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Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness

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[Intro]
    G      C      D      Gx2
[Verse 1]
  GYou come home late and you come home eaCrly
  DYou come on big when you're feeling smGall
  GYou come home straight and you come home cuCrly
  DSometimes you don't come home at aGll
[Chorus]
  GSo what in the world's come Cover you
  DAnd what in heaven's name have you dGone
   G7You've broken the speed of the sound of lConeliness
  DYou're out there running just to be on the Grun
[Verse 2]
   G7Well, I got a heart that burns with a fCever
  DAnd I got a worried and a jealous mGind
  GWell, how can a love that'll last forCever
  DGet left so far beGhind
[Chorus]
   G7What in the world's come Cover you
  DAnd what in heaven's name have you dGone
   G7You've broken the speed of the sound of lConeliness
  DYou're out there running just to be on the Grun
[Instrumental]
G    C    D    G
G7   C    D    G
[Verse 3]
   G7It's a mighty mean and a dreadful sorCrow
  DIt's crossed the evil line todGay
  GWell, how can you ask about toCmorrow
  DWhen we ain't got one word to sGay
[Chorus]
  GSo what in the world's come Cover you
  DAnd what in heaven's name have you dGone
   G7You've broken the speed of the sound of lConeliness
  DYou're out there running just to be on the Grun
  DYou're out there running just to be on the Grun
  DYou're out there running just to be on the GrunC/G  G  

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Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness

by John Prine

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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C/G

[Intro]

G C D G

[Verse 1]

G C

You come home late and you come home early

D G

You come on big when you're feeling small

G C

You come home straight and you come home curly

D G

Sometimes you don't come home at all

[Chorus]

G C

So what in the world's come over you

D G

And what in heaven's name have you done

G7 C

You've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness

D G

You're out there running just to be on the run

[Verse 2]

G7 C

Well, I got a heart that burns with a fever

D G

And I got a worried and a jealous mind

G C

Well, how can a love that'll last forever

D G

Get left so far behind

[Chorus]

G7 C

What in the world's come over you

D G

And what in heaven's name have you done

G7 C

You've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness

D G

You're out there running just to be on the run

[Instrumental]

G C D G

G7 C D G

[Verse 3]

G7 C

It's a mighty mean and a dreadful sorrow

D G

It's crossed the evil line today

G C

Well, how can you ask about tomorrow

D G

When we ain't got one word to say

[Chorus]

G C

So what in the world's come over you

D G

And what in heaven's name have you done

G7 C

You've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness

D G

You're out there running just to be on the run

D G

You're out there running just to be on the run

D G C/G G

You're out there running just to be on the run

About Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness Chords by John Prine

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The chords for "Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness" show the original chord names (including G, C, D, G7, C/G). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.