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{title: Time after time} {artist: Cyndi Lauper} {sortartist: Lauper, Cyndi} {time: 4/4} {tempo: 131} {key: C} {duration: 4:00} {composer: Cyndi Lauper} {composer: Rob Hyman} {lyricist: Cyndi Lauper} {lyricist: Rob Hyman} {meta: author VonnBlue10, 2025-11-16} {meta: author FWieP, 2026-08-25} {meta: url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KdBCFclSC0} {comment: %{time}, %{tempo} BPM} {comment: Key: %{key}} {start_of_part: Intro} [F] [G] [Em] [F] [F] [G] [Em] [F] {end_of_part} {start_of_abc} X:1 M:4/4 L:1/8 K:C octave=-1 Q:1/4=131 %%%scale 1.5 "Dm/C"d2 cc- "C"c2 e2 | "Dm/C"d2 cc- "C"c2 c2 | "Dm/C"d2- dc- "C"c2 c2 | "Dm/C"d2 ee- "C"e2 z2 | {end_of_abc} {start_of_verse: Verse 1} [Dm/C]Lying [C]in my [Dm/C]bed, I [C]hear the [Dm/C]clock [C]tick and [Dm/C]think of [C]you. [Dm/C]Caught [C]up in [Dm/C]circ-[C]les, con[Dm/C]fu-[C]sion is [Dm/C]nothing [C]new. [F]Flash [G]back, [Em]warm [F]nights, almost [G]left be[Em]hind. [F]Suit[G]case of [Em]memor[F]ies, time [G]after {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 2} [Dm/C]Some [C]times you [Dm/C]picture [C]me, I'm [Dm/C]walk-[C]ing too [Dm/C]far a[C]head. [Dm/C]You're [C]calling [Dm/C]to [C]me, I [Dm/C]can't [C]hear what [Dm/C]you've [C]said. Then [F]you [G]say, [Em]go [F]slow, I [G]fall be[Em]hind. [F] The [G]second [Em]hand un[F]winds. {end_of_verse} {start_of_abc} X:1 M:4/4 L:1/8 K:C Q:1/4=131 %%%scale 1.5 D GG- | "G"GD GG- GD GG- | "Am7"GA- AE- E2 z2 | "Fadd9"z2 E2 "G"E2 DE- | "C"E2 z2 z4 | {end_of_abc} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 1} If you're [G]lost, you can look and you [Am7]will find me [Fadd9] Time [G]after [C]time. If you [G]fall I will catch you, I'll [Am7]be waiting [Fadd9] Time [G]after [C]time. If you're [G]lost, you can look and you [Am7]will find me [Fadd9] Time [G]after [C]time. If you [G]fall I will catch you, I'll [Am7]be waiting [Fadd9] Time [G]after [C]time. {end_of_chorus} {start_of_part: Solo} [F] [G] [Em] [F] [F] [G] [Em] [F] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 3} [Dm/C]Af-[C]ter my [Dm/C]picture [C]fades and [Dm/C]dark-[C]ness has [Dm/C]turned to [C]grey, [Dm/C]Watch-[C]ing through [Dm/C]win-[C]dows, you're [Dm/C]wonder[C]ing if [Dm/C]I'm o-[C]kay. [F]Se-[G]crets [Em]sto-[F]len from [G]deep in[Em]side, [F] The [G]drum beats [Em]out of [F]time. {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 2} If you're [G]lost, you can look and you [Am7]will find me [Fadd9] Time [G]after [C]time. If you [G]fall I will catch you, I'll [Am7]be waiting [Fadd9] Time [G]after [C]time. {end_of_chorus} {start_of_part: Instrumental} [G] [Am7] [Fadd9] [G] [C] [G] [Am7] [Fadd9] [G] [C] {end_of_part} {start_of_bridge: Bridge} [F]You [G]say, [Em]go [F]slow, I [G]fall be[Em]hind. [F] The [G]second [Em]hand un[F]winds. {end_of_bridge} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 3} If you're [G]lost, you can look and you [Am7]will find me [Fadd9] Time [G]after [C]time. If you [G]fall I will catch you, I'll [Am7]be waiting [Fadd9] Time [G]after [C]time. If you're [G]lost, you can look and you [Am7]will find me [Fadd9] Time [G]after [C]time. If you [G]fall I will catch you, I'll [Am7]be waiting [Fadd9] Time [G]after [C]time. {end_of_chorus} {start_of_part: Outro, fade} [Fadd9] Time [G]after [C]time. [Fadd9] Time [G]after [C]time. [Fadd9] Time [G]after [C]time. [Fadd9] Time [G]after [C]time. {end_of_part}