why you been gone so long chords by
Mickey Newbury

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Key: G major

Intro 1

Verse 1
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Every time it rains Lord
C C 
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I run to my window
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All I do is just ring my hands and moan
Listen to that thunder roll can't
C C 
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G G 
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hear that lonesome wind moan
Tell me baby,
D D 
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now why you been gone so long?
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Verse 2
Tell me baby,
now why you been gone so long?
C C 
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G G 
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You been gone so long now
Tell me baby,
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now why you been gone so long?
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The wolf is scratchin' at my door,
Lord
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Lord, well, I hear that lonesome wind moan
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G G 
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Tell me baby, why you been gone so long?
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G G 
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Interlude 1

Verse 3
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Somebody said they thought they
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saw you roaring down in Reno
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With a big ole man from San Antone
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C C 
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They tell me I'm a fool to pine for you,
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well, what do they know
Tell me baby,
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now why you been gone so long?
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Verse 4

Tell me baby,

now why you been gone so long

You been gone so long now

Verse 5

Tell me baby now why you

been gone so long

Verse 6
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The wolf is scratchin' at my door Lord
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Lord and I can hear that
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lonesome wind moan
D D 
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Tell me baby now why you
G G 
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been gone so long

Verse 7
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Ain't nothin' I wanna do Lord I
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guess I could get stoned
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Let the past paint pictures in my head
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kill a fifth of Thunderbird and try
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G G 
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to write a sad song
Tell me baby,
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now why you been gone so long
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Verse 8

Tell me baby,

now why you been gone so long

You been gone so long now

Verse 9
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Tell me baby, now why
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you been gone so long
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The wolf is scratchin'
at my door Lord
C C 
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Lord, I can hear that
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lonesome wind moan
D D 
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Yeah, tell me baby now why you

Interlude 2

been gone so long

Verse 10
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The wolf is scratchin'
at my door Lord
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G G 
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Lord, I can hear that lonesome wind moan
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G G 
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now why you been gone so long

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