Longbed From Kenya chords by Betty Elders

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 (D major) See  (A major) the

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red tail on her  (B minor) per ch
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upon the  (G major) fence post
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 (D major) Highway 40  (A major) roll on by
If I could reach across the
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 (B minor) dis tance for a  (G major) moment
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 (D major) I'd  (A major) steal the sadness from her eyes
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 (G major) Oh,  (D major)  (A major) it's  (D major) February
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 (A major) And the  (B minor) weather's cleared  (G major) for driving
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 (A major) How I mis (D major) s your Tennessee  (A major) 
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The  (D major) morning  (A major) sun just stole the
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 (B minor) shadows from the  (G major) mountains,
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 (D major) an  (A major) d the years away from me.  (D major) 
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 (A major) Yes, I've changed,
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and I  (G major) knew that I was  (A major) able.
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You still  (F sharp major) look the same to  (B minor) me.
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 (G major) And your  (A major) eyes are just as blue
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across  (D major) the  (G major) table
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 (D major) As  (A major) the sky in Tennessee  (D major)  (A major)  (B minor)  (G major) 
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 (D major) Well,  (A major) this old farm is near,
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 (B minor) so  big as I  (G major) remember.  (D major) 
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 (A major) Now the fields are burned and brown,
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an (D major) d  the Pigeon  (A major) River's running deep
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 (B minor) er  than  (G major) December,
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where  (D major) the  (A major) winter snow is laid  (D major) down.
Oh, you love your house
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 (A major) and this  (B minor) long bed sent from  (G major) Kenya
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and the  (A major) telling of the story
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 (D major) of the woman you  (A major) met there.
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She's  (D major) a dark -haired beauty.
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 (A major) My hair is  (B minor) only growing  (G major) thinner
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an (A major)  (D major) d my  (A major) thread's a little  (D major) bit
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 (A major) Yes, I've changed,
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and I  (G major) knew that I was  (A major) able
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You still  (F sharp major) look the same to  (B minor) me
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 (G major) And your  (A major) eyes are just as  (D major) blue
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across the  (G major) table
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As  (A major) the sky in Tennessee  (D major)  (A major)  (B minor)  (G major) 
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 (D major) In  (A major) the silence, hear the  (B minor) ears
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we dare  (G major) not speak of
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 (A major) And let this  (D major) ar row  (A major) pass on through
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An (D major) d  I'll be  (A major) gone before my
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 (B minor) heart has met  (G major) resistance
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Like  (D major) you  (A major) hoped that I would do  (D major) 
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Then see the  (A major) red tail turn her  (B minor) wing
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toward the  (G major) mountain
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They  (A major) got their sunlight in your smile
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 (D major) And  (A major) if I could reach across the
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 (A major) I'd  (D major) steal her  (A major) memory from  (D major) your eye
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 (A major) Yes, I have changed
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and I  (G major) knew that I was  (A major) able
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that you still  (F sharp major) look the same  (B minor) to me
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 (G major) and your  (A major) eyes are just as  (D major) blue
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across the  (G major) table
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 (D major) as  (A major) the sky in Tennessee
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 (B minor)  (G major) as  (A major) the sky in Tennessee
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Thank you.