Mandolin Orange

There Was A Time Chords

There Was a Time – Mandolin Orange  (Audio Tree Live version w/ mandolin accompaniment)

Am      x02210
Fmaj7/C x33210  [for space I denote as F*]
C/G     332010
G       320003

Intro:   Am  F*   C/G ...  F*   Am   C/G
         Am  F*   C/G ...  F8   Am   F* - C/G

            Am  F*          C/G
If I showed up.....to your wedding
         F*        Am      C/G
wearing black and blue and red
         Am  F*      C/G
wouldn't it....seem fitting
              F*          Am           F* - C/G
cause I'm as bruised and angry as I've ever been.

 G             Am          F*
  There was a time when I called you,
 G             Am          F*     -  C/G
  There was a time when I called you mine.

[Instrumental] Am  F*   C/G ...  F*   Am   F* - C/G

          Am    F*             C/G
This old house.....is cold and empty
      F*        Am        C/G
even these old walls have been.
        Am  F*             C/G
I laid down.... you're not with me.
       F*       Am     C/G
Waking up just sinks it in.

 G             Am          F*
  There was a time when I called you,
 G             Am           F*    -  C/G
  There was a time when I called you mine. 

[Instrumental]  G  Am  F* ...  G   Am  F* - C/G (hold)

(soft)      Am             F*            C/G
There's no gold on either side of the Mississippi,
    F*             Am           C/G
No silver in this world left to find.
          Am   F*                C/G
Precious metal......and precious memories
      F*         Am             C/G
slip away, slip away, from your finger-and-your-mind.

 G             Am          F*
  There was a time when I called you,
 G             Am          F*     -  C/G
  There was a time when I called you mine.

[Instrumental]  Am  F*   C/G ... F*   Am   C/G   x2