Gordon Lightfoot – Long Way Back Home (Guitar)

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From the railhead to the boatyard, from the factory to the farm 

                     G                             C
From the mine to the mill-yard, I've weathered the storm 

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From the bar room to the bedpost, I've wasted my days 

                 C                          G
All I have is my drink and the time left to think 

                      C
While the time slips away

                Dm    G                      C
Just look at my face___ when you tell me goodbye 

                    Em                       Dm   Em
You'll see what I'm after, by the look in my eye

           F                 G
Just walk away and leave me alone 

                     C
It's a long way back home

                                                    F
Now in case you should ask me, what it is that I've done 

            G                      C
I say I'm a soldier who once had a son 

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But my son doesn't know me, that's his right to choose 

                C                      G
Oh, say can you see, my best friend is me 

                     C
I'm a friend I could use

                Dm    G                      C
Just look at my face___ when you tell me goodbye 

                    Em                       Dm   Em
You'll see what I'm after, by the look in my eye

           F                 G
Just walk away and leave me alone 

                     C
It's a long way back home

                                          F
Now the pages have faded, the story grows cold 

                      G                       C
And the plot falls to ashes like the ruins of old 

                                           F
Those rats in my rafters, they're after my shoes 

             C                         G
And anything else they can find on the shelf 

                     C
I've said they could use

                Dm    G                      C
Just look at my face___ when you tell me goodbye 

                    Em                       Dm   Em
You'll see what I'm after, by the look in my eye

           F                 G
Just walk away and leave me alone 

                     C
It's a long way back home