Precious time
+ instrumental intro
= CHORUS
G
C - G D
Precious time is slipping
away, but you’re only king for a
day,
G C
it
doesn’t matter to which God you pray,
G
D C G
precious
time is slipping away.
G C
1. It doesn’t matter what
route you take,
G D
sooner
or later the heart’s going to break,
G C
no rhyme or
reason, no master plan,
G
D C G
no
Nirvana, no Promised Land, because...
G C - G D
Precious time is slipping
away, but you’re only king for a
day,
G C
it
doesn’t matter to which God you pray,
G D
C G
precious
time is slipping away.
G C
2. Say que sera,
whatever will be,
G
D
but
then I keep on searching for immortality,
G
C
she’s so
beautiful but she’s gonna die some day,
G D C G
everything
in life just passes away.
G
C - G D
Precious time is slipping
away, you know she’s only queen for a
day,
G C
it
doesn’t matter to which God you pray,
G D C G
precious
time is slipping away.
+ instrumental = CHORUS
G
C
3. Well, this world is cruel with its twists and turns,
G D
well,
the fire’s still in me and the passion burns.
G C
I’ll love her madly till the day I die,
G - D C G
till
hell freezes over and the rivers run
dry.
G C - G D
Precious time is slipping
away, you know she’s only queen for a
day,
G C
it
doesn’t matter to which God you pray,
G
D C G
precious
time is slipping away.
G C - G D
Precious time is slipping away, you know
you’re only king for a day,
G C
it
doesn’t matter to which God you pray,
G
D C G
precious
time is slipping away.
+ repeat CHORUS
+ instrumental = CHORUS (4x)
(Van Morrison)