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Gone Too Long

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[Intro] hold on G for 4 bars while lead riff plays over the top (percussive down stroke with rake up)
G
[Verse] (percussive down stroke with rake up holding on the 1)
GNow every time I ask you where you gone
GYou wave bye bye and you blow your horn
GYou been ridin' around in your Cadillac
GIt feels like you're never ever comin' back
[Chorus] (shuffle)
CYou been gone too longC  
GYou been gone so longG  
DYou been gone so long
CIt feels like you're never Ggettin' homeD  
[Verse] (percussive down stroke with rake up holding on the 1)
GI need somebody who treats me right
GKeeps me warm in my bed at night
GI'll do anything, baby, that you ask me to
GJust come right home, honey, when you're through
[Chorus] (shuffle)
CYou been gone so longC  
GYou been gone too longG  
DYou been gone so long
CIt feels like you're never Gcomin' homeD  
[Solo] ( Straight 12 bar) 
 G   G   G   G   C   C   G   G   D   C   G    Cx 2 (24 bars)
[Verse] (percussive down stroke with rake up holding on the 1)
GI drive all night and part of the day
GAll for the love of the blues I play
GBut the only thing that keeps me sane
GIs drivin' down the Bayou in the pourin' rain, y'all
[Chorus] (shuffle)
GI been gone too longG  
GI been gone too longG  
CI been gone too longC  
GBaby, baby, I been Ggone
DI been a gone, forgone
CIt feels sometimes like I'm Gnever gettin' homeD  
[Solo] (Straight 12 bar) 
 G   G-   G   G   C   C   G   G   D   C   G    Cx 2 (24 bars)
[Outro]
GI been gone too longG  
GI been gone too longG  
CI been gone too longC  
GBaby, baby, I been Ggone
DI been a gone, forgone
CIt feels sometimes like I'm Gnever gettin' homeD  

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Gone Too Long

by Tab Benoit

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G-

[Intro] hold on G for 4 bars while lead riff plays over the top (percussive down stroke with rake up)

[Verse] (percussive down stroke with rake up holding on the 1)

Now every time I ask you where you gone

You wave bye bye and you blow your horn

You been ridin' around in your Cadillac

It feels like you're never ever comin' back

[Chorus] (shuffle)

C C

You been gone too long

G G

You been gone so long

C G D

It feels like you're never gettin' home

[Verse] (percussive down stroke with rake up holding on the 1)

I need somebody who treats me right

Keeps me warm in my bed at night

I'll do anything, baby, that you ask me to

Just come right home, honey, when you're through

[Chorus] (shuffle)

C C

You been gone so long

G G

You been gone too long

You been gone so long

C G D

It feels like you're never comin' home

[Solo] ( Straight 12 bar)

G G G G C C G G D C G C

x 2 (24 bars)

[Verse] (percussive down stroke with rake up holding on the 1)

I drive all night and part of the day

All for the love of the blues I play

But the only thing that keeps me sane

Is drivin' down the Bayou in the pourin' rain, y'all

[Chorus] (shuffle)

G G

I been gone too long

G G

I been gone too long

C C

I been gone too long

G G

Baby, baby, I been gone

I been a gone, forgone

C G D

It feels sometimes like I'm never gettin' home

[Solo] (Straight 12 bar)

G G- G G C C G G D C G C

x 2 (24 bars)

[Outro]

G G

I been gone too long

G G

I been gone too long

C C

I been gone too long

G G

Baby, baby, I been gone

I been a gone, forgone

C G D

It feels sometimes like I'm never gettin' home

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