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One of my favourite Cave tracks even though it’s a cover. Had to listen to the original 
Rose version to pick it out and I think this is near as damn it correct.
I’d scoured everywhere for this to no avail so hope you enjoy as much as I do. Just 
with the A G D pretty much all the way with only a few variations.
 Cheers, Rolo       11.10.10
One of my favourite Cave tracks even though it’s a cover. Had to listen to the original 
Rose version to pick it out and I think this is near as damn it correct.
I’d scoured everywhere for this to no avail so hope you enjoy as much as I do. Just 
with the A G D pretty much all the way with only a few variations.
 Cheers, Rolo       11.10.10
NICK CAVE – LONG TIME MAN
									Verse
Yeah, they came to take me away				 A   G   A  G  
Said I'd be sitting here for the rest of my life			 G   D   A  Asus4  
But I don't really care - I shot my wife				 G   D   A  Asus4  
And brother, I can't even remember the reason why	 G   D   A  A  
                                                                                   Chorus
Oh, it makes a long time man feel bad				 G   D  A  
Yeah, it makes a long time man feel bad			 G   D  A  
Well I ain't had no love since I don't know when		 A   G   A  G  
It sure makes a long time man feel bad			 A   G   D   A  Asus4  
We was down in Jacksonville					Verse
A cold winter night
My baby and I, we began to fight
I heated up, and I grabbed my gun
I get so cold on those nights down south
She was laying in a pool right there on the kitchen floor	Verse
She looked up at me and began to smile
Her gasping words: "Baby, I love you"
Then she closed those baby blue eyes
(chorus, and variations)
Sometimes I hear you call my name in the dead of the night
I ain't had those arms around me
I ain't had those lips, those lips, around me
It sure makes a long time man feel bad
So bad

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Long Time Man

by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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Asus4

One of my favourite Cave tracks even though it’s a cover. Had to listen to the original

Rose version to pick it out and I think this is near as damn it correct.

I’d scoured everywhere for this to no avail so hope you enjoy as much as I do. Just

with the A G D pretty much all the way with only a few variations.

Cheers, Rolo 11.10.10

One of my favourite Cave tracks even though it’s a cover. Had to listen to the original

Rose version to pick it out and I think this is near as damn it correct.

I’d scoured everywhere for this to no avail so hope you enjoy as much as I do. Just

with the A G D pretty much all the way with only a few variations.

Cheers, Rolo 11.10.10

NICK CAVE – LONG TIME MAN

Verse

A G A G

Yeah, they came to take me away

G D A Asus4

Said I'd be sitting here for the rest of my life

G D A Asus4

But I don't really care - I shot my wife

G D A A

And brother, I can't even remember the reason why

Chorus

G D A

Oh, it makes a long time man feel bad

G D A

Yeah, it makes a long time man feel bad

A G A G

Well I ain't had no love since I don't know when

A G D A Asus4

It sure makes a long time man feel bad

We was down in Jacksonville Verse

A cold winter night

My baby and I, we began to fight

I heated up, and I grabbed my gun

I get so cold on those nights down south

She was laying in a pool right there on the kitchen floor Verse

She looked up at me and began to smile

Her gasping words: "Baby, I love you"

Then she closed those baby blue eyes

(chorus, and variations)

Sometimes I hear you call my name in the dead of the night

I ain't had those arms around me

I ain't had those lips, those lips, around me

It sure makes a long time man feel bad

So bad

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