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I Stayed Away Too Long chords by
Don Covay
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Key: D major•
Intro 1
D
D

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Verse 1
D
D

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Stayin' away too long
Verse 2
D
D

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Don't need to go back home
Verse 3
D
D

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Mmm, I stayin' away too long, yeah
Verse 4
D
D

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B
B
2

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D
D

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When I went away, way across the sea I thought
C#
C#
4

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I would come back home, my big celebrity
D
D

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But no one was at the station
B
B
2

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when I got back
C
C

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Everybody was busy doing
A
A

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D
D

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their in -contact
A
A

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D
D

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Lord, I stayed away too long
Got trouble in my home
I stayed away too long
They wished that I'd stay gone
When I went away,
B
B
2

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I had a wife to come back to
D
D

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C#
C#
4

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But too long, was too long to be true
D
D

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I wrote her sweet letter
B
B
2

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every day like I should
C
C

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A
A

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D
D

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But none of my letters did do no good
A
A

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D
D

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I stayed away too long
No need to come back home
Lord have mercy, mmm baby
Em
Em

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D
D

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I got a letter from my mother
St.
Don, come home quick
Em
Em

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D
D

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Another man is tearin'
Em
Em

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D
D

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down your home, son
Em
Em

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D
D

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Em
Em

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D
D

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Brick by brick
Em
Em

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D
D

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Lord have mercy
I stayed away too long
No need to go back home
Lord, I stayed away too long, y 'all
I better keep on rollin' on
My kids don't know me
B
B
2

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I'm a stranger to my wife
D
D

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While I was gone
C#
C#
4

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They made a brand new line
D
D

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B
B
2

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Inflation and hate and poverty
C
C

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Said the only one who was
A
A

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Ebdim
Ebdim

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there to welcome me
D
D

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A
A

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D
D

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Em
Em

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Lord, I stayed away too long
D
D

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No need to go back home
I stayed away too long
Got trouble in my home
Lord, have mercy
Lord, have mercy
Shit round the state of way too long
They pushin' it out, they gone

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TunerE A D G B E

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ChordsD B C# C A...

  • D

  • B

    2

  • C#

    4

  • C

  • A

  • Em

  • Ebdim

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Chords

  • D

  • B

    2

  • C#

    4

  • C

  • A

  • Em

  • Ebdim

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