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******************* A LONG TIME AGO *******************

performed by Waylon Jennings.


Capo on the 2nd fret.

Verse 1:
         B (x2444x@1)I don't look the way the average cowboy singer looks
             E (022100@1)I'll admit i've taken things i never should of took
                 F# (244322@1)You can read adifferent (x02210@1)story in alot (x02210@1)of different books
            E (022100@1)But even then you won't really know
                F# (244322@1)             B (x2444x@1)How it was along (x02210@1)time ago


Verse 2:
         B (x2444x@1)Women have been my trouble since i found out they weren't men
             E (022100@1)In spite of that i stopped and took awife (x02210@1)now and then
	      F# (244322@1)They built their fences high but they couldn't hold me in
               E (022100@1)I was born with afire (x02210@1)down below
               F# (244322@1)                        B (x2444x@1)And i learned to fly along (x02210@1)time ago


Verse 3:
         B (x2444x@1)Don't ask me about the years i spent out in the rain
           E (022100@1)About the ones i spent in love or the ones i spent insane
              F# (244322@1)Don't ask me who i gave my seat to on that plane
            E (022100@1)I think you already know
           F# (244322@1)                       B (x2444x@1)I told you that along (x02210@1)time ago


Verse 4:(a tone higher)
         C# (x43121@1)Me and ol' Willie,lordy we've been sold and bought
            F# (244322@1)I guess you all heard about some kind of system that we fought
            G# (xx1114@1)We ain't the only outlaws just the only ones they caught
               F# (244322@1)They tried to run us off but Willie's slow
            G# (xx1114@1)                     C# (x43121@1)I quit running along (x02210@1)time ago



Thanks to David M. Potter (dmp12@cornell.edu) for the lyrics.
Perret Charles-Amir : perret@diva.univ-mlv.fr