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Why You Been Gone So Long chords by David Allan Coe, Willie Nelson

Verse 1
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Every time it rains, Lord,
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I run to my window
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All I do is hang my head and moan
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Listen to that thunder roar
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and I hear that lonesome wind moan
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Tell me, baby, why you been gone so long
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Tell me, baby, why you been gone so long
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You been gone so long
Tell me, baby,
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why you been gone so long
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They woke a -scratchin' at my door
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And I can hear that lonesome wind blow
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Tell me, baby, why you been gone so
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long
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Somebody said they saw you
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roaring down in Reno
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With a big oil man from San Antone
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They say that I'm a fool of mine for you
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and what do they know?
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Tell me baby why you've
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been gone so long.
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Every time it rains Lord I run to my window.
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All I do is hang my head and moan.
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Listen to that thunder roar,
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And I heard that lonesome wind moan
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Tell me baby, why've been gone so long
Tell me baby,
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why've you been gone so long
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Mawol forrechin at my door,
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And I could hear that lonesome wind moan
Tell me baby,
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why 've you been gone so long
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Elkin Brown.
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Somebody said they saw you
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roaring down in Reno
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with a big old man from San Antonio.
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They say that I'm a fool of pine for you,
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but what do they know?
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Tell me, baby, why you been gone so long?
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Tell me, baby, why you been gone so long,
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you been gone so long?
Tell me, baby,
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why you been gone so long?
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They won't be scratching at my door,
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and I can hear that lonesome
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wind moan
Tell me, baby,
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why you been gone so long?
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Pete Drayton.
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Lord, there ain't a thing to do,
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well, I guess I'll go get stoned.
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Let the past paint pictures on my head
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Drink a fifty Thunderbird
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and I'll smoke my way back home
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Tell my baby why you been gone so long
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Tell my baby why you been gone so long,
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you been gone so long
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Tell my baby why you been gone so long
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They won't be scratchin' at my door
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and I can hear that lonesome wind blow
Come on baby,
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why you been down so long?
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