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| Esus4      | E          | Am          | Am          ||

[Verse 1]
Am                        Am
  It's time to go inward,   take a look at myself,
F                              F
  time to make the most of the time that I've got left,
Esus4                  E                 Am         Am
  prison bars imagined are no less solid steel.
Am                               Am
  Time to go inward, would you believe that I'm afraid,
F                                 F
  to stare down the barrel of the choices I have made,
Esus4                             E                             Am      Am
  the ghost of bad decisions make mountains out of everything I feel.

[Bridge]
C                       G                              D            D
  Outside my window the wind weaves a path through the trees,
    F                         C                        E         E
the moon takes a shine to the shadows that fall on the leaves.

[Verse 2]
Am                        Am
  It's time to go inward,   hmmm,
F                                   F
  I don't know if I can do it after all that I've become;
Esus4                                 E                               Am           Am
  I've been a fool for money but it's vanity that always leaves me flat.
Am                               Am
  It's time to go inward, man, I hope I have the nerve
F                             F
  to take an inventory of the causes that I serve.
           Esus4                             E
They say a man without a conscience is like a man
                  Am                       Am
without a country   or something like that.

[Interlude] (Bridge, you can call it [Solo Mandolin])
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[Verse 3]
Am                       Am
  It's time to go inward   time to be still,
F                                        F
  if I don't do it now I don't believe I ever will.
   Esus4                           E
My mind is like a chatterbox whose noise pollutes
                       Am            Am
the pathways to my soul.
Am                   Am
  Time to go inward,   time to get a grip,
F                                F
  time to put an end to one long bad acid trip;
Esus4                            E                              Am           Am
  I'm all out of excuses for the way I've let my choices take a toll.

[Bridge]
C                    G                        D          D
Jesus and Buddah and Krishna and Minnie Pearl knew:
   F                 C                         E         E
to do unto other the things you want done unto you.

[Verse 4]
Am                   Am
  Time to go inward,   take a look at me,
F                                    F
  try to make some sense of life's illusions that I see;
Esus4                                E                          Am           Am
  try to solve the riddle of what it is I have to offer to this world.

[Outro]
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