Long Bed from Kenya chords by Joan Baez

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Intro 1

Verse 1

Highway 40 roll on by

If I could reach across the

Distance for a moment

I'd steal the sadness from her eyes

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Verse 2

It's February and

the weather's

Clear for driving

How I've missed your Tennessee

The morning sun just stole the

Shadows from the mountains

And the years away from me

Verse 3
G 
Yes I've changed and I knew  (G major) 
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A 
that I was able  (D major)  (A major) 
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But you still  (F sharp major) look the same to me  (B minor)  (G major) 
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And your  (A major) eyes are just as
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 (D major) Blue across the table  (G major)  (D major) 
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As  (A major) the sky in Ten (D major) nessee  (A major)  (D major)  (A major) 
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 (B minor)  (G major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major) 
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 (A major)  (B minor)  (G major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major) 
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This old farm  (A major) is ne'er so
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 (B minor) big as I remember  (G major)  (D major) 
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Now the fields are  (A major) burned and brown  (D major) 
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The Pigeon  (A major) River's running
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Deeper  (B minor) than December  (G major) 
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 (D major) Where  (A major) the Winter snows
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lay down  (D major)  (B minor) 
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 (A major) How you love

Verse 4
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 (D major) your house  (A major) and this
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Long  (B minor) bed sent from Kenya  (G major) 
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And the telling  (D major) of the story of
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The woman you  (B minor) met there  (A major) 
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She's a  (D major) darkhaired beauty  (A major) - my
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Hair's  (B minor) only growing thinner (G major)  (D major) 
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And my threads  (A major) a little bare
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Bm 
 (D major)  (B minor) 

Verse 5
A 
 (A major) 
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Yes I've changed and I knew  (G major) that I was able  (D major) 
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Bm 
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 (A major) But you still  (F sharp major) look the same to me  (B minor)  (G major) 
A 
And your  (A major) eyes are just as
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G 
D 
 (D major) Blue across the table  (G major)  (D major) 
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D 
As the sky  (A major) in Ten (D major) nessee
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A 
 (B minor)  (D major)  (A major) 

Interlude 1

In the silence

Verse 6
Bm 
hear the years  (B minor) 
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We dare not  (G major) speak of  (D major) 
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Let this arrow pass  (A major) on through  (D major) 
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And I'll  (A major) be gone before my
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Heart  (B minor) has met resistance  (G major)  (D major) 
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Like you hoped  (A major) that I would do
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 (D major) 

Verse 7
A 
See  (A major) the Redtail turn her
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 (B minor) Wing toward the mountain  (G major) 
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 (D major) God there's sunlight in your  (A major) smile  (D major) 
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If I  (A major) could reach across the
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Dis (G major) tance for a moment
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A 
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 (D major) I'd steal her  (A major) memory from your  (D major) eyes

Verse 8
A 
 (A major) 
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Yes I've changed and I knew  (G major) that I was able
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A 
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 (D major) But  (A major) you still  (F sharp major) look the same
Bm 
A 
G 
to me  (B minor)  (A major)  (G major) 
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And your  (A major) eyes are just as
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G 
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Blue  (D major) across the table  (G major)  (D major) 
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Bm 
G 
D 
As  (A major) the sky in Tennessee  (B minor)  (G major)  (D major) 
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D 
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As the sky  (A major) in Ten (D major) nessee  (A major) 