Chords for Long Time No Sea

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_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ As the plane broke through the clouds [C] and circled the island, _ _ [G] _
_ I couldn't [C] believe it was real.
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I felt the [C] breeze against my skin and thought, [G]
now that's the way that air's [C] supposed to feel.
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Walked along the water, [C] it felt familiar, _ [G] like returning to a place I've [C] never seen.
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Stories I had read [C] that left an image in my mind, [G]
more vivid than the places [C] that I've been.
_ [Am] And I'm homesick for a place I [G] barely know, _ [Am] yet all I want to do is pack my things [D] and go.
[C] It's far [Cm] away from here, [Bm] and it's where [E] I long to be.
[Am] It's been a long, long, long, [D] long, long time no see.
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_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] I could spend all day just sitting [C] and watching the ocean, [G] without worrying about what some
call [C] wasting time.
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The world could go on spinning [C] round without me, [G] so stop a while if it feels [C] so inclined.
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God put this woman a [C] sailor and a man from Illinois, [G] or is this lost and restless feeling
[C] in my mind?
_ [G] Was it one too many movies [C] or a few too many songs to [G] leave me aching for a different [C] place and time?
_ [Am] And I'm homesick for a place [G] I barely know, _ [Am] yet all I want to do is pack my things [D] and go.
[C] It's far [Cm] away from here, [Bm] and it's where [E] I long to be.
[Am] It's been a long, long, long, [D] long, long time no see.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] Now chores and obligations [C] ended my journey, _ [G] and I had to leave my paradise [C] behind.
_ [G] But at night when things are peaceful, [C] calm, and quiet, _ _ [G]
those images start running [C] through my mind.
I [G]
close my eyes and see the [C] surf come rushing, _ [G] and the seabirds gliding softly [C] on the air.
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It all comes into focus [C] as the room begins to spin.
[G] I fall asleep and suddenly [C] I'm there.
_ [Am] Cause I'm homesick for a place I [G] barely know, _ [Am] yet all I want to do is pack my things [D] and go.
It's [Cm] far away from here, [Bm] and it's where I [E] long to be.
[Am] It's been a long, long, long, [D] long.
_ _ [Bm] It's been a long, long, long, [E] lonely time.
[Am] It's been a long, long, long, [D] long, long time no see.
_ [C] _ _ Long [D] time no see, [C] yeah.
_ Long [G] time no see.
[C] _ _ Long [G] time no _ _ [C] see.
Where have you [G]
been?
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Long, long, long, [C] long, long _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ time [G] no see.
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