Long Long Before Your Time Chords

Capo 3rd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

  You aGsk me why I lGook so sad, On thCis bright sumDmer's dGay

  And wGhy the tears are Gin my eyes, And I seCem so fDar aGway

  Well sGit yourself beGside me love, And pCut your haDnd in mGine

  And I'll teGll you of someGone I loved, Long lCong befDore your tGime G

  Well I'm siGtting here and thiGnking of, Those dCays, So lDong aGgo

  When GI was just a chGild like you, And the gCirl I uDsed to kGnow

  Through fieGlds of green,We laugGhed and played,And sCang our meDrry rhGymes

  Oh sumGmer days were waGrmer then, Long loCng befDore your tGime G

  Through childGhood years, Our loGve did bloom,

  'Till our heCarts were juDst as oGne

  And we proGmised each eteGrnal love, In the chuCrch beDlow the tGown

  We setGtled in this liGttle house, I was prCoud to caDll her mGine

  Oh wGe were young and haGppy then, Long lCong befDore your tGime G

Instrumental

G G C D G G

  One loGvely year was aGll we had, UnCtil the sicDkness caGme

  And stGole the roses frGom her cheeks, My teCars they fDell like rGain

  For nGine long months, She carGried you, But Cin the eDnd she dGied

  She chGose to go, So yGou might live, Long loCng beDfore your tGime G

  So you aGsk me why I loGok so sad, On tChis bright sumDmers dGay

  And wGhy the tears are Gin my eyes, And I sCeem so fDar aGway

  It's jGust you seem a lGot like her, When your eCyes look iDnto mGine

  And you smGile, So much liGke she did, Long lCong beDfore your tGime G

  And you smGile, So much lGike she did, Long lCong beDfore your tiGme