Time Has Come Today

Song

TIME HAS COME TODAY

by The Chambers Brothers

(c) 1968

Intro Riff:

D C G D

|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |

       e|------2h3p2-----|------2h3p2-0---|------2h3-2-0-2-|------2h3p2-----|
       B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

lead G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

guitar D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

       A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
       E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |

       e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
       B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

rhythm G|7---------------|5---------------|----------------|7---------------|

guitar D|7---------------|5---------------|5---------------|7---------------|

       A|5---------------|3---------------|5---------------|5---------------|
       E|----------------|----------------|3---------------|----------------|

Intro

|x |x |x |x [cowbell]

|D |C |G |D [with intro riff]

|D |C |G |D [with intro riff]

Verse 1

|D C |G D [again for each line]

Time has come today,

Young hearts can go their way,

Can't put it off, another day,

I don't care, what others say,

They say we don't listen anyway,

Time has come today, hey.

|D |C |A |A

Verse 2

|D C |G D [again for each line]

The rules have changed today (hey),

I have no place to stay (hey),

I'm thinking about the subway (hey),

My love, has flown away (hey),

My tears, have come and gone (hey),

Oh my Lord, I have to roam (hey),

I have no home (hey),

I have no home (hey).

|x |x [cowbell]

|D |C |G |D [with intro riff]

Verse 3

|D C |G D [again for each line]

Now the time has come (time),

There's no place to run (time),

I might get burned up by the sun (time),

But I'll have my fun (time),

I've been loved, and put aside (time),

I've been crushed, by tumbling tide (time),

And my soul, has been psychedelicized (time).

|D C |G D

(time)

Verse 4

|D C |G D [again for each line]

Now the time has come (time),

There are things to realize (time),

Time has come today (time),

Time has come today (time).

Bridge

|x |x |x |x |x |x |A |A [cowbell, then add bass]

Time, time, time, time,

|A |A |A |A |A |A |A |A [add drums]

Time, time, time, time,

|A |A |A |A |A |A |A |A [add guitar]

Time, time, time, ohhh...

Repeat Verse 3

Repeat Verse 4

Outro

|x |x |x |x |x |x |x |x

Time, time, time, time,

|D.....

Yeah.

NOTES:

Chords & lyrics transcribed by Paul Halvorson; TAB riff by Greg Halvorson; with additional formatting by

Crooks.

See the movie COMING HOME (1978); this song is used to great effect during a very famous scene with actor

Dern.