Too Many Nights Too Long

Intro 
A A A A 
A A A A 
D D A A 
G G F#m F#m 
E E 
A D G G x4 


       A         D      A 
As the moon goes fading 
   A     D    A 
He lies awake waiting 
      D            A 
For a break in the night 
        G                D 
When he makes his lonely flight 


             A        D   A 
And it's the same old story 
    A    D         A 
Somebody bound for glory 
        D           G 
And somewhere in my life 
  D                 A     D G 
I swear it had to belong 
A D G 


     A            D     A 
Been countin' the stars 
        D       G           A 
As they come on through the bars 
              D     G 
And I've been heard singing 
  D         A 
A sad man's song 


              A       D           A 
It's time for busting out of this jail 
         D    G           A 
Get me a gun, no time for bail 
              D 
And I've been here 
G        D          A    D G 
Too many nights too long 
A D E 


          A                 F#m       A 
And now I wonder if they'll find me tonight 
          A               F#m 
I've been sleepin' in the day 
A                 D        G    E 
Runnin' below the pale moonlight 


            A        D  A 
Hidin' in a canebrake 
       A           D             G  A 
From a man I can't seem to shake 
          D 
And in my head 
    G         D        A 
I'm hearing a southern song 


     A           D        A 
Mississippi roll on in my brain 
        D 
Keep me sheltered 
       G      A 
In the summer rain 
                   D 
I could never stay here 
G        D          A    D G 
Too many nights too long 
A D G 
A D G 
A D E 

 
          A                 F#m       A 
And now I wonder if they'll find me tonight 
          A               F#m 
I've been sleepin' in the day 
A                 D        G   E 
Runnin' below the pale moonlight 

 
     A       D        A 
Escondido en un cañaveral 
      D          G        A 
De un hombre que no puedo ver 
     D            G 
Y el hombre, escondido 
D          A 
De dónde será 

 
     A           D        A 
Mississippi roll on in my brain 
        D 
Keep me sheltered 
       G      A 
In the summer rain 
        A          D 
I could never stay here 
G        D          A 
Too many nights too long 
        A          D 
I could never stay here 
G        D          A    D G 
Too many nights too long 

Outro 
A D G (repeat)