Long Long Time Ago

A5

[Verse]
    Am
He lived down by the farmhouse
           G
where the stray cats sleep at night,
        F
just a deck of cards,

two fold out chairs,
       E
and the ghost of his wife
        Am
and the devil lived in his doorway,
      G
kept out the love and hope.
            F                      
He lived a long, long, long time,
 E


a long time ago.
    Am
He lost one yellow sunday,
         G
when he reached into his throat
     F
and pulled out all the people
            E
that he had bit

and tried to choke
      Am
but together they overwhelmed him,
        G
and he couldn't help but explode.
           F                       E
He lost a long, long, long time,

a long time ago.

[Chorus]

Dm                                
Asked a man in town and he said 
   Am
he's lonely
            Gm                     
Said he was strange, and he was all
  Dm
 alone
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            Em
No place to go
              Dm
He went up in smoke
                   E
do do doooo doooo doooo doooo


A5

[Verse]
     Am
Well he left in a hurry
           G
when the cops kicked in his door.
           F
He jumped out the second story,
                 E
limped down the road

and hijacked a car.
              Am
He stuck his head out the broken 
window,
         G
and he howled like the devil's own.
           F                       
He left a long, long, long time,
 E


a long time ago.

[Chorus]

Dm                                
Asked a man in town and he said 
   Am
he's lonely
            Gm                     
Said he was strange, and he was all
  Dm
 alone
            Em
No place to go
              Dm
He went up in smoke
                   E
do do doooo doooo doooo doooo

[Verse]
    Am
He flew right past the border,
                G
he ditched the car and dyed his 
hair.
    F
he took out his deck of cards
                   E
for a couple last rounds

of solitaire,
        Am
and he slept just like a baby,
            G
though the night was hard and cold.
           F                       
He flew a long, long, long time,
 E


a long time ago.
          Am
When he passed through the devil's 
doorway,
         G
well he knew just where he was.
          F
He threw back his head and howled
          E
as he resigned himself to dust
          Am
and they found him in the rio 
fuerte,
     G
His body was still afloat.
             F                     
He passed a long, long, long time,
  E


a long time ago.

A5


[Chords]
A5 - A Power Chord = x-0-2-2-x-x
Am - A Minor = x-0-2-2-1-0
G - G Major  = 3-2-0-0-0-1
F - F Major  = 1-3-3-2-1-1
E - E Major  = 0-2-2-1-0-0
Dm - D Minor = x-x-0-2-3-1