A Long Time Ago Chords by Waylon Jennings
Tempo:
105.475 bpm
Chords used:
A
G
D
B
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
I don't look the way the average cowboy singer looks.
[G] I'll admit I've taken things I never should have took.
[A] You can read a different story in a lot of different [F#] books.
[G] But even then you won't really know [Em] [D] how [A] it was a long [D] time ago.
Women have been my trouble since I found out they weren't men.
[G] In spite of that I stopped and took a wife now and then.
[A] They built their fences high but they couldn't hold me in.
[G] I was born with a fire down below.
[A] And I learned to fly a [D] long time ago.
Yeah.
[G]
[A]
[G]
[A]
[D] Don't ask me about the years I spent out [Am] in the rain.
[G] About the ones I spent in love or the ones I spent insane.
[A] Don't ask me who I gave my seat to on that plane.
[D] [G]
I think you already know.
[A] I told you that a [D] long time ago.
[E]
Me and old Willie Lottie we've been sold and bought.
[A] I guess you all heard about some kind of system that we fought.
[B] We ain't the only outlaws just the only ones they caught.
[A] They tried to run us off but Willie's slow.
[B] I quit running a long [E] time ago.
Yeah.
[A]
[B]
[A]
[B]
[E]
I don't look the way the average cowboy singer looks.
[G] I'll admit I've taken things I never should have took.
[A] You can read a different story in a lot of different [F#] books.
[G] But even then you won't really know [Em] [D] how [A] it was a long [D] time ago.
Women have been my trouble since I found out they weren't men.
[G] In spite of that I stopped and took a wife now and then.
[A] They built their fences high but they couldn't hold me in.
[G] I was born with a fire down below.
[A] And I learned to fly a [D] long time ago.
Yeah.
[G]
[A]
[G]
[A]
[D] Don't ask me about the years I spent out [Am] in the rain.
[G] About the ones I spent in love or the ones I spent insane.
[A] Don't ask me who I gave my seat to on that plane.
[D] [G]
I think you already know.
[A] I told you that a [D] long time ago.
[E]
Me and old Willie Lottie we've been sold and bought.
[A] I guess you all heard about some kind of system that we fought.
[B] We ain't the only outlaws just the only ones they caught.
[A] They tried to run us off but Willie's slow.
[B] I quit running a long [E] time ago.
Yeah.
[A]
[B]
[A]
[B]
[E]
Key:
A
G
D
B
E
A
G
D
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I don't look the way the average cowboy singer looks.
_ [G] I'll admit I've taken things I never should have took.
[A] You can read a different story in a lot of different [F#] books.
[G] But even then you won't really know [Em] [D] how [A] it was a long [D] time ago.
_ _ Women have been my trouble since I found out they weren't men.
[G] In spite of that I stopped and took a wife now and then.
[A] They built their fences high but they couldn't hold me in.
[G] I was born with a fire down below.
_ [A] And I learned to fly a [D] long time ago.
Yeah. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ Don't ask me about the years I spent out [Am] in the rain.
[G] About the ones I spent in love or the ones I spent insane.
[A] Don't ask me who I gave my seat to on that plane.
[D] _ [G]
I think you already know.
_ _ [A] I told you that a [D] long time ago.
_ _ [E] _
Me and old Willie Lottie we've been sold and bought.
[A] I guess you all heard about some kind of system that we fought.
[B] We ain't the only outlaws just the only ones they caught.
[A] They tried to run us off but Willie's slow.
_ [B] I quit running a long [E] time ago.
Yeah. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I don't look the way the average cowboy singer looks.
_ [G] I'll admit I've taken things I never should have took.
[A] You can read a different story in a lot of different [F#] books.
[G] But even then you won't really know [Em] [D] how [A] it was a long [D] time ago.
_ _ Women have been my trouble since I found out they weren't men.
[G] In spite of that I stopped and took a wife now and then.
[A] They built their fences high but they couldn't hold me in.
[G] I was born with a fire down below.
_ [A] And I learned to fly a [D] long time ago.
Yeah. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ Don't ask me about the years I spent out [Am] in the rain.
[G] About the ones I spent in love or the ones I spent insane.
[A] Don't ask me who I gave my seat to on that plane.
[D] _ [G]
I think you already know.
_ _ [A] I told you that a [D] long time ago.
_ _ [E] _
Me and old Willie Lottie we've been sold and bought.
[A] I guess you all heard about some kind of system that we fought.
[B] We ain't the only outlaws just the only ones they caught.
[A] They tried to run us off but Willie's slow.
_ [B] I quit running a long [E] time ago.
Yeah. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _