The Proclaimers – A Long Long Long Time Ago (Guitar)

A
Yesterday arrived too quickly

Dm                  A
Caught me right off guard

A
My defense moved in too slowly

Dm             A
Missed it by a yard

A#dim             Bm
I'd just settled down

Dm               A
With a bottle of gin

A#dim             Bm
So I moved on to whiskey

Dm             A
And it hit me again

A
Memories were raining punches

Dm         A
Down on my head

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Knocked me into the past so quickly

Dm                    A
They almost raised the dead

A#dim                 Bm
So I drank some more booze

Dm                  A
And it helped me to sleep

A#dim                 Bm
Where I dreamed of my youth

Dm                E
And the secrets I keep

D               Dm
Oh history is a friend of mine

          A
She comes over to my place

       A7
And we have a good time

        D
But the memories

             Dm
She sometimes brings with her

           E
Get out of line

              E7
They're out of line

F        A#
Show me things I don't want to see

C
(Wanna see, want to see, wanna see)

F            A#                        C
Remind me of who I thought I was gonna be

C
(Gonna be, gonna be, gonna be)

F       A#
Take me places I used to go

C
(Used to go, used to go)

  A#                    F
A long long long time ago

A
When I woke I remembered nothing

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Suppose that's just as well

A
And although my head was aching

Dm             A
I could hear a bell

A#dim             Bm
So I put on some clothes

Dm                    A
And I reached my front door

A#dim                 Bm
When I pulled it wide open

Dm                 E
She joined me once more

D               Dm
Oh history is a friend of mine

          A
She comes over to my place

       A7
And we have a good time

        D
But the memories

             Dm
She sometimes brings with her

           E
Get out of line

              E7
They're out of line

F        A#
Show me things I don't want to see

C
(Wanna see, want to see, wanna see)

F            A#                        C
Remind me of who I thought I was gonna be

C
(Gonna be, gonna be, gonna be)

F       A#
Take me places I used to go

C
(Used to go, used to go)

  A#                    F
A long long long time ago

F        A#
Show me things I don't want to see

C
(Wanna see, want to see, wanna see)

F            A#                        C
Remind me of who I thought I was gonna be

C
(Gonna be, gonna be, gonna be)

F       A#
Take me places I used to go

C
(Used to go, used to go)

  A#                    F
A long long long time ago

  A#            A#m     F
A long long long time ago