had it, but I've [A]had my time a[E]gain!)
End on E
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