A Long Time Ago by Jim Croce INTRO: G D Em C G G D Em D Seems like such a long time ago C G D C G I was walking down a lonely road G D Em D Getting tired of dreaming alone C G D C G Like all the lonely people I had known G D Em D Seems like such a long time ago C G D C G There was no-one who would share my song G D Em D I was just a boy far from home C G D C G But I became a man when you came along C G Am G Em We spent the whole night talking G C Em D7 G You said you'd like to see the sun rise C Am G Em But in the gold of morning G C Em D7 G There was nothing that I had not seen in your eyes D Em D Hmm Hmm C G I was so afraid to touch you Am7 G Thought you were too young to know C G Am7 Em D So I just watched you sleeping C G Then you woke and said to me, Am7 G "The night is cold it frightens me, C G Am7 Em D Am7 Em D I could sleep so easy next to you" G D Em D Wasn't very long ago C G D C G You said that you would like to share my road G D Em D Then you started singing my song C G You said, "So many nights are waiting, Am7 G C Let's not spend a moment wasting time, G Am Em D 'Cause we have very far to go C G I will go if you will take me Am7 G I have never had a lover C G Am7 Em D Am7 Em D I am young but I am so alone" C G Am G Em G C Em D7 G We spent the whole night talking C Am G Em G C Em D7 G D Em Am D G But in the gold of morning Em D Hmmm Em D D7 G Hmmm, mmm mmm