The Motels
Dont Tell Me The Time Tab
Martha Davis (The Motels) Don't Tell Me The Time
Superb 80s song from Martha's solo album 'Policy'
Tabbed by Lee Kear
INTRO RIFF ON A CHORD
E -------------|-----------|
B --2-2-0-3-2--|-----------|
G --2-2-2-2-2--|-----------|
D --2-2-2-2-2--|-----------|
A -------------|-----------|
E -------------|-----------|
INTRO: A RIFF
2 VERSES| A | C#m | D | C#m | Bm | A | G | E ||: {x2}
CHORUS: | A | E ||: x2 "Don't tell me the time. I don't want to know."
| A | C#m | F#m | A | D | "Don't tell me the time you spend
with her can't hurt me it does."
BASS IS | A | Ab | F# | E | D |
| D | Bm | D Dm | A | "Don't tell me the time, cos time can be cruel,
Every moment that I'm a way from you."
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VERSE 3:| A | C#m | D | C#m | Bm | A | G | E ||:
*CHORUS:| A | E ||: x2 "Don't tell me the time. I don't want to know."
| A | C#m | F#m | A | D | "Don't tell me the time you spend
with her can't hurt me it does."
BASS IS | A | Ab | F# | E | D |
| D | Bm | ~TO BRIDGE "Don't tell me the time, cos time can be cruel."
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BRIDGE: | D | D | ~ "And I still can't believe how long.."
| F#m | E | D | ~ "The night keeps me waiting here for you."
| F#m | E | D | ~ "Prisoner of time, no dream comes true."
| F#m | E | ~ "Waiting and watching, "
| D | E | ~ "Lost in for|ever without you."
SOLO OVER VERSE CHORDS:
| A | C#m | D | C#m | Bm | A | G | E ||:
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CHORUS AND OUTRO
CHORUS: | A | E ||: x2 "Don't tell me the time. I don't want to know."
| A | C#m | F#m | A | D | "Don't tell me the time you spend
with her can't hurt me it does."
BASS IS | A | Ab | F# | E | D |
| D | Bm | D Dm | A | "Don't tell me the time, cos time can be cruel,
Every moment that I'm a way from you."
OUTRO: | Dm-Dm | A ||: x3 ~ "Ooo-oooh,Ooo-oooh,Ooo-oooh"
LEAD GUITAR PLAYS INTRO RIFF - end on A.
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