A Long Time Ago Chords by Waylon Jennings
Tempo:
105.2 bpm
Chords used:
A
G
D
B
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
I don't look the way the average cowboy singer looks.
[G] I'll admit I've taken things I never should have took.
[A] You can read a different story in a lot of different books.
[F#] [G] But even then you won't really know [Em]
[D] how [A] it was a long [D] time ago.
Women have been my trouble since I found out they weren't men.
[G] In spite of that I stopped and took a wife now and then.
[A] They built their fences high but they couldn't hold me in.
[G] I was born with a fire down below.
[A] And I learned to fly a long [D] time ago.
Don't
[G]
[A]
[G]
[A] [D]
ask me about the years I spent out in the [Am] rain.
[G] About the ones I spent in love or the ones I spent in sand.
[A] Don't ask me who I gave my seat to on that plane.
[G] I think you already know.
[A] I told you that a long [D] time ago.
[E] Me and old Willie Lottie we've been sold and bought.
[A] I guess you all heard about some kind of system that we bought.
[B] We ain't the only outlaws just the only ones they caught.
[A] They tried to run us off but Willie's slow.
I [B] quit running a [E] long time ago.
[A]
[B]
[A]
[B] [E]
I don't look the way the average cowboy singer looks.
[G] I'll admit I've taken things I never should have took.
[A] You can read a different story in a lot of different books.
[F#] [G] But even then you won't really know [Em]
[D] how [A] it was a long [D] time ago.
Women have been my trouble since I found out they weren't men.
[G] In spite of that I stopped and took a wife now and then.
[A] They built their fences high but they couldn't hold me in.
[G] I was born with a fire down below.
[A] And I learned to fly a long [D] time ago.
Don't
[G]
[A]
[G]
[A] [D]
ask me about the years I spent out in the [Am] rain.
[G] About the ones I spent in love or the ones I spent in sand.
[A] Don't ask me who I gave my seat to on that plane.
[G] I think you already know.
[A] I told you that a long [D] time ago.
[E] Me and old Willie Lottie we've been sold and bought.
[A] I guess you all heard about some kind of system that we bought.
[B] We ain't the only outlaws just the only ones they caught.
[A] They tried to run us off but Willie's slow.
I [B] quit running a [E] long time ago.
[A]
[B]
[A]
[B] [E]
Key:
A
G
D
B
E
A
G
D
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I don't look the way the average cowboy singer looks.
[G] I'll admit I've taken things I never should have took.
[A] You can read a different story in a lot of different books.
[F#] [G] But even then you won't really know _ [Em]
[D] how [A] it was a long [D] time ago. _
_ Women have been my trouble since I found out they weren't men.
[G] In spite of that I stopped and took a wife now and then.
[A] They built their fences high but they couldn't hold me in.
[G] I was born with a fire down below. _
[A] And I learned to fly a long [D] time ago. _
_ _ Don't _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ ask me about the years I spent out in the [Am] rain.
[G] About the ones I spent in love or the ones I spent in sand.
[A] Don't ask me who I gave my seat to on that plane.
[G] I think you already know. _
[A] I told you that a long [D] time ago. _
_ [E] Me and old Willie Lottie we've been sold and bought.
[A] I guess you all heard about some kind of system that we bought.
[B] We ain't the only outlaws just the only ones they caught.
[A] They tried to run us off but Willie's slow.
I [B] quit running a [E] long time ago. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
I don't look the way the average cowboy singer looks.
[G] I'll admit I've taken things I never should have took.
[A] You can read a different story in a lot of different books.
[F#] [G] But even then you won't really know _ [Em]
[D] how [A] it was a long [D] time ago. _
_ Women have been my trouble since I found out they weren't men.
[G] In spite of that I stopped and took a wife now and then.
[A] They built their fences high but they couldn't hold me in.
[G] I was born with a fire down below. _
[A] And I learned to fly a long [D] time ago. _
_ _ Don't _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ ask me about the years I spent out in the [Am] rain.
[G] About the ones I spent in love or the ones I spent in sand.
[A] Don't ask me who I gave my seat to on that plane.
[G] I think you already know. _
[A] I told you that a long [D] time ago. _
_ [E] Me and old Willie Lottie we've been sold and bought.
[A] I guess you all heard about some kind of system that we bought.
[B] We ain't the only outlaws just the only ones they caught.
[A] They tried to run us off but Willie's slow.
I [B] quit running a [E] long time ago. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _