Long Time Gone

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Drop D tuning (D-A-d-g-b-e')
Either there's a capo on the 1st fret, or the guitar is tuned a little high
D
My parents raised me tenderly
C D
I was their only son.
D
My mind got mixed with ramblin'
C D
When I was all so young.
D
An' I left my home the first time
C D
When I was twelve an' one.
D
I'm a long time a-comin', Ma
C D
I'll be a long time gone.
D
On the western side of Texas
C D
On the Texas plains
D
I tried to find a job of work
C D
But they said I's young of age.
D
My eyes they burned when I heard
C D
"Go home where you belong!"
D
I'm a long time a-comin'
C D
I'll be a long time gone.
D
I remember when I's ramblin'
C D
Around with the carnival trains.
D
Different towns, different people
C D
Somehow they're all the same
D
I remember children's faces best
C D
I remember travelin' on.
D
I'm a long time a-comin'
C D
I'll be a long time gone.
D
I once loved a fair young maid
C D
An' I ain't too big to tell
D
If she broke my heart a single time
C D
She broke it ten or twelve.
D
I walked an' talked all by myself
C D
I did not tell no one.
D
I'm a long time a-comin', babe
C D
I'll be a long time gone.
D D D
. . ./c | . . . | G' . . . | . . . . .
D
Many times by the highway side
C D
I tried to flag a ride
D
With bloodshot eyes an' grittin' teeth
C D
I'd watch the cars roll by.
D
The empty air hung in my head
C D
I's thinkin' all day long.
D
I'm a long time a-comin'
C D
An' I'll be a long time gone.
D
You might see me on your crossroads
C D
When I'm passin' thru
D
Remember me how you wished to
C D
As I'm a-driftin' from your view.
D
I ain't got the time to think about it
C D
I got too much to get done.
D
Well, I'm a long time a-comin'
C D
An' I'll be a long time gone.
D
If I can't help somebody
C D
With a word or song
D
If I can't show somebody
C D
They are travelin' wrong.
D
But I know I ain't no prophet
C D
An' I ain't no prophet's son.
D
I'm just a long time a-comin'
C D
An' I'll be a long time gone.
D
So you can have your beauty
C D
It's skin deep an' it only lies
D
An' you can have your youth
C D
It'll rot before your eyes.
D
Just give to me my gravestone
C D
With it clearly carved upon.
D
"I's a long time a-comin'
C D
An' I'll be a long time gone."
D /c D /c G/b D/c G/b
: . . . : . . . : . . . : .
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|-----3---3-3-3---|-3---3-----3-3---|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---|
|-----2---2-2-0---|-2---2-----2-2---|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---|
|-0-------0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---|
|-0-------0---3---|-0---0---0---0---|-3---3---2---2---|-3---2---|
|-0-------0-------|-0---0---0---0---|-----------------|---------|
D D
/c
: . . . : . . .
|-----2---2-2-0---|-2-------2-------||
|-----3---3-3-3---|-3-------3-------||
|-----2---2-2-0---|-2-------2-------||
|-0-------0---0---|-0-------0-------||
|-0-------0---3---|-0-------0-------||
|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------||

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Free chords for Long Time Gone by Bob Dylan. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Drop D tuning (D-A-d-g-b-e') 
Either there's a capo on the 1st fret, or the guitar is tuned a little high
D . . ./c | D . . . | G' . . . | D . . . . .

Long Time Gone Chords by Bob Dylan

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