harpsichord w/percussion:

Verse:

Beat  the clock

Try to make it stop   before

Time can draw the line and cut you down

To her size

[bass enters]

Beat  the clock

Try to make it stop

Tell me, how long will it take

Before you finally realize

That the carnival is over

And you've seen much better days

You have wasted too much time

In too many different ways

You deny the possibility of   growing old

You are filled with false humility, you're   much too bold

1: piano w/strings:

[repeat verse]

That you're in this game the same as ne

Although you think you're not

When you've tried to rise above it all

You'd get just what you got

Seems to me you're slipping, you seem  slightly unnerved

When you finally see yourself, you get what you deserve

Guitar solo:

Em     Em7/D    C#m7-5    Cm6       [2X; harpsichord enters 2nd time]

Instrumental break (2:22) [2X]:

bass:

v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

---------4-------|-----------------

-2-4-5-2-----5-4-|-5---4-2-4-2-0-4-

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v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

---------4-------|-----------------

-2-4-5-2-----5-4-|-5-4-0-4-2-------

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guitar 1 [first line tacit first time]

v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

---------7-------|-----------------

---7-8-------8-7-|-8---7---7-----7-

-9-----9---------|-------9---9-7---

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v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

---------7-------|-----------------

---7-8-------8-7-|-8-7---7---------

-9-----9---------|-----7---9-------

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guitar 2 [tacit first time; second line doubled by harpsichord

second time]:

v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

-----7-8-10--7---|-7---------------

-8-10----------10|----10-810-8-7-10

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v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

-----7-8-10--8-7-|-8-7---7---------

-8-10------------|-----8---8-------

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[repeat verse]

[repeat chorus 1]

Coda [repeat to fade]:

harpsichord w/percussion: