Before Our Time Chords
by Jon Foreman
Before Our Time by Jon Foreman is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords G, Bm and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Tuning: DADGAD
Tabbed by Javen
*Jon actually plays it in standard but i prefer this tuning...
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--(Verse)--
(Open)
January, February, March,
G
The days are marching forward,
(Open)
April, May, June, and July,
G
Fly like a hummingbird,
(Open)
August, September, October,
G
The year is almost over,
(Open)
November December arrive,
G
And the year is gone,
G
Time is an illusion,
Bm
Time is a curse,
G A
Time is all these things and worse,
Bm G
But our time is now, oh ohh oh ohh,
Bm G
Our time is now, oh ohh oh ohh,
I'm gonna sing before my
Bm A G
Time runs out
(Chords)/relative to capo/
(open) G Bm A
D----0-----:-------:------:--------
A----0-----:-------:------:--------
D----0-----:-------:--7---:--5-----
G----0-----:-------:------:--------
A----0-----:---5---:----9-:----7---
D----0-----:-- 5---:----9-:----7---
Jon does mostly picking on the
verse...there's a good video on
youtube.