Timing Is Everything Chords

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Timing Is Everything by Garrett Hedlund is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Am, F, G and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			C 
When the stars line up 
Am 
and you catch a good break 
C 
and people think your lucky 
Am 
but you know it's grace 
F 
it can happen so fast 
G 
or a little bit late 
C 
timing is everything 

C 
you know I've had close calls 
Am 
when it could have been me 
C 
i was young when i learned just 
Am 
how fragile life could be 
F 
i lost friends of mine 
G 
i guess it wasn't my time 
C 
timing is everythnig 

F                                      C 
and i could have been a child that got took home 
F                                       C 
and i would have been one more unfinished song 
Am                                   G 
and when it seems a rhyme is hard to find 
F                                  
that's when one comes along 
D7 
just in time 

C 
well I remember that day 
Am 
when our eyes first meet 
C 
you ran into the building to get out of the rain 
Am 
cause you were soaking we 
F 
and as i held the door 
G 
you wanted to know my name 
C 
timing is everything 

F                                 C 
and i could have been another minute late 
F                                 C 
and you never would have crossed my path that day 
Am                             F 
and when it seems true love is hard to find 
F 
that's when love comes along 
D7 
just in time 

C 
well you can call it fate 
Am 
or destiny 
C 
sometimes it really seems like 
Am 
it's a mystery 
F 
cause you can be hurt by love 
G 
or healed by the same 
C 
timing is everything 
F 
and it can happen so fast 
G 
or a little bit late 
C 
timing is everything 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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