Clock winds down
Am - F - G
(2x)
C
F - C
F Am G
F
1. It's hard to know what to say as the world around us fades
away.
C
F - C F Am
G F
Reason falls on
deaf ears and the truth dissolves and disappears,
Am G
F
as
the clock winds down.
C F
- C F Am
G F
2. Warning signs years ago, we did not want to know,
C F C F
Am - G F
all-consuming,
selfish ways, now there's a price to pay,
Am G
F
as
the clock winds down.
G - F
+ The ice caps melt, the
Amazon burns to the point of no return.
G F
The grid goes down, screens go
blank, we'll be walking down the plank,
Am G
F
as
the clock winds down.
G
See the children take to the
streets
F
when
they hear Greta Thunberg speak.
G
Oh, watch the young warriors
climb down from the trees
F
Am G F
chain
themselves to machinery, as the clock winds down.
F - Am
- F - G
+ Lalalalalalalalala…..
C
F - C F Am G
F
3. It's hard to know what to say when a child looks up and
says,
C
F C
F Am G F
“Hey, old man, what did you do,
we were depending on you !”
Am G
F Am G F
Now the clock winds down, and
now the clock winds down,
Am G
F C
and now
the clock winds down to zero.
(Christy Moore)