John Mellencamp – Longest Days (Guitar)

Capo 6 Video Lesson
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From: "Life, Death, Love and Freedom"
C/G  3-x-2-0-1-0
D/F# 2-x-0-2-3-2

  C/G                       G
Seems like once upon a time ago

C/G                          G
I was where I was supposed to be

C/G                      G
My vision was true and my heart was too

          Em                     D/F#
There was no end to what I could dream

  C/G                        G
I walked like a hero into the setting sun

C/G                    G
 Everyone called out my name

C/G                    G
 Death to me was just a mystery

      Em                  D/F#
I was too busy raising up Cain

C/G               G
But nothing lasts forever

     C/G                     G
Your best efforts don't always pay

 C
Sometimes you get sick

    G
And don't get better

                    Em
That's when life is short

C/G        D/F#    G
Even in its longest days

C/G                  G
So you pretend not to notice

C/G                 G
 That everything has changed

C
The way that you look

         G
And the friends you once had

Em                         D/F#
So you keep on acting the same

C/G                  G
But deep down in your soul

              C/G       G
You know you, you got no flame

C/G                      G
 And who knows then which way to go

Em             C/G        D/F#    G
 Life is short even in its longest days

Em
All I got here

     D/F#
Is a rear view mirror

Em                         D/F#
 Reflections of where I've been

Em                                       D/F#
 So you tell yourself I'll be back up on top some day

        C/G                                      D7/F#
But you know there's nothing waiting up there for you anyway

C/G           G
 Nothing lasts forever

         C/G                      G
And your best efforts don't always pay

C
 Sometimes you get sick

        G
And you don't get better

                    Em
That's when life is short

C/G        D/F#    G
Even in its longest days

C
Life is short

            D/F#    G
Even in its longest days