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A LONG TIME AGO (Mary Karlzen & Mark Scandariato)
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[The G6 is probably played as plain G a lot of the time, but in the
 intro, it's clearly G6 (320030), so I'll assume that Mary plays it
C[inCtroD; aDcouG6stic G6guiG6tar]G6  
C[inCtroD; wDholG6e baG6nd]G6  G6  
You crossed my miCnd again toCday, DI was oDut to get the G6mailG6  G6  G6  
And I wondered if yCou think of Cme   Dwhen you're Driding the G6railsG6  G6  G6  
And I wondered if you Ccared at Call, DsomeDtimes I don't G6knowG6  G6  G6  
And I was hoping you coulCd write to Cme,  Dfrom a Dlong time aG6goG6  G6  G6  
I had that dream Cagain last Cnight, Dwe were Dback in ChicagG6oG6  G6  G6  
We were riding 'round and Ctalking 'bCout Dthings you Dsaid I oughta G6knowG6  G6  G6  
And you told me how our Clife would Cbe, Dand I'm Dlearning that it's G6soG6  G6  G6  
                                  C     C        D           D     G6   G6- G6/F#  
And I was hoping you could call me up   at a long time ago
      Em                Em          D               D            C       C      G   G- G/F#
  And I think about that summer night when you said you'd always care
  EmAnd I Emthink about this Dlonely lDife when your Cwords turn Ccold in the Dair
  And now the Dwinter's almost G6hereG6  G6  G6  
C[guCitaDr sDoloG6]G6  G6  G6  
C[guCitaDr sDoloG6]G6  G6  G6  
And you know that I would Cwrite a Cbook, Dbut the Dstory's seldom G6toldG6  G6  G6  
Of a fool who'd go and Cwalk the Cbridge Dback to a Dlong time agG6oG6  G6  G6  
So here I'm stuck in CSanta Fe Cin a Dtrailer by the DroadG6  G6  G6  G6  
With only dreams of CyesterdCay   Dand a lDong time aG6goG6  G6  G6  
                            C     C   D[hold]
I have only dreams of yesterday   and a long time ago
  G    C    D  G.
ending

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A Long Time Ago

by Mary Karlzen

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##

A LONG TIME AGO (Mary Karlzen & Mark Scandariato)

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[The G6 is probably played as plain G a lot of the time, but in the

intro, it's clearly G6 (320030), so I'll assume that Mary plays it

C C D D G6 G6 G6 G6

[intro; acoustic guitar]

C C D D G6 G6 G6 G6

[intro; whole band]

C C D D G6 G6 G6 G6

You crossed my mind again today, I was out to get the mail

C C D D G6 G6 G6 G6

And I wondered if you think of me when you're riding the rails

C C D D G6 G6 G6 G6

And I wondered if you cared at all, sometimes I don't know

C C D D G6 G6 G6 G6

And I was hoping you could write to me, from a long time ago

C C D D G6 G6 G6 G6

I had that dream again last night, we were back in Chicago

C C D D G6 G6 G6 G6

We were riding 'round and talking 'bout things you said I oughta know

C C D D G6 G6 G6 G6

And you told me how our life would be, and I'm learning that it's so

C C D D G6 G6 G6 F#

- /

And I was hoping you could call me up at a long time ago

Em Em D D C C G G G

- /F#

And I think about that summer night when you said you'd always care

Em Em D D C C D

And I think about this lonely life when your words turn cold in the air

D G6 G6 G6 G6

And now the winter's almost here

C C D D G6 G6 G6 G6

[guitar solo]

C C D D G6 G6 G6 G6

[guitar solo]

C C D D G6 G6 G6 G6

And you know that I would write a book, but the story's seldom told

C C D D G6 G6 G6 G6

Of a fool who'd go and walk the bridge back to a long time ago

C C D D G6 G6 G6 G6

So here I'm stuck in Santa Fe in a trailer by the road

C C D D G6 G6 G6 G6

With only dreams of yesterday and a long time ago

C C D

[hold]

I have only dreams of yesterday and a long time ago

G C D G

ending

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