Come Down In Time

Tumbleweed Connection · Elton John

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Am7In the quiet, sBm7ilent seconds I

Am7I turned off the lighBm7t switch and I

Cmaj7I came down to Bm7meet you

in the Dm7half-light the E7moon left while a

Am7cluster of nigBm7ht jars sang some

Am7songs oBm7ut of tune.

Cmaj7A mantel of Bm7bright light shone

Dm7down from her E7room

Fmaj7Come down iEm7n time, Dm7I still Cmaj7hear her say

Fmaj7So clear Em7in my ear, Dm7like it Cmaj7was today.

Fmaj7Come down in Abtime was the Cmaj7message Bm7she Am7gave Gm7

Fmaj7Come down inEbmaj7 time and I'llDm7 meet you half FwayC/G. D

Well, I don't know if I should have

heard her as yet but a

a true love like ours is a

a hard love to get and I

I've walked most all the way and I

I ain't heard her call and I

I'm getting to thinking if she's

coming at all.

Fmaj7Come down iEm7n time, Dm7I still Cmaj7hear her say

Fmaj7So clear Em7in my ear, Dm7like it Cmaj7was today.

Fmaj7Come down in Abtime was the Cmaj7message Bm7she Am7gave Gm7

Fmaj7Come down inEbmaj7 time and I'llDm7 meet you half FwayC/G. D

Am7There are women Bm7and women and

Am7some hBm7old you tight while

Cmaj7some leave you cBm7ounting the

Em7stars in the nigBm7ht

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Visitor comments from the original site (2009–2021).

daniel clapham · 2010-10-14
i like to learn elton john chords on the Rock of the westies from 1975 and too low for ztero in 1983 all the elon john chords on a gutiar from daniel clapham
teson · 2011-10-15
The Bm7 in the verses doesnt make if for me. Replace with D, harmonizes better with Dm in bridge part.
James · 2012-05-18
Good work, but the last chord is not Bm7. Leave out the third and the seventh and you've got it. Just notes B natural and F sharp. On piano B natural then F sharp, other hand same thing an octave higher.
kirby · 2013-06-05
This is favorite for me since I heard my brother, Cy Timmons, sing it in his nightclub in Atlanta, CAFE EREWHON. So unlike most Elton John entries. It's sparse storytelling in song at its best by Bernie. Also the chords are remarkable in that they appear to be in two keys at once, I believe C and F, maybe A, though the song predominates in minor chords that never cease to surprise. One correction: the second Bm is actually a Dmaj., which adds variety and "heft" to the sequence. Try it; you'll like it.
kirby · 2013-06-05
One more comment: I always heard this song performed with "gaggle of night jaws" rather than "cluster". Have to check a book on ornithology I suppose to know which is correct. Poetically, "gaggle" flows better, don't you think?
mg · 2013-09-06
yeah gaggle would work!
mg · 2013-09-06
Yeah for sure, the Bm would sound great. I usually play Dmaj7 with Bm on the bass :) I love the early records of this song. There are some awesome early versions that are live radio recordings that you can find on YouTube.
Bernie T. · 2018-02-06
you don't change a great song's lyrics because you think it's better, you dope...lol...part of the brilliance of the lyric is that it is unique...you can interpret it any way you want, but you don't change a lyric or writer's words, especially someone of renown because you think it sounds just as good or better...that's the ultimate slight to the artist...
Maurice G · 2021-03-24
To Bernie T. Damn right. Especially as the original lyric is "A cluster of nightjars sang some songs out of tune", not "night jaws". Although something that must be acknowledged is that Elton didn't always sing the published lyric. The line "There are woman and women and" was sung that way on the demo but not on the album, where he omitted the first "and".