Gordon Lightfoot — Now and Then
CAPO: 2nd Fret INTRO: C F C F Em VERSE 1: F C I think this time F Em Am D7/F# You've said enough to make me want to leave this place F Em Am Still I keep coming back for more of the same Dm7 G To fan the dying flame VERSE 2: C Am C F D7/F# Here inside these walls that seem to move a little closer every day C G Am F There must be a way out of this crazy game we play out to the end C G Let us just pretend a while Am Em Think about the good things now and then VERSE 3: F C I think this time F Em Am D7/F# That was the best time that we two had ever known F Em Am We tried the handle of the house upon the shore Dm7 G Found the open door VERSE 4: C Am C F D7/F# Once inside we found a curious moonbeam doing dances on the floor C G Am F We were only playing like two children who had stayed away from school C Two of us could not be wrong G Am Em Heaven knows who keeps the golden rule VERSE 5: F C I think this time F Em Am D7/F# We've learned enough to know that nothing is the same F Em Am But still the pounding of my heart hasn't changed Dm7 G And leaving's so strange VERSE 6: C Am C F D7/F# Here among my thoughts of you I find a gentle longing to be free C G Am F There must be a way out of this crazy game we play out to the end C G But take away the in-between Am D7/F# Think about the good things now and then VERSE 7: C G Am F We will see the day when you or I will stay or face up to the end C G Let us just pretend awhile Am And think about the good things now and then
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