A Love Song For Bobby Long

[Chords]
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 [Intro] (x2):

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Am        C                G    Am
Brewton Alabama at The Colonial Inn,
Am              C            
hot day, old orange juice, some 
    G                 Am
vodka on a night stand,
          Am      C           G  
there's a Chevy Nova with the 
                  Am
seat burned out the back,
       Am      C                   
from a Winston cigarette, that was 
G                 Am
stumped into the wind

Am        C                G    
old Bobby Long was like Zorba 
     Am
the Greek,
Am         C       G       
Side-tracked by the scent of a 
     Am
woman,
Am                 C      
Could've been an actor on a 
 G          Am
moviescreen
Am        C              G      
Stayed in Alabama just a dreamer
     Am
 of dreams

G
He played football against W.S.E.O.
                                    
   Am (Fill)
should've seen him running down the 
field
G
I grow old, I grow old where the 
bottoms of my
               Am (Fill)
trousers rolled
            G               Am
it's a love song, for Bobby Long
       G                 Am
A love song, for Bobby Long

INTRO (2x)

   Am             C         
he was a handsome man, he had 
   G             Am
Cherokee cheeckbones
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  Am          C      G            
a fair haired boy, where did he go
 Am
 wrong,
           Am       C            
he chose a roadless travel, made 
G               Am
all the difference,
         Am            C          
now he’s chastisezed, critisiezed 
   G             Am
he don't make no sense

G                                   
                             Am 
(Fill)
Brewton called him crazy, he said 
Bobby Long was nothing but a drunk,
G                                   
                                Am 
(Fill)
but all the thoughts in his head was
 way passed anything they duwmb funk
            G                   Am
it's a love song, for Bobby Long
            G              Am
a love song, for Bobby Long

    Bm           Am           G  
but don't get me wrong, Bobby 
         D
Long was no good,
    Bm        Am    G            
he'd drag you down, if he thought
    D
 he could
        Am
well he would drag you down,
    Em
the road I ride will be the day for 
me
G
won't come along
    Em
the road I ride is gonna set me free
G
he’s gonna take me home

  [Solo]

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         Am             C         
he was a friend of my papa's he 
       G               Am
used to drink and tell lies
        Am        C               
praised Flannery O'Connors, smoked
      G                   Am
 cigarettes and filosophied
Am          C            G       Am
  so here I am at The Colonial Inn
Am               C          G   
me and Captain Long and my 
        Am
pretty girl-friend
   Am                 C           
he charmes her with a poem, then 
     G              Am
he brakes down and cries
Am              C            
smile a crooked smile, with his 
    G                  Am
broken cheeck-bone side
Am              C     G         Am
tells about his life, now he's 63,
   Am              C           
he looks me in the eyes, he says 
   G               Am
come and go with me

G
he could walk on water, walk on 
water
                                    
   Am (Fill)
but you know you drown themselves 
and wine
G
god and a devil, god and a devil,
                                  Am
 (Fill)
god and a devil along inside his 
mind
             G               Am
it's a love song, for Bobby Long
         G               Am
a love song, for Bobby Long

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