Billy Strings – Gone A Long Time (Guitar)

Capo 5
Key
-

Auto-scroll

Chords

[Intro] | C | C | F | F C | | Am | C | G | C | C | [Verse 1]
C                             
Headin' south to Georgia, four shows in a row

F                                                     C
Didn't get no sleep last night, the way these drivers roll

Am                            C
Heaven seems so far away, I believe it in my soul

         G           C
We'll be gone a long time
[Banjo] | C | C | F | F C | | Am | C | G | C | C | [Verse 2]
C
Heard my baby laughing, like a jackal in the night

F                                                C
Looked in through the window, and I saw an awful sight

      Am                          C
Well, he took off my overcoat and she turned out the light

        G           C
I'll be gone a long time
[Fiddle] | C | C | F | F C | | Am | C | G | C | C | [Verse 3]
        C
Well, a jaybird seen a little worm, a-wiggling on the ground

F                                                      C
Guess there ain't no hiding place, no matter where I'm found

     Am                               C
Just came from Traverse City, now I'm Withlacoochee bound

        G           C
I'll be gone a long timе
[Mandolin] | C | C | F | F C | | Am | C | G | C | C | [Verse 4]
      C
Well, Jesus took the water and turnеd it into wine

F                                                 C
Me, I take them pretty girls, and try to make 'em mine

        Am                               C
Well, I tell 'em not to worry, that I'll see them down the line

        G           C
I'll be gone a long time
[Guitar] | C | C | F | F C | | Am | C | G | C | C | [Verse 5]
      C
Well, I just keep a-rolling to the rhythm of the band

F                                                C
If you think I'm lucky boys, you just don't understand

     Am                                C
That I'll pick this old guitar till my fingers turn to sand

        G           C
I'll be gone a long time

        G           C
I'll be gone a long time