It Was Time:Mac Davis.
#3 on BB Hot Country and #69 on
BB Hot 100 on CASABLANCA Records
in 1980.
INTRO: Ab Db Ebm Bb Ab Db
#1.
Db Fm Db Bbm
I never dreamed that it would be so easy,
Ebm Db
to see you finally walk on out the door.
Db
But I'm tired of trying to make you smile,
Fm Db Ebm
livin' every day's a trial, tired of always
Fm Gb Ab
being the one who loved a little more.
CHORUS:
Ab Gb Fm
It was time for you to leave me, it was time,
Bbm Eb Gb
it was time, when you really get down to
Db
the bottom line.
Gbm Fm
We never had the poetry, we just tried to make
Bbm
it right.
Eb Ab Db
It was time that we were over, it was time.
BRIDGE:
Eb Ab Db
(Aaaaaaaa-aaaaaaa-aaaaaaa-aaaaaa-aaaaa-aaaaaa)
Gb F Ebm Ab
(aaaaaaa-aaaaaa-aaaaaaaa-aaaaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaa)
Db
It was time.
#2.
Db Gb Fm Bbm
And now, I know the emptiness I feel.....it's more
Ebm Db
for what we missed than what we had.
Gb Fm
Watchin' something dying so can hurt much more
Bbm
than letting go.
Ebm Fm Gb
Even with the loneliness you'd know I'm almost
Ab
there.
CHORUS:
Ab Gb Fm
It was time for you to leave me, it was time,
Bbm Eb Gb
it was time, when you really get down to
Db
the bottom line.
Gbm Fm
We never had the poetry, we just tried to make
Bbm
it right.
Eb Ab Db
It was time that we were over, it was time.
#3.
Gb Fm Gb
I guess I wasn't right for you and you weren't
Eb Ebm Ab Bbm
meant for me, and it doesn't pay to sell your
Db Bbm Eb
soul, just for company..it's better being lonely.
CHORUS:
Ab Gb Fm
It was time for you to leave me, it was time,
Bbm Eb Gb
it was time, when you really get down to
Db
the bottom line.
Gbm Fm
We never had the poetry, we just tried to make
Bbm
it right.
Eb Ab Db
It was time that we were over, it was time.
OUTRO:
Eb Ab Db
(Aaaaaaaa-aaaaaaa-aaaaaaa-aaaaaa-aaaaa-aaaaaa)
Gb F Ebm Ab
(aaaaaaa-aaaaaa-aaaaaaaa-aaaaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaa)
Db
It was time..(Fade.)
An eighties smash from Kraziekhat.
Source: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/mac_davis/it_was_time_chords_1949161