Why You Been Gone So Long chords by Tony Rice

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Intro 1
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A 
D 
G 
 (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (G major) 
D 
A 
 (D major)  (A major) 
D 
G 
 (D major)  (G major) 
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A 
D 
 (D major)  (A major)  (D major) 

Verse 1
D 
Every time it rains  (D major) 
G 
D 
Lord I  (G major) run to my window  (D major) 
A 
All I do is just wring my hands and moan  (A major) 
D 
 (D major) And listen to that thunder, Lord
G 
Can't you  (G major) hear that
D 
lonesome wind  (D major) moan?
A 
Tell me baby now why  (A major) you've
been gone so long?
D 
 (D major) 

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Verse 2
Tell me baby now why you've
been gone so long?
G 
C 
D 
 (G major) You've been gone  (C major) so long  (D major) now
Tell me baby now why you've
A 
been gone so long?  (A major) 
D 
 (D major) A wolf is scratching at my door,
Lord, Lord
G 
D 
And I can  (G major) hear that lonesome wind  (D major) moan
A 
Tell me baby now why  (A major) you've been gone so

Interlude 1
long?
D 
G 
 (D major)  (G major) 
C 
D 
A 
 (C major)  (D major)  (A major) 
D 
 (D major) 
G 
D 
A 
 (G major)  (D major)  (A major) 
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 3
D 
Somebody said they thought  (D major) they
G 
D 
saw you  (G major) roaring down in Reno  (D major) 
A 
With a big ol' man from San Ant (A major) on
D 
 (D major) They tell me I'm a fool,
C 
G 
D 
fine  (C major)  (G major) for you but what do they  (D major) know?
A 
Tell me baby now why  (A major) you've
been gone so long?
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 4
Tell me baby now why you've
G 
been gone so  (G major) long?
C 
D 
You've been gone  (C major) so long  (D major) now
Tell me baby now why you've
A 
been gone so long?  (A major) 
D 
 (D major) A wolf is scratching at my door,
Lord, Lord
G 
D 
And I can  (G major) hear that lonesome wind  (D major) moan
A 
Tell me baby now why  (A major) you've been

Interlude 2
gone so long?
D 
 (D major) 
G 
D 
 (G major)  (D major) 
A 
D 
 (A major)  (D major) 
G 
D 
A 
 (G major)  (D major)  (A major) 
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 5
D 
Ain't nothin' I wanna do  (D major) Lord,
G 
D 
so I  (G major) guess I could get stone (D major) d
A 
And let the past paint pictures in my head  (A major) 
D 
 (D major) And kill a fifth of a thunderbird Lord
G 
D 
and try  (G major) to write a sad,  (D major) sad song
A 
Tell me baby now why  (A major) you've
been gone so long?
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 6
Tell me baby now why you've
G 
been gone so  (G major) long?
C 
D 
You've been gone  (C major) so long  (D major) now
Tell me baby now why you've
A 
been gone so  (A major) long?
D 
 (D major) A wolf is scratching at my door,
Lord, Lord
G 
D 
And I can  (G major) hear that lonesome wind  (D major) moan
A 
Tell me baby now why  (A major) you've
D 
been gone so long?  (D major) 
A 
Tell me baby now why  (A major) you've
been gone so long?
D 
 (D major) 