A Long Time Ago

Jim Croce

 
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[The G6 is probably played as plain G a lot of the time, but in the
intro, it's clearly G6 (320030), so I'll assume that Mary plays it
that way through the whole song.]

 CCDDG6G6G6G6
  [intro; acoustic guitar]  
 CCDDG6G6G6G6
  [intro; whole band]      

 CCDDG6G6G6G6
You crossed my mind again today, I was out to get the mail           
 CCDDG6G6G6G6
And I wondered if you think of me   when you're riding the rails         
 CCDDG6G6G6G6
And I wondered if you cared at all, sometimes I don't know          
 CCDDG6G6G6G6
And I was hoping you could write to me,  from a long time ago            

 CCDDG6G6G6G6
I had that dream again last night, we were back in Chicago            
 CCDDG6G6G6G6
We were riding 'round and talking 'bout things you said I oughta know         
 CCDDG6G6G6G6
And you told me how our life would be, and I'm learning that it's so          
 CCDDG6G6-G6/F#
And I was hoping you could call me up   at a long time ago         

 EmEmDDCCGG-G/F#
   And I think about that summer night when you said you'd always care     
 EmEmDDCCD
   And I think about this lonely life when your words turn cold in the air
 DG6G6G6G6
  And now the winter's almost here         

 CCDDG6G6G6G6
  [guitar solo]            
 CCDDG6G6G6G6
  [guitar solo]            

 CCDDG6G6G6G6
And you know that I would write a book, but the story's seldom told         
 CCDDG6G6G6G6
Of a fool who'd go and walk the bridge back to a long time ago            
 CCDDG6G6G6G6
So here I'm stuck in Santa Fe in a trailer by the road              
 CCDDG6G6G6G6
With only dreams of yesterday   and a long time ago           
 bold
                   C         C   D  
I have only dreams of yesterday and a long time ago
G C D G.
 ending


C D Em G G/F# G6 G6/F#
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