Intro: CM7 FM7 CM7 FM7
CM7 FM7 C C/B Am
If life were like a tape cassette, how much would you play?
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Would you edit out regrets or would you bid them stay?
C C/B Am Dm G
In my life so many things in many times I've known:
C C/B Am Dm G
Times that I have made new friends and times I've been alone,
Dm G C C/B Am
Times I've heard of loved ones' deaths and times of loved ones' births;
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Oh, I have known so many times, and each one has its worth.
If life were like a tape cassette, how much would you play?
Would you edit out regrets or would you bid them stay?
There've been times that brought me peace and times that filled with tears,
Times that soared on wings of hope and times of crushing fears,
Times I haven't dared to speak and times I've said too much,
And times that I have said it all with gesture, glance or touch.
If life were like a tape cassette, how much would you play?
Would you edit out regrets or would you bid them stay?
Letting go of past mistakes can save you from your fear,
But life can lose its savour if the path ahead is clear.
The strengths that grew, the help I've found, the truths that came to light
Are worth the price I paid for them in anger, pain and fright.
CM7 FM7 C C/B Am
I'll play my life and you may guess I'll keep both joy and pain;
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The first has brought me happiness, the other, endless gain.
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Key C
Time 4/4
@ Chorus
R. e | g. g- a b | c' e- e-_E | g g a g | C+ |
r f- e- d- c. | f e- d-_d. c- | f e f- g. | G+ ||
@ Verse
g g a b | c'- e. e e | d d e f | G+ |
g. a- g f | e g c' c' | c' a a f | D+ |
a a c' a | a g g f | e. f- g e | C.
c | f e d c | f e d c | f e f- g. | G+ ||
@ Final Chorus
R. e | g g a b | c' e e e | g g a g | C.
r- c- | f. e- d c | f- e. d c | f e d c | C+ ||