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----

THIS IS THE WHERE THE REAL INTRO STARTS:

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.

        (intro)

        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

        (intro twice)

        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

        (intro twice, second time slower)

          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
"Real Intro" (the one with the hammer-
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.

        For those slides in the intro,
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! :-)