G             Gmaj7            C
I let time go lightly when I'm here with you
Am            D                C       G          C
I let time go lightly when the day is through
G             Gmaj7                  C
I keep a watch on time when I've got work to do
Am            D             C  G
I let time go lightly with you

Verse 1
G     C G           C                   G            C G
Morning, a time for breaking ground and sowing seed
                       C        D         C           G
And yet we give up our sunshine so we can buy what we need
    C               G     C G          C           G              C G
And that leaves the evening to share a fire with a friend or two
G                    C      D     C            G
to lose sight of the hours; to go lightly with you

Chorus:
G             Gmaj7            C
I let time go lightly when I'm here with you
Am            D                C       G          C
I let time go lightly when the day is through
G             Gmaj7                  C
I keep a watch on time when I've got work to do
Am            D             C  G
I let time go lightly with you

Verse 2
G     C G                   C                 G            C G
Old friends, they mean much more to me than a new friend
                              C  D         C                 G
'cause they can see where you are and they know where you've been
G                 C                  G              C G 
Music has been my closest friend, my fiercest foe
G                         C   D             C           G
'cause it can take you so high; yes, it can take you so low


C            G        D      G     A
When I was a child my mother would help me along
A                          C
She'd rock me to sleep and sing me a song
C                G       D        G       A
So I learned to love the music of all the tunes in my mind
A                       C
The changing of chords, the rhythm of time

Chorus:
G             Gmaj7            C
I let time go lightly when I'm here with you
Am            D                C       G          C
I let time go lightly when the day is through
G             Gmaj7                  C
I keep a watch on time when I've got work to do
Am            D             C  G
I let time go lightly with you

    C             D            C
Yes I let time go lightly with you
      Am          D/F#     G
and a fire and a friend or two
     Am        C          D/F#      G
With you and a fire and a friend or two
C                    G
A friend or two, and you