Chords for Nanci Griffith - So Long Ago (rare version) - 1993 live

[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _
[C] _ [Em] _ [Am] _ [C] _ [F] _ _ [C] My daddy sent me back [Am] to Pas [F]-Pont Rouge in 1969
[C] He said [G] our love was [Am] like a [C] forest [F] fire in Indian River
He [Am] _ [C]
[G] rode with [Am] us to [C] Temple, [F] Texas where I did catch the train
And [C] I [G] remember [Am] waving back the truth [F] through a silted window pane
And I [C] said, [Em] [Am] farewell [G] true love [F] of mine
And I [C] said, [Em] [Am] farewell [C] sweet lips [F] of wine
He [C] said, [Em] [Am] farewell [C] my [F] Texas road
_ [C] We [Em] kissed [Am] and then [C] we sang as [F] the chains began to [C] roll
So long ago, _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ [Am] _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ [C] you'd [G] gone off to [Am] fight [G] the war [F] when I was young
And [C] I [G] traded in [Am] my [C] innocence
[F] And _ [C] I [G] married for my [Am] [C] family one [F] night a week
We were [C] running [G] from [Am] the end and [C] we knew [F] not how this ever would [Am] unharness
And I said, [G] farewell [Am] true [C] love of [F] mine
_ And I said, [C]
[Bm] farewell [A] _ [G] _ [F] _ _ sweet lips [C] of [Bm] wine
He said, [Am] farewell [G] my Texas [F] road
We _ [C] _
[G] kissed [Am] and then [G] we sang as [F] the chains began to roll
So [C] long ago, _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
[Em] _ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Em] _ [Am] _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
[G] _ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] [Am] you'd gone off to fight the [C] _ [F] war when I was young
_ [C] _ _
[G] _ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ [Am] _ [C] _ [F] _ And I [C] remember waving back [G] _ [Am] _ [C] _ [F] [C] the truth through a silted window pane
And I said, [Bm] farewell [Am] [G] my [F] Texas road
We kissed and then we sang as the chains began to roll
So long ago, you'd gone off to fight the war when I was young
And I [C] said, [G] farewell [Am] [C] my [F] _ Texas road
He [C] said, [G] [Am] farewell [G] my Texas [F] road
_ We [C]
kissed [Am] and then [C] we sang as [F] the chains began to roll
[C] So [Bm] long ago, [Am] _ [G] _ [F] where did [C] we [G] go?
[Am] _ [G] _ [F] _ _ So [C] long [G] ago, [A] _ [G] _ [F] _ _ so [C]
[Em] long [Am] ago [C] _ [F] _ Thank _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] you! _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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