Carole King – Song Of Long Ago (Guitar)

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Carole King (from the Music Album 1971) Intro (Carole King Piano) A11 A11 A11 A11 A11 Dsus4 D D A11 A11 A11 A11 A11 E13 E11 E11 E11
A                           E
Whispering wind came, uninvited

F#m7                     C#m7
Looking for somewhere else to go

   D                       A/C# 
Here is a lamp I've left unlighted

Bm7             E11           E
Aren't you someone I should know

A11                       D
Memory's flame is soon ignited

A11                       D     A/C#
Lighting my lamp with amber glow

Bm7                     A
Quietly, friends are reunited

Bm7         E11         A
Singing a song of long ago, 

F#m7  C#m7   Bm7  E11  A  E/G# F#m7  A/E Bm7  E11 A
la, la, la la la la la la la etc
Bridge
A11             A
Cry, cry for someone 

A11                A
Who just can't be happy

     F#m7   A/E      D  A/C#   Bm7   E11  E
And be glad you can feel enough to cry
Verse 2
A                         E
Younger than always, time descended

F#m7                          C#m7
Bringing me brand new seeds to sow

D                          A/C# 
Now that they've been a long time planted

Bm7              E11            E
What must I do to help them grow

A11                    D
If it had been as I intended

A 11                     D       A/C#
I wouldn't have the peace I know

Bm7                       A
Loving the people I've befriended

Bm7                 E11     A
And singing a song of long ago, 

F#m7  C#m7   Bm7  E11  A  E/G# F#m7  A/E Bm7  E11 A
la, la, la la la la la la la etc

 D                 A/C#
As it began, so I will end it

Bm7                E11  E
Singing a song of long ago

D                        A/C#
Loving the people I've befriended

Bm7                  E11     E7         A
And singing a song of long, long, long ago
Outro (James Taylor Acoustic) A11 A11 A11 A11 A11 Dsus4 D D Bm7 Bm7 Bm7 Bm7 Bm7 A