Tim Christensen - Prime Time Chords & Tabs

 

Prime Time Chords & Tabs

Tim Christensen Chords & Tabs

Version: 2 Type: Tab

Prime Time Tab

   
    _____________________
   / Tim Christensen    /  I think this is one of his more overlooked songs
  / Primetime          /  and a truly beautifully melancholic pearl.
 / Secrets on Parade  /  This is also a magnificent example of his minimalistic
/____________________/  style of guitar-arrangement. Enjoy!

The time signature in the verses is 6/4. I reckon you can count this either as
1-2-3,1-2-3 (slow waltz) or 1-2-3-4,1-2 (extended 4/4). Both ways work for me.


 Intro:
 6/4
    G/A         Am                4x
||--------------------------------||
||o------------------------------o||
||--------------------------------||
||--9---9---9---9h10---10---10----||
||o---0---0---0------0----0----0-o||
||--------------------------------||


 Here in the intro there are two guitar fills:
(The ":" mean when the second guitar (panned in the right side) takes over.)

|---------------------------|----------------:----------|
|---------------------------|----------------:----------|
|---------------------------|----------------:----------|
|---------------------------|----------------:2---------|
|-2-------5-2-3---0---------|-2---------2-0--:----------|
|---------------------------|---------3------:----------|

|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------2---------|-0---4---0---2-------------|
|-3-------0-3-2-------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|



 1. Verse:
    G/A         Am                4x
||--------------------------------||
||o------------------------------o||
||--------------------------------||
||--9---9---9---9h10---10---10----||
||o---0---0---0------0----0----0-o||
||--------------------------------||

    Dm7               Dm6               E                E(#5)
||-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
||o----------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
||-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
||--10----10----10----9----9----9----|--9-----9-----9----10----10----10-----||
||o--8-----8-----8----8----8----8----|-11----11----11----11----11----11----o||
||-----10----10----10---10---10---10-|----12----12----12----12----12----12--||




 2. Verse:

    G/A         Am              4x
||------------------------------||
||o----------------------------o||
||------------------------------||
||--9---9---9---10---10---10----|| (quit the hammer-ons)
||o---0---0---0----0----0----0-o||
||------------------------------||

                                      1.
    Dm7               Dm6               E                E(#5)
||-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
||o----------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
||-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
||--10----10----10----9----9----9----|--9-----9-----9----10----10----10-----||
||o--8-----8-----8----8----8----8----|-11----11----11----11----11----11----o||
||-----10----10----10---10---10---10-|----12----12----12----12----12----12--||

 2.
(Notice that the 6/4 dissolves to a regular 4/4 up to the chorus.)
 4/4
   E                   E(#5)
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|--9-----9-----9--9----10-|-------10----9b10-r9-p7-h9-|
|-11----11----11-11----11-|-------11------------------|
|----12----12-------12----|-12-12----12---------------|




 Chorus:
(The "x" mean to strum those open strings while changing to the next chord.)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/tim_christensen/prime_time_tab_ver_2.html ]
    Am              Am/C        D7(no3)               E
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||--------------------------x---5---|---------5---x-x------------------|
||--7-------7-----------7---x---7---|---------7---x-x-9b10r9--p7--h9---|
||o-0-------0---------------x---5---|-----5---5---x-x------------------|
||-----------------/8-------x-------|-------------x-x------------------|

  F6              F#m7(b5)   Gsus4                   E
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------x--------------------|
|-7-------7-------7-------9--10~--|---------10---x---9b10r9--p7--h9---|
|-8---8---8-----8-9---9---9--10~--|-----10--10---x--------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------x--------------------|

  F6                                Fmaj7        F6(b5)
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------x---|
|-7-------7-------7-------7-------|-10------10---9-----------9---x---|
|-8---8---8-----8-8---8---8---8---|--8---8---8---8---8---8---8---x---|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------x---|

                                   1.
  Dm                         E(#5)                  E
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
|-------------------------x-------|-----------------------------------||
|-7-------7-------7---9---x--10---|----10-----------9b10r9--p7--h9----||
|-5---5---5---5-5-5---5---x---7---|-7---7---7---7--------------------o||
|-------------------------x-------|-0-------0---0---------------------||

 2.
                  E
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------9---9---9---9---|-----9---9---9---9---9----------|
|------------10---x---------------|--------------------------------|
|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|-----7---7---7---7---7----------|
|-----0---0-------0---0---0---0---|-----0---0---0---0---0----------|




 Interlude:
  G/A         Am                 G/A         Am
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-9---9---9---9h10---10---10---|-9---9---9---9h10---2--/10---|
|---0---0---0------0----0----0-|---0---0---0------0---0----0-|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
|--------------------:---------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------:---------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------:---------|--------------------2--------|
|--------------------:2--------|-3-------0-3-2---------------|
|-2---------2-0------:---------|-----------------------------|
|---------3----------:---------|-----------------------------|




 3. Verse: similar to the 2. Verse


 2x Chorus, end and fade out on Am




 LYRICS
**********
Rise and shine
You lazy diamond
Now's the time
The time to move on
And re-define
The sound from the silence
I'll shine a light alone

Here I am
Out of the filter
Time to stand
With nobodies shelter
Yeah I will fine
The sound in the silence
I'll shine a light alone

Blame it on my prime time
Blame it on the star shining on me
But I hope you will believe me
When I say
That I am on my way

I can't tell
Where this one is leading
But all is well
If I keep believing
When faces smile
Then I'm on the safe side
I'll shine a light alone

Blame it on my prime time
Blame it on the star shining on me
But I hope you will believe me
When I say
That I am on my way

Hope you will believe me
When I say
That I am on my way
On my way


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Jon Sebastian Frederiksen - 5th /November /11
Just mail me at Maitinin@gmail.com with questions, comments and corrections!