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[Intro]
      Em    D/F#    Gx2
[Verse 1]
I Emhelped pack up D/F#yesterGday
And on the dEmrive over D/F#you gave Gway
And I Emrealized you're D/F#down   Gand out
But EmI have never D/F#been more pGroud
[Chorus]
  AmGo aEmhead and take your Gtime
While DI reAmpay, Emwasting years of Gmine
I Dknow I'm lA7ate, arCriving
COh C/Boh   Emoh,    D/F#oh    Goh
COh C/Boh   Emoh,    D/F#oh    Goh
[Verse 2]
   C  C/BAnd I Emknow about your eD/F#laborate Gplans
And we've Emlost keeping D/F#them iGntact
And I'm Emwell aware the D/F#place   Gyou're in
Well Emyou'll be damned if D/F#I get Gin
[Chorus]
  AmGo aEmhead and take your Gtime
While DI reAmpay, Emwasting years of Gmine
I Dknow I'm lA7ate, arCriving
COh C/Boh   Emoh,    D/F#oh    Goh
COh C/Boh   Emoh,    D/F#oh    Goh
COh C/Boh   Emoh,    D/F#oh    Goh
COh C/Boh   Emoh,    D/F#oh    Coh
[Bridge]
A7Seven years ago November, CI remember Gyou said
LiA7fe was more than what we Cplanned on andG  
I   A7thought that you'd gonCe crazy
[Break]
C  C/B  Em     D  G
C  C/B  Em     D  G
[Chorus]
   C       C/B    AmGo aEmhead and take your Gtime
While DI reAmpay, Emwasting years of Gmine
You kDnow I'm laAmte,    Emtake your Gtime
While DI reAmpay, Emwasting years of Gmine
You Dknow I'm lA7ate, arCriving
[Outro]
COh C/Boh   Emoh,    D/F#oh    Goh
COh C/Boh   Emoh,    D/F#oh    Goh
C  C/B  Em     D/F#  G
C  C/B  Em     D/F#  G

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Late Arriving

by Greg Laswell

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D/F#

C/B

[Intro]

Em D/F# G

[Verse 1]

Em D/F# G

I helped pack up yesterday

Em D/F# G

And on the drive over you gave way

Em D/F# G

And I realized you're down and out

Em D/F# G

But I have never been more proud

[Chorus]

Am Em G

Go ahead and take your time

D Am Em G

While I repay, wasting years of mine

D A7 C

I know I'm late, arriving

C C/B Em D/F# G

Oh oh oh, oh oh

C C/B Em D/F# G

Oh oh oh, oh oh

[Verse 2]

C C/B Em D/F# G

And I know about your elaborate plans

Em D/F# G

And we've lost keeping them intact

Em D/F# G

And I'm well aware the place you're in

Em D/F# G

Well you'll be damned if I get in

[Chorus]

Am Em G

Go ahead and take your time

D Am Em G

While I repay, wasting years of mine

D A7 C

I know I'm late, arriving

C C/B Em D/F# G

Oh oh oh, oh oh

C C/B Em D/F# G

Oh oh oh, oh oh

C C/B Em D/F# G

Oh oh oh, oh oh

C C/B Em D/F# C

Oh oh oh, oh oh

[Bridge]

A7 C G

Seven years ago November, I remember you said

A7 C G

Life was more than what we planned on and

A7 C

I thought that you'd gone crazy

[Break]

C C/B Em D G

[Chorus]

C C/B Am Em G

Go ahead and take your time

D Am Em G

While I repay, wasting years of mine

D Am Em G

You know I'm late, take your time

D Am Em G

While I repay, wasting years of mine

D A7 C

You know I'm late, arriving

[Outro]

C C/B Em D/F# G

Oh oh oh, oh oh

C C/B Em D/F# G

Oh oh oh, oh oh

C C/B Em D/F# G

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