There is no time
C - Am - Dm - F - G
(2x)
C
1. This is no time for celebration,
Am
this is no time for shaking
hands,
Dm
this is no time for
backslapping,
F G
this is no time for marching
bands.
C
2. This is no time for optimism,
Am
this is no time for endless
thought,
Dm
this is no time for “My
country, right or wrong!”
F G
Remember what that brought.
C Am
There is no time, there is no time,
Dm F
- G
there is no time, there is no time.
C
3. This is no time for congratulations,
Am
this is no time to turn your
back,
Dm
this is no time for circumlocution,
F - G
this is no time for learned speech.
C
4. This is no time to count your blessings,
Am
this is no time for private gain,
Dm
this is no time to put up or
shut up,
F G
it won't come back this way
again.
C Am
There is no time, there is no time,
Dm F - G
there is no time, there is no time.
C
5. This is no time to swallow anger,
Am
this is no time to ignore hate,
Dm
this is no time to be acting frivolous,
F G
because the
time is getting late.
C
6. This is no time for private vendettas,
Am
this is no time to not know
who you are,
Dm
self - knowledge is a
dangerous thing,
F G
the freedom of who you are.
C
7. This is no time to ignore warnings,
Am
this is no time to clear the plate,
Dm
let's not be sorry after the
fact,
F G
and let the past become our
fate.
C Am
There is no time, there is no time,
Dm F - G
there is no time, there is no time.
C
8. This is no time to turn away and drink,
Am
or smoke some vials of crack.
Dm
This is a time to gather force,
F G
and take dead aim and attack.
C
9. This is no time for celebration,
Am
this is no time for saluting flags,
Dm
this is no time for inner searchings,
F G
the future is at hand.
C
10. This is no time for phony rhetoric,
Am
this is no time for political
speech,
Dm
this is a time for action,
F G
because the future's within reach.
C Am
This is the time, this is the time,
Dm F - G
this is the time, because there is no time.
C Am
There is no time, there is no time,
Dm F - G - C
there is no time, there is no time.
(orig. = capo 2nd) (Lou Reed)