Bob Dylan – Long Time Gone (Guitar)

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My parents raised me tenderly

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I was their only son.

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My mind got mixed with ramblin'

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When I was all so young.

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An' I left my home the first time

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When I was twelve an' one.

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I'm a long time a-comin', Ma

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I'll be a long time gone.

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On the western side of Texas

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On the Texas plains

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I tried to find a job of work

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But they said I's young of age.

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My eyes they burned when I heard

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"Go home where you belong!"

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I'm a long time a-comin'

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I'll be a long time gone.

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I remember when I's ramblin'

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Around with the carnival trains.

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Different towns, different people

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Somehow they're all the same

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I remember children's faces best

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I remember travelin' on.

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I'm a long time a-comin'

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I'll be a long time gone.

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I once loved a fair young maid

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An' I ain't too big to tell

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If she broke my heart a single time

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She broke it ten or twelve.

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I walked an' talked all by myself

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I did not tell no one.

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I'm a long time a-comin', babe

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I'll be a long time gone.

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Many times by the highway side

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I tried to flag a ride

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With bloodshot eyes an' grittin' teeth

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I'd watch the cars roll by.

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The empty air hung in my head

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I's thinkin' all day long.

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I'm a long time a-comin'

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An' I'll be a long time gone.

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You might see me on your crossroads

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When I'm passin' thru

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Remember me how you wished to

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As I'm a-driftin' from your view.

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I ain't got the time to think about it

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I got too much to get done.

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Well, I'm a long time a-comin'

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An' I'll be a long time gone.

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If I can't help somebody

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With a word or song

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If I can't show somebody

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They are travelin' wrong.

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But I know I ain't no prophet

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An' I ain't no prophet's son.

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I'm just a long time a-comin'

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An' I'll be a long time gone.

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So you can have your beauty

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It's skin deep an' it only lies

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An' you can have your youth

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It'll rot before your eyes.

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Just give to me my gravestone

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With it clearly carved upon.

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"I's a long time a-comin'

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An' I'll be a long time gone."

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