Released on the album "Back in the High Life" in 1986 on Island Records.
Words and Music by Steve Winwood and Will Jennings
Key of F flat major. Time signature 4/4. Tempo = 126.
Transcription by Hisao Chida
Intro:
|Fsus4 | |F | |
| | C/G |F | |
|Fsus4 |F C |Dm C/E |F |
|Dm | |Fsus4 |F |
|Fsus4 |BbaddC/F|Csus4/G |Fsus4/Bb Bb/F|
|Dm |Csus4 |Bb Dm C |
Verse 1: (0:47-)
C Bb Dm C/E F
While there is time Let's go out and feel everything
Dm Bb F
If you hold me I will let you into my dream
Bb F/A Gm7 Bb
For time is a river rolling into nowhere
Dm C
We must live while we can
Bb Dm Csus4 C
And we'll drink our cup of laughter
Chorus: (1:20-)
C F C F Bb C
The finer things keep shin-ing through
C Dm Bb F
The way my soul gets lost in you
C Dm Bb F C
The finer things I feel in me
C Dm Bb Csus4 C
The golden dance life could be
[Verse 2] (1:36-)
Oh, I've been sad And have walked bitter streets alone
And come morning There's a good wind to blow me home
So time is a river rolling into nowhere
I will live while I can
I will have my ever after
(Chorus) (2:07-)
Bridge: (2:23-)
|Bb F C | Bb C | Dm |Bb F |
|C Dm Bb| |C Dm Bb| F C|
|C G/C F/C|
C
We go so fast
C G/C F/C C
Why don't we make it last
C G/C F/C Dm7 F C/G C G
Life is glowing inside you and me
G G/D Dm7
Please take my hand
Dm7 G/D Dm7
Here where I stand
F C/G Bb Dm
Won't you come out and dance with me___
C(addD) Dm Bb C
Come see,____ with me,___ wow, come see_____
[Verse 3] (3:20-)
And lovers try 'Til they get the best of the night
And come morning They are tangled up in the light
So time be a river rolling into nowhere
They love while they can
And they think about the night so sweet
(Repeat Chorus three times) (3:52-)
Synth solo: (4:39-)
|C F |C F Bb C| Dm |Bb F |
|C Dm |Bb F C | Dm |Bb Csus4 C|
|C F |C F Bb C| Dm |Bb F |
|C Dm |Bb F C | Dm |Bb Csus4 C|
(Chorus with synth solo) (5:09-)
Coda: (5:24-)
C F C F Bb C Dm Bb F
Dancing, dancing, dancing, oh__
C Dm Bb F C Dm Bb Csus4 C
Dancing, dancing, dancing, life could be
(Fade)