Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

repeat as necessary]

There's no time to kill between the cradle and the grave

 Father Time still takes a toll on every minute that you save

 Legal tender's never gonna change the number on your days

 The highest cost of livin's dyin', that's one everybody pays

 So have it spent before you get the bill, there's no time to kill

[turnaround]

If we'd known ten years ago today would be ten years from now

Would we spend tomorrow's yesterdays and make it last somehow

Or lead the cheers in someone else's game and never learn to play

And see the rules of thumb are all the same that measure every day

 The grass is green on both sides of the hill, there's no time to kill

 No time to kill, even I've said it, probably always will

 But I can look ahead and see that time ain't standin' still

 No time to kill but time to change the kind of hurry I've been in

Quit this work and worry lookin' back at where I've been

 If you don't look ahead nobody will, there's no time to kill

[turnaround]

If we had an hourglass to watch each one go by

Or a bell to mark each one to pass, we'd see just how they fly

Would we escalate the value to be worth its weight in gold

Or would we never know the fortunes that we had till we grow old

And do we just keep killin' time until there's no time to kill

No time to kill, even I've said it, probably always will

But I can look ahead and see that time ain't standin' still

No time to kill but time to change the kind of hurry I've been in

Quit this work and worry lookin' back at where I've been

If you don't look ahead nobody will, there's no time to kill

No time to kill, even I've said it, probably always will

But I can look ahead and see that time ain't standin' still

No time to kill but time to change the kind of hurry I've been in

Quit this work and worry lookin' back at where I've been

If you don't look ahead nobody will, there's no time to kill

 No time to kill [repeat several times]

Guitar solo

Guitar solo

Guitar solo