Chords for Odetta Holmes - Tomorrow Is A Long Time

[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Mmmmmmmmmm
If today _ [Abm] was [Ab] _
not an endless [Abm] highway
_ [Ab] _
_ _ If tonight _ was not a crooked train _
If _ _ _ [Db] _ tomorrow _
_ [Eb] _ [G] wasn't such a [Ab] long time
[Db] _ [Ab] _ _ _ And [Db] lonesome would [Eb] mean nothing to me [Ab] at all
[Db] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Abm] _ [Ab] _ _ _ Yes, [Db] and only if [Eb] my true love was [Ab] waiting
[B] If [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Db] I could hear his [Eb] heart [G] _
[Ab] softly pounding _ _ _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ Only [Eb] if [G] he was lying [Ab] by _ _ _ _ _
Then [Db] I'd lie in [Eb] my [G] bed [Ab] once again
I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ can't see my reflection in the water
_ [Db] _ [Ab] _ _
I can't speak [F] _ [Ab] sounds that show no pain
_ [Db] [Ab] I _
_ _ [Db] can't hear the [Eb] echo _ of my [Ab] footsteps
_ [Ebm] _ [Ab]
I _ _ [Db] can't remember [Eb] the sound of [Ab] my own name
[Abm] _ [Ab] _
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_ _ [Fm] Yes, and [Db] only if [Eb] my [G] true love [Ab] was waiting
_ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Db] If I could hear [Eb] his heart _ [Ab] softly pounding
[Bbm] _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Db] Only _ if [Eb] he [G] was lying [Ab] by
_ [Db]
[Ab] Then _ _ _ [Db] I'd lie in my [Eb] bed once [Ab] again _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ There's beauty _
[Abm] [Ab] in the silver _ singing river _
_ _ _ _ There's beauty in the sunrise in the sky
[B] _
_ [Ab] _ _ But [Db] none of these and [Eb] nothing else can match the [Ab] beauty _
[Gb] _ [Ab] That _ _ [Db] I remember [Eb] in my [Ab] true love's eyes
[Abm] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Db] _ [Ab] Yes, and [Db] only if my [Eb] true love [Ab] was waiting
_ If _ _ [Db] I could [A] hear his [Eb] heart _ [Ab] softly pounding
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Db] Only if [Eb] [G] he was lying [Ab] by
[Ab] Then _ _ _ [Db] I'd lie in [Eb] my [G] bed once [Ab] again
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_ _ _ _ If today _
_ [Ab] was not an endless highway
_ If _ _ [Db] [Ab] tonight _
[Abm] was not a [Db] crooked [Ab] trail
If _ _ _ _ [Db] tomorrow _ _ [Eb] _ wasn't such [Ab] a long time
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] Lonesome would [Eb] mean nothing to me [Ab] at all _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Yes, [Db] and only [Eb] if my own true love [Ab] was waiting
_ If _ _ _ [Db] I could hear [Eb] his heart _ [Ab] softly pounding
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] Only if [Eb] he was [Ab] lying by
_ [Ebm] [Ab] Then _ _ [Db] I'd lie in [Eb] my bed once [Ab] again
[Abm] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Db] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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