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A Long Time Ago

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[Verse]
DI don't look the way the average cowboy singer looks 
GI'll admit I've taken things I never should'a took
You can A7read a different story in a lot of different books
But Geven then you won't really know
How it A7was a long time Dago
[Verse] 
WDomen have been my trouble since I found out they weren't men
In Gspite of that I stopped and took a wife now and then 
They A7built their fences high but they couldn't hold me in
I was Gborn with a fire down below
And I A7learned to fly a long time Dago
[Verse] 
DDon't ask me about the years I spent out in the rain
GAbout the ones I spent in love or the ones I spent insane
Don't A7ask me who I gave my seat to on that plane
I Gthink you already know
I A7told you that a long time Dago
[Verse]
EMe and ol' Willie Lordy we've been sold and bought
I Aguess y'all heard about some kind of system that we fought
We B7ain't the only outlaws just the only ones they caught
They Atried to run us off but Willie's slow
I B7quit running a long time Eago

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A Long Time Ago

by Waylon Jennings

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[Verse]

I don't look the way the average cowboy singer looks

I'll admit I've taken things I never should'a took

You can read a different story in a lot of different books

But even then you won't really know

A7 D

How it was a long time ago

[Verse]

Women have been my trouble since I found out they weren't men

In spite of that I stopped and took a wife now and then

They built their fences high but they couldn't hold me in

I was born with a fire down below

A7 D

And I learned to fly a long time ago

[Verse]

Don't ask me about the years I spent out in the rain

About the ones I spent in love or the ones I spent insane

Don't ask me who I gave my seat to on that plane

I think you already know

A7 D

I told you that a long time ago

[Verse]

Me and ol' Willie Lordy we've been sold and bought

I guess y'all heard about some kind of system that we fought

We ain't the only outlaws just the only ones they caught

They tried to run us off but Willie's slow

B7 E

I quit running a long time ago

About A Long Time Ago Chords by Waylon Jennings

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