Bb F           Cm     Eb 
1. I wait for the day to break me, 
   Bb F             Cm  Eb 
   I look up to the sky, 
   Bb F               Cm        Eb 
   I look back on the life that graced me, 
       Bb         F  Cm  Eb 
   When you were mine. 
 
   Cm       Eb         Bb       F 
R: The time comes, the time comes, 
   Cm       Eb         Bb       F 
   The time comes, the time comes, 
   Cm       Eb         Bb       F 
   The time comes, the time comes, 
             Cm            Gm     F 
   And then it goes, then it goes away. 
 
2. Don't try to read the silence, 
   Don't try to live it down, 
   'Cause I've learned a thing or two about patience, 
   And I have found... 
 
R: The time comes...
  
Bb-F-Cm-Eb (2x) 
  
3. I wait for the day to break me, 
   I look up to the sky, 
   I look back on the life that graced me, 
   When you were mine. 
 
R: The time comes...