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BE IN TIME
Phil Keaggy
Tune guitar down one
whole step (DGCFAD)
E-----3----------------------
B-----3----/12---10---8---7---
G-----0------------------7---
D--5-------/12---10---9-------
A----------------------------
E------------------------7---
E--/7---5---3----3-----------
B----------------3----------
G--/7---5---4----0----------
D----------------2----------
A----------------3----------
E---------------------------
E--/7---5---3---3-----------
B--------------3------------
G--/7---5---4---0-----------
D---------------0-----------
A---------------------------
E---------------------------
E-----------0----------
B---------3---3----3---
G------5-----------0---
D--0h2-------------0---
A------------------2---
E------------------3----
E-----------------------
B---/12---10---8----7----
G------------------7----
D---/12---10---9---------
A-----------------------
E------------------7----
E--/7---5---3-------0--------
B----------------3----------
G--/7---5---4----0----------
D----------------2----------
A----------------3----------
E---------------------------
E--/7---5---3---3-----------
B--------------3------------
G--/7---5---4---0-----------
D---------------0-----------
A---------------------------
E---------------------------
last X hold G chord
E-------------0-------------------3--
B--3h5p3p0-----1-------------------3--
G----------2--2----2h4p2p0----0----0--
D-------------0------------2-------0--
A----------------------------------2--
E----------------------------------3--

Em Em/C# C G
Life at best is very brief
D/F# Dm/F Esus E
Like the falling of a leaf
Am7 G/B C Em/C#
Like the binding of a sheaf,
(see "arpeggio" tab at end)
Be in time.....(mmmmm)
C Cm G Esus
Fleeting days are telling fast
C Cm G Esus E
That the die will soon be cast
Am7 G/B C Em/C#
And the fatal line be passed,
(arp.) C Cm6 G
Be in time.......Be in time.

Em Em/C# C G
Fairest flowers soon decay
D/F# Dm/F Esus E
Youth and beauty pass away
Am7 G/B C Em/C#
Oh, you have not long to stay
(arp.)
Be in time.....(mmmm)
C Cm G Esus
While God's spirit bids you come
C Cm G Esus E
Sinner, do not longer roam
Am7 G/B C Em/C#
Lest you lose your way back home
(arp.)
Be in time.......(be in time)
C Cm6 G
Won't you be in time?
C Cm6 G

Em Em/C# C G
Lord, I want to live for You
D/F# Dm/F Esus E
Give all I can for you
Am7 G/B C Em/C#
Help me Jesus to make (the) most
(arp.)
Of my time....(mmmmm)
C Cm G Esus
Fleeting days are telling fast
C Cm G Esus E
That the die will soon be cast
Am7 G/B C Em/C#
And the fatal line be passed
(arp.)
Soon in time....
C Cm6 G
Lord, help me be in time
THAT ARPEGGIO (ARP.) YOU'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT:
E--------0-------------0----
B------0---0---------0---0--
G-----0------------0--------
D---2------------2----------
A--5-----------5------------
E----------------------------
E---------0------------0----
B-------0---0--------0---0--
G-----0------------0--------
D---2------------2----------
A--4-----------4------------
E---------------------------
THE CHORDS.....
EADGBE
Em 022000
Em/C# x4x000
D/F# 2x023x (use I, M, and R)
Dm/F 1x023x (same)
Esus 022200
Am7 x02010
G/B x20033
Cm6 x3x24x (M, I, P)
PERFORMANCE NOTES:
In that fourth "bar" before the
on's), anchor your pinky on the G-string
and your middle finger on the B string
before you start the series of notes...use
the index finger to hammer on.
At each phrase, "Be in Time", let
those arpeggio notes really ring (I use
my pinky and index fingers to hold the
notes)...I know on the record those upper
three notes are an octave higher, but
since Phil was using double-tracking, I
can't find a suitable fingering to fit
those high notes in...sorry.

I use my pinky and ring finger, so that
the other two are free to form the chords
faster...this part is tricky at first, but it
does get easier.
Make sure you tune that
guitar down a full step...it just won't
sound the same without it.
Thus endeth the tabbing.
Any requests, anyone?
With boggled eyes and
tired fingers....
Jacob
PS - Andy, the "mmmm"'s were just for you! :-)