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Long Way To Go

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Capo 2
Intro: 
G A D
A G D
 G   A   Dx2 
D
Verse 1:
Well I dGrove down tAo the oceaDn
Left my hAeartache wGay behinDd
But the rGain won't leavAe and the paiDn won't ease
And the sGun don't wanna Ashine
Verse 2:
So I ordGered me uAp a killeDr
Found a vAiew out acGross the seDa
I sat doGwn in the sanAd
A drinDk in my hand
And in the glaGss looking back at Ame
Chorus:
I got a bGug in my mAargaritaD  
Seems baAd luck won't Gleave me alonDe
I got a Gwoman I'm tryAin' to drinDk away
And I got a lonGg, long way to Dgo
Yeah, I got Ga long, long wAay to gDo
Verse 3:
Well I mGet an old bAoy from GeorgiaD  
Yeah, his wAoman done knocGked him downD  
I asGked him how's he doiAng
He staDred at me confused
And said, "HGey, ain't you looked aroundA?"
Verse 4:
He said the raGin won't leavAe
And the paDin won't ease
And the sAun don't wanna shDine
And there's sometGhing in the botAtom of this drDink I just goGt
And it donA't look like a worm to mDe
Chorus:
I got a bGug in my mAargaritaD  
Seems baAd luck won't Gleave me alonDe
I got a Gwoman I'm tryAin' to drinDk away
And I got a lonGg, long way to Dgo
Yeah, I got Ga long, long wAay to gDo
 G   A   D   A   G   Dx2
Bridge: 
ASo we put our drinks together
And tGoasted rainy weather
And the wAomen that had done us wrDong
Then we thrAew back margaritas
The bGug just made it sweeter
And we boAth sang a happy songD  
I got a bGug in my mAargaritaD  
Seems baAd luck won't Gleave me alonDe
I got a Gwoman I'm tryAin' to drinDk away
And I got a lonGg, long way to Dgo
Yeah, I gGot a bug iAn my marDgarita
Seems baAd luck won't Gleave me alonDe
I got a Gwoman I'm tryAin' to drinDk away
And I got a lonGg, long way to Dgo
Yeah, I gGot a bug iAn my marDgarita
Seems baAd luck won't Gleave me alonDe
I got a Gwoman I'm tryAin' to drinDk away
And I got a lonGg, long way to Dgo
Yeah, I got Ga long, long wAay to gDo
Outro is the same as the intro

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Long Way To Go

by Alan Jackson

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Capo 2

Intro:

G A D

A G D

G A D

Verse 1:

G A D

Well I drove down to the ocean

A G D

Left my heartache way behind

G A D

But the rain won't leave and the pain won't ease

G A

And the sun don't wanna shine

Verse 2:

G A D

So I ordered me up a killer

A G D

Found a view out across the sea

G A

I sat down in the sand

A drink in my hand

G A

And in the glass looking back at me

Chorus:

G A D

I got a bug in my margarita

A G D

Seems bad luck won't leave me alone

G A D

I got a woman I'm tryin' to drink away

G D

And I got a long, long way to go

G A D

Yeah, I got a long, long way to go

Verse 3:

G A D

Well I met an old boy from Georgia

A G D

Yeah, his woman done knocked him down

G A

I asked him how's he doing

He stared at me confused

G A

And said, "Hey, ain't you looked around?"

Verse 4:

G A

He said the rain won't leave

And the pain won't ease

A D

And the sun don't wanna shine

G A D G

And there's something in the bottom of this drink I just got

A D

And it don't look like a worm to me

Chorus:

G A D

I got a bug in my margarita

A G D

Seems bad luck won't leave me alone

G A D

I got a woman I'm tryin' to drink away

G D

And I got a long, long way to go

G A D

Yeah, I got a long, long way to go

G A D A G D

Bridge:

So we put our drinks together

And toasted rainy weather

A D

And the women that had done us wrong

Then we threw back margaritas

The bug just made it sweeter

A D

And we both sang a happy song

G A D

I got a bug in my margarita

A G D

Seems bad luck won't leave me alone

G A D

I got a woman I'm tryin' to drink away

G D

And I got a long, long way to go

G A D

Yeah, I got a bug in my margarita

A G D

Seems bad luck won't leave me alone

G A D

I got a woman I'm tryin' to drink away

G D

And I got a long, long way to go

G A D

Yeah, I got a bug in my margarita

A G D

Seems bad luck won't leave me alone

G A D

I got a woman I'm tryin' to drink away

G D

And I got a long, long way to go

G A D

Yeah, I got a long, long way to go

Outro is the same as the intro

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