{"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":1485078,"song":"A Long Time Ago","artist":"Jim Croce","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11270466-a-long-time-ago-chords-by-jim-croce/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1485078?type=chord","rating":4.98047,"votes":98,"content":"[Intro]\r\n\r\n| [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]D/C[/ch] | [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]  | [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G6/B[/ch]  | [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]      |\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSeems like such a long time ago[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was walking down a lonely road[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGetting tired of dreaming alone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLike all the lonely people I had known[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSeems like such a long time ago[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere was no-one who would share my song[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI was just a boy far from home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I became a man when you came along[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWe spent the whole night talking[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou said you'd like to see the sun rise[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut in the gold of morning[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D7[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere was nothing that I had not seen in your eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHmm  Hmm[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was so afraid to touch you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThought you were too young to know[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo I just watched you sleeping[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen you woke and said to me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am7[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"The night is cold it frightens me,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI could sleep so easy next to you\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWasn't very long ago[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou said that you would like to share my road[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen you started singing my song[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou said, \"So many nights are waiting,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLet's not spend a moment wasting time,[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Cause we have very far to go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI will go if you will take me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI have never had a lover[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI am young but I am so alone\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe spent the whole night talking[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut in the gold of morning[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHmmm[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]D7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHmmm,  mmm mmm[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\n| G     D  D/C | Em      D  | C     G6/B  | D C  G      |","chords":["G","D","D/C","Em","C","G6/B","Am","D7","Am7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"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]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}