{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1063557,"song":"Long Long Before Your Time","artist":"Johnny McEvoy","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11235554-long-long-before-your-time-chords-by-johnny-mcevoy/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1063557?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":33,"content":"     and repetition of the chords mean you need to phrase it well\r\n     to stop it sounding boring. A great tune to start picking on.\r\n\r\n\r\n                            ** CAPO 3rd FRET **\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n    You ask me why I look so sad,  On this bright summer's day[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n    And why the tears are in my eyes,  And I seem so far away[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n    Well sit yourself beside me love,  And put your hand in mine[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n    And I'll tell you of someone I loved,  Long long before your time[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n    Well I'm sitting here and thinking of, Those days, So long ago[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n    When I was just a child like you,  And the girl I used to know[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n    Through fields of green,We laughed and played,And sang our merry rhymes[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n    Oh summer days were warmer then,  Long long before your time[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\n    Through childhood years, Our love did bloom, [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n    'Till our hearts were just as one[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n    And we promised each eternal love, In the church below the town[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n    We settled in this little house,  I was proud to call her mine[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n    Oh we were young and happy then,  Long long before your time[/tab]\r\n\r\n   INSTRUMENTAL:    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n    One lovely year was all we had, Until the sickness came[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n    And stole the roses from her cheeks,  My tears they fell like rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n    For nine long months,  She carried you,  But in the end she died[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n    She chose to go,  So you might live,  Long long before your time[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n    So you ask me why I look so sad,  On this bright summers day[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n    And why the tears are in my eyes,  And I seem so far away[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n    It's just you seem a lot like her,  When your eyes look into mine[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n    And you smile, So much like she did,  Long long before your time[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n    And you smile, So much like she did,  Long long before your time[/tab]","plain_text":"and repetition of the chords mean you need to phrase it well\n     to stop it sounding boring. A great tune to start picking on.\n\n\n                            ** CAPO 3rd FRET **\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n   INSTRUMENTAL:    G        G        C        D        G       G","chords":["A","G","C","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}