Long Time Comin' (Introduction) (Springsteen on Broadway - Official Audio) Chords
Tempo:
115.55 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I'm gonna add this song to our set tonight.
Alright, this is the final days of Patty's first pregnancy.
I receive a surprise visit from my father at my home in L.A.
Now, he's driven 500 miles unannounced to knock on my door.
That's his style.
So at 11 a.m. we sit, sunlit dining room, and we're nursing morning beers.
That's his style.
It's my father's breakfast at Champion's.
[Bm] When my dad, never a talkative man, right, blurted out,
You've been very good to us.
And I nodded that I had, you know.
And he says, And I wasn't very good to you.
And the room just stood still.
As to my shock, the unacknowledgeable was being acknowledged.
If I didn't know better, I would have sworn an apology of some sort was being made.
And it was.
Here in the last days, before I was to become a father,
my own father was visiting me to warn me of the mistakes that he had made.
And to warn me not to make them with my own children.
To release them from the chain of our sins, my father's and mine and our father's before,
that they may be free to make their own choices and to live their own lives.
We are ghosts, or we are ancestors in our children's lives.
We either lay our mistakes, our burdens upon them, and we haunt them,
or we assist them in laying those old burdens down,
and we free them from the chain of our own flawed behavior.
And as ancestors, we walk alongside of them.
And we assist them in finding their own way and some transcendence.
My father, on that day, was petitioning me for an ancestral role in my life
after being a ghost for a long, long time.
He wanted me to write a new end to our relationship,
and he wanted me to be ready for the new beginning that I was about to experience.
This was the greatest moment in my life with my dad, and it was all that I needed.
[B] [N]
Alright, this is the final days of Patty's first pregnancy.
I receive a surprise visit from my father at my home in L.A.
Now, he's driven 500 miles unannounced to knock on my door.
That's his style.
So at 11 a.m. we sit, sunlit dining room, and we're nursing morning beers.
That's his style.
It's my father's breakfast at Champion's.
[Bm] When my dad, never a talkative man, right, blurted out,
You've been very good to us.
And I nodded that I had, you know.
And he says, And I wasn't very good to you.
And the room just stood still.
As to my shock, the unacknowledgeable was being acknowledged.
If I didn't know better, I would have sworn an apology of some sort was being made.
And it was.
Here in the last days, before I was to become a father,
my own father was visiting me to warn me of the mistakes that he had made.
And to warn me not to make them with my own children.
To release them from the chain of our sins, my father's and mine and our father's before,
that they may be free to make their own choices and to live their own lives.
We are ghosts, or we are ancestors in our children's lives.
We either lay our mistakes, our burdens upon them, and we haunt them,
or we assist them in laying those old burdens down,
and we free them from the chain of our own flawed behavior.
And as ancestors, we walk alongside of them.
And we assist them in finding their own way and some transcendence.
My father, on that day, was petitioning me for an ancestral role in my life
after being a ghost for a long, long time.
He wanted me to write a new end to our relationship,
and he wanted me to be ready for the new beginning that I was about to experience.
This was the greatest moment in my life with my dad, and it was all that I needed.
[B] [N]
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I'm gonna add this song to our set tonight. _
Alright, this is the final days of Patty's first pregnancy.
I receive a surprise visit from _ my father at my home in L.A.
Now, he's driven 500 miles unannounced to knock on my door. _
That's his style.
So at 11 a.m. we sit, sunlit dining room, and we're nursing morning beers. _ _
That's his style.
It's my father's breakfast at Champion's.
_ _ _ [Bm] When my dad, never a talkative man, right, blurted out,
You've been very good to us.
_ And I nodded that I had, you know.
_ _ _ _ And he says, And I wasn't very good to you. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ And the room just _ _ _ _ _ _ _ stood still.
_ _ As to my shock, the unacknowledgeable was being acknowledged.
If I _ didn't know better, I would have sworn an apology _ of some sort was being made.
_ And it was. _
Here in the last days, before I was to become a father,
my own father was visiting me _ to warn me of the mistakes that he had made.
And to warn me not to make them with my own children. _
_ _ To release them from the chain of our sins, my father's and mine and our father's before, _
_ that they may be free to make their own choices and to live their own lives. _ _ _
We are ghosts, or we are ancestors in our children's lives.
_ We either lay our mistakes, our burdens upon them, and we haunt them, _
or we assist them in laying those old burdens down,
and we free them from the chain of our own flawed behavior.
_ _ And as ancestors, we walk alongside of them.
And we assist them in finding their own way and some transcendence. _ _
My father, _ _ _ on that day, was petitioning me for an ancestral role in my life
after being a ghost for a long, long time. _ _
_ He wanted me to write a new end to our relationship,
and he wanted me to be ready for the new beginning _ that I was about to experience.
This was _ _ _ _ _ _ the greatest moment in my life with my dad, _ and it was all that I needed.
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
Alright, this is the final days of Patty's first pregnancy.
I receive a surprise visit from _ my father at my home in L.A.
Now, he's driven 500 miles unannounced to knock on my door. _
That's his style.
So at 11 a.m. we sit, sunlit dining room, and we're nursing morning beers. _ _
That's his style.
It's my father's breakfast at Champion's.
_ _ _ [Bm] When my dad, never a talkative man, right, blurted out,
You've been very good to us.
_ And I nodded that I had, you know.
_ _ _ _ And he says, And I wasn't very good to you. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ And the room just _ _ _ _ _ _ _ stood still.
_ _ As to my shock, the unacknowledgeable was being acknowledged.
If I _ didn't know better, I would have sworn an apology _ of some sort was being made.
_ And it was. _
Here in the last days, before I was to become a father,
my own father was visiting me _ to warn me of the mistakes that he had made.
And to warn me not to make them with my own children. _
_ _ To release them from the chain of our sins, my father's and mine and our father's before, _
_ that they may be free to make their own choices and to live their own lives. _ _ _
We are ghosts, or we are ancestors in our children's lives.
_ We either lay our mistakes, our burdens upon them, and we haunt them, _
or we assist them in laying those old burdens down,
and we free them from the chain of our own flawed behavior.
_ _ And as ancestors, we walk alongside of them.
And we assist them in finding their own way and some transcendence. _ _
My father, _ _ _ on that day, was petitioning me for an ancestral role in my life
after being a ghost for a long, long time. _ _
_ He wanted me to write a new end to our relationship,
and he wanted me to be ready for the new beginning _ that I was about to experience.
This was _ _ _ _ _ _ the greatest moment in my life with my dad, _ and it was all that I needed.
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _