Long Time Running
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Intro: A E/G# F#m E D E
A F#m
Does your mother tell you things
A
Long, long when I'm gone
F#m
Who you talking to
E
Is she telling you I'm the one
D
It's a grave mistake
A E/G# F#m E D E
And I'm wide awake
A F#m
Drive-in's rained out
A
Weatherman wet fingers the sky
He pokes it out
F#m
He pulls it in
E
He don't know why
D E
It's the same mistake
A E/G# F#m E D E
Chorus It's been a long time running
A E/G# F#m E D E
It's been a long time coming
A
It's well worth the wait
F#m
A F#m
A F#m
We don't go anywhere
Just on trips
A F#m
We haven't seen a thing
E
We still don't know where it is
D E
It's a safe mistake
A E/G# F#m E D E
It's been a long time running
A E/G# F#m E D E
It's been a long time coming
D A
Well, well it's all the same mistake
D
Dead to rights and wide awake
A
I'll drop a caribou
D
I'll tell on you
F#m E D E
I'll tell on you
A F#m
You got a boat load of nerve
A
But I would say you've been told
F#m
You work me against my friends
E
And you'll get left out in the cold
D E
It's the same mistake
Chorus
From: yoast@xs4all.nl ('Yoast' Nicasie)
Subject: CRD/LYR: Long time running - Tragically Hip
This is the first time I post something here, so all comments are
welcome. I know this song only from a Dutch radio-show where all kind
of bands come and play, sort of semi-unplugged, so it's maybe a little
different from the original (which I don't really know). This song
also appears on a CD of this radio-show: 2 Meter Sessies, Vol. 3.
(Radio Records VCD 474724 2, distribution by Sony). On these CD's
(Vol. 5 is out now) are a lot of famous bands, playing
very-good-to-play-yourself-acousticly versions of well- or less
well-known songs. I'm planning to post a few more if it's appreciated,
let me know.
Long time running - Tragically Hip
A - A/G# - A/F# - A/E - Dadd2 - E
A F#m
Does you mother tell you things?
A
Long, long when I'm gone?
F#m
Who you talking to?
E
Is she telling you I'm the one?
Dadd2 A
It's a grave mistake and I'm wide awake.
A/G# - A/F# - A/E - Dadd2 - E
Drive-in's rained out
Weatherman wet-fingers the sky
He pokes it out, he pulls it in
He don't know why
It's the same mistake
A - A/G# - A/F# - A/E D E
It's been a lo - - ng time running
A - A/G# - A/F# - A/E D E
It's been a lo - - ng time coming
A
It's well worth the wait
A - F#m - A - F#m
We don't go anywhere
Just on trips
We haven't seen a thing
We still don't know where it is
It's a safe mistake
It's been a long time running
It's been a long time coming
D A
Well, well it's all the same mistake
D
Dead to rights and wide awake
A
I'll drop a caribou, I'll tell on you
D F#m E - D - A
I'll tell on you, I'll tell on you
You've got a boatload of nerve
But I would say you've been told
You work me against my friends
And you'll get left out in the cold
It's the same mistake
It's been a long time running
It's been a long time coming
It's been a long, long, long time running
It's well worth the wait
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,,, / \ 'She makes the sign of a teaspoon
XXXyoast@xs4all.nl | He makes the sign of a wave'
``` \__ / --Paul Simon
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