Chords for Long Time Gone

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_ _ My parents raised me tenderly, I [D] was their [F] only one. _ _
My mind got mixed with rambling when I [Cm] was all [F] so young.
_ _ I left my home the first time [Cm] when I was [F] twelve and one.
_ _ And I'm a long time in [Fm] a coming mall, I'll be a long [F] time gone. _
_ _ I remember when I was rambling [Cm] around the [F] carnival trains. _
Different towns, different people, [Cm] somehow they're [F] all the same.
_ _ I remember children's faces best, I [Cm] remember [F] traveling on.
_ _ And I'm a [Fm] long time in a coming [Ab] mall, I'll be a [F] long time gone. _ _
_ _ _ Many times by the highway [Gm] side I tried to flag [F] a ride. _
With bloodshot eyes and gritting teeth [Cm] I watched the cars [F] roll by.
_ I banged my head against the wind and [Gm] shouted at [C] a stone.
_ [F] _ And I'm a long [Fm] time in a coming, and [Ab] I'll be a [F] long time gone. _ _
_ _ You might see me on your crossroads [Gm] when I am passing [F] through. _ _ _
Remember me how you wish to as [Gm] I'm drifting from your [F] view.
_ _ I ain't got time to think about it, I got too much [C] to give down. _
_ [F] Well I'm a [Fm] long time in a coming, and I'll be [Cm] a [F] long time gone. _ _ _ _
_ If I can't help somebody [Cm] with a word [G] [F] or a song.
_ _ If I can't show somebody [Cm] they are [F] traveling wrong.
_ _ But I know I ain't no prophet, [Gm] and I ain't no [F] prophet's son. _ _
I'm just [Fm] a long time in a coming, and [Cm] I'll be a [F] long time gone. _ _ _ _ _
So you can have your beauty, it's [Gm] skin deep and it only [F] _ lasts.
_ And you can have your youth, [Gm] it'll rot before [F] your eyes.
_ _ Just give to me my gravestone [Cm] with it clearly carved [F] upon.
_ _ And I'm a [Fm] long time in a coming, and I'll be a [F] long time gone.
_ _ _ _ My parents raised me tenderly, I [Gm] was their [F] only one.
_ _ My mind got mixed with rambling when [Cm] I was all [F] so young. _ _
I left my home the first time when [Cm] I was [F] twelve and one.
_ _ And I'm [Fm] a long time in a coming, and I'll be a long [F] time gone.
I'm _ _ a long time in [Fm] a coming, and [Ab] I'll be a long [F] time gone.
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