Time

An original song about Time, played on a baritone ukulele.
It's a bad idea to remind listeners of a better song in your song, but I tacked the chorus of Tom Waits' Time onto the end of this. It's a good idea to cite your sources, and you can see how my song is inspired by his.
Time (c) T. Jeffery 2024
[Gm] Time is a [Gm7] glutton , a [Gm6] hungering [Gm] beast
[Cm] Time is the [Cm/maj7] bones left [Cm7] after the [Ebmaj7] feast
[Gm] Time takes [Gm7] all but leaves [Gm6] memories, at [Gm] least
And the [D] chance of another to- [Gm] morrow
All of your joys and every defeat
Each night that you sleep, each meal that you eat
Are sacrifices left at the god of Time’s feet
All of your dreams and your sorrow
But Time’s not a liar, a cheat or a thief
It gives us each moment no matter how brief
And that is all, it is my belief,
All else is stolen or borrowed
For now is the time and it won’t go away
The only place that we can live is today
We live in the now and there’s no other way,
But to hope for another tomorrow
Gm Gm7 Gm6
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Cm Cm/maj7 Cm7 Ebmaj7
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(Note - these are the chord names for the shape if they were played on a concert uke. The real names are a fourth lower.)