Long Before

	  		
 

Intro: C 

verse 1 
                           F   C 
Oh, I think you're lost to me 
                             F    C 
Just a stranger I will never see 
                          Em             C 
I drove away and I walked out that door 
                                 C    F  C    F  C 
But you had left us long before 


verse 2 
            G               Am          F      C 
The year we spent there was strange and slow 
             G            Am            F      C 
Like all the cars in that rare southern snow 
            G             Am      F      C 
We ventured out without a plan or fear 
                G            Am   F   G   Dm7   G  C  F   C 
It was probably not a great idea 


verse 3 
          G                 Am     F      C 
It's not about the things I wanted then 
             G              Am            F          C 
I've come to see now that I couldn't have used them 
        G                    Am   F     C 
All the same, it's true that even now 
            G               Am   F  C 
I'd like to talk to you somehow 


verse 4 
            G                  Am         F      C 
I'd want to find out if you've heard that song 
            G                 Am      F      C 
I'd want to tell you mine are coming along 
              G                 Am   F      C 
Your family's well and healthy, I suppose 
           G          Am   F   G   Dm7   G  C  F   C 
I'm really curious to know 


Verse 5 
       G                Am        F      C 
In the dimness of those last days gloom 
            G              Am       F     C 
While I was packing up the spare bedroom 
             G            Am     F      C 
You came and offered me a solemn word 
        G                 Am     F  C 
About a voice you'd often heard 


Verse 6 
         G             Am    F     C 
It was a moment when I saw inside 
         G                  Am     F      C 
A little break from all that stoic pride 
           G                   Am     F     C 
Do I think now that this would ring a bell 
            G             Am      F   G   Dm7   G  C  F   C 
You know, I couldn't even tell you 


Verse 7 
       G              Am      F   C 
Oh, my friend, you're lost to me 
        G               Am       F  C 
Another stranger I will never see 
       G              Am      F   C 
Oh, my friend, you're lost to me 
        G               Am       F  C 
Another stranger I will never see