Time to Move On
Ernie Sheldon, 1964· Songs Well-Known in America · p.334
F Am Dm
Well you know that it’s time to move on babe,
B♭ Am
Winter is fast coming on babe.
B♭ Am B♭ Dm
It’s been snowing all night, the black hills are white
C F
You know babe, it’s time to move on.
All the dry days that turned into years babe.
We watered them with our tears babe.
Got no fruit from the trees, no honey from the bees,
You know babe, it’s time to move on.
F Am Dm
The land is so empty and bare babe,
B♭ C F
Can’t see nothing green anywhere babe.
B♭ Am B♭ Dm
Just some flowers I saved, to lay on your grave.
B♭ C F
You know babe, it’s time to move on.
Only one thing, one thing I can give babe.
Keep the promise I made you to live babe.
So I’m going away, I’ll die if I stay
It’s time babe, time to move on.
You know that it’s time to move on babe
Winter is fast coming on babe
It’s been snowing all night, the black hills are white
You know babe; it’s time to move on.
* Recorded by Glenn Yarbrough. Ernie Sheldon was Glenn’s replacement in the folk trio The Limeliters.