chords by: palamin0@countrytabs.com 
 
Patty Loveless - Long Stretch Of Lonesome 
 
  ---(capo 3rd fret)--- 
 
Intro - G5 - D5 = 4xs 
 
 
(verse 1) 
 G5                D5       
Never mind the struggle,   
       G5                  D5 
Never mind these tears I cry, 
           G5                  D5       
Through it all I will stay humble,  
      G5               A5 
AS I keep a watchful eye, 
           B5      A5          G5    A5   
For that sweeter change of fortune,  
              G5  
That's closer now than it's been, 
          B5     A5         G5      A5  
Where the, memories that haunt me,  
                  G5 
are gonna someday be my friend 
           D5              A5 - A5               G5 - D5 - G5 - D5 
When that long strtch of lonesome comes to an end, 
 
(verse 2) 
    G5           D5          G5             D5 
On some crazy river but I still have control, 
       G5           D5                G5                 A5      
And I will not surrender I'll stay true to heart and soul, 
           B5                               G5   
There's a sea of love awaiting Down at the river's end, 
B5                          G5  
There I'll drown my sorrow there I'll live again, 
           D5               A5 - A5              G5 - D5 - G5 - D5 
When that long stretch of lonesome come to an end, 
 
(chorus) 
               A5                        G5                 D5 
Oh when that long stretch of lonesome finally comes to an end, 
             A5                       G5                 A5     
My heart belonging to someone it'll never be longing again, 
          B5                                 G5  
And the shadows that have dogged me Since I can't remember when, 
  B5                           G5    
Finally give quarter to the sunlight on my skin, 
            D5                A5                 G5  - D5  - G5 - D5         
When that long stretch of lonesome comes to an end, 
 
(lead chords - 
A5 - G5 - D5 - A5 - B5 - G5 - A5 ) 
(verse 3) 
          B5                                 G5  
And the shadows that have dogged me since I can't remember when, 
   B5                          G5     
Finally give quarter to the sunlight on my skin, 
            D5               A5        
When that long stretch of lonesome,  
          B5               G5  
When that long stretch of lonesome, 
           D5                 A5                 G5  - D5 - G5 - D5 = 4xs 
When that long stretch of lonesome comes to an end,