A Long Time Ago

A LONG TIME AGO (Mary Karlzen & Mark Scandariato)
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[The G6 is probably played as plain 
G a lot of the time, but in the
 intro, it's clearly G6 (320030), so
 I'll assume that Mary plays it
 that way through the whole song.]

C  C  D  D  G6  G6  G6  G6
[intro; acoustic guitar]
C  C  D  D  G6  G6  G6  G6
[intro; whole band]

                 C          C   D
You crossed my mind again today, 
       D             G6    G6  G6
I was out to get the mail
  G6

                   C           C   
And I wondered if you think of me  
D            D          G6   G6 
 when you're riding the rails
 G6  G6

                     C         C   
And I wondered if you cared at all,
D    D             G6   G6  G6  G6
 sometimes I don't know
                         C         
And I was hoping you could write to
 C   D       D          G6   G6 
 me,  from a long time ago
 G6  G6


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                C           C     
I had that dream again last night,
D        D             G6  G6  
 we were back in Chicago
G6  G6

                         C       
We were riding 'round and talking 
   C  D           D             
'bout things you said I oughta 
G6  G6  G6  G6
know
                       C           
And you told me how our life would 
C  D        D                 G6
be, and I'm learning that it's 
  G6  G6  G6
so
                          C        
And I was hoping you could call me 
C   D      D         G6   G6 - G6/F#
up   at a long time ago

Em      Em              D   
  And I think about that summer 
     D             C          C  
night when you said you'd always 
   G    G - G/F#
care
Em      Em              D        
  And I think about this lonely 
D             C          C      
life when your words turn cold 
     D
in the air
              D              G6   
  And now the winter's almost here
G6  G6  G6


C  C  D  D  G6  G6  G6  G6
[guitar solo]
C  C  D  D  G6  G6  G6  G6
[guitar solo]

                         C        
And you know that I would write a 
C    D        D             G6  
book, but the story's seldom 
 G6  G6  G6
told
                      C        
Of a fool who'd go and walk the 
 C     D          D           G6 
bridge back to a long time ago
 G6  G6  G6

                    C        C     
So here I'm stuck in Santa Fe in a 
D              D    G6  G6  G6  G6
trailer by the road
                   C       C   D 
With only dreams of yesterday   
      D         G6  G6  G6  G6
and a long time ago
                   C         C   D 
[hold]
I have only dreams of yesterday   
and a long time ago
G  C  D  G.
[ending]