I Stayed Away Too Long chords by
Manuel B. Holcolm
Manuel B. Holcolm
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Key: E minor
Intro 1
F#m
F#m

A
A

G#
G#

F#m
F#m

G
G

F#m
F#m

A
A

G#
G#

G#m
G#m

G
G

F#m
F#m

Verse 1
F#m
F#m

A
A

Got in at three this morning,
F#m
F#m

I call you on the phone
I got a funny feeling baby,
A
A

F#m
F#m

when they say that you ain't home
I face the floor till nine,
I call your number again
Your mother said, listen son,
my daughter's not coming in
B
B

A
A

B
B

F#m
F#m

No, I stayed away too long
Oh, yes I did
E
E

F#m
F#m

B
B

F#m
F#m

B
B

Baby, I stayed, said I stayed,
F#m
F#m

stayed away too long
I couldn't help myself
Listen now, when I got your last letter
I knew something was wrong
A
A

But I was laying in a foxhole, baby
F#m
F#m

Even
Vietnam
With the lights so dim
C#
C#

F#m
F#m

I couldn't even read
But I was covered all over with mud
E
E

F#m
F#m

From my head to my feet
B
B

F#m
F#m

B
B

No, I stayed away
F#m
F#m

Ooh, too long
Oh, yes, I did
B
B

F#m
F#m

B
B

Baby, I stayed, said I stayed,
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F#m

E
E

F#m
F#m

D#m
D#m

stayed away too long, oh yeah
C#
C#

D#m
D#m

C#
C#

B
B

Girl, said you'd love me,
C#
C#

D#m
D#m

B
B

E
E

F#m
F#m

an d you told me you would wait
C#
C#

D#m
D#m

B
B

You didn't mean what you said now,
C#
C#

baby
D#m
D#m

C#
C#

D#m
D#m

B
B

Cause you've taken your love away,
C#
C#

F#m
F#m

yeah, baby
I couldn't help myself, yeah
B
B

Stayed away too long, baby
A
A

B
B

F#m
F#m

I couldn't help myself, no
E
E

F#m
F#m

Stayed away too long now baby,
I wasn't loving no one else
B
B

F#m
F#m

Stayed away too long now,
A
A

B
B

F#m
F#m

thinking it would be true baby
Stayed away too long now baby,
saving all my love for you
Where did you leave me baby?

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