A Long Time Ago Chords

Capo 2nd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Verse 1

  IB don't look the way the average cowboy singer looks

  I'll Eadmit i've taken things i never should of took

  You can rF♯ead a different story in a lot of different books

  But Eeven then you won't really know

  How it wF♯as a long time agBo

Verse 2

  WBomen have been my trouble since i found out they weren't men

  In spEite of that i stopped and took a wife now and then

  They bF♯uilt their fences high but they couldn't hold me in

  I was bEorn with a fire down below

  And i lF♯earned to fly a long time agBo

Verse 3

  DBon't ask me about the years i spent out in the rain

  AboEut the ones i spent in love or the ones i spent insane

  Don't F♯ask me who i gave my seat to on that plane

  I thEink you already know

  I tF♯old you that a long time agBo

Verse 4

(a tone higher)

  MC♯e and ol' Willie,lordy we've been sold and bought

  I guF♯ess you all heard about some kind of system that we fought

  We aG♯in't the only outlaws just the only ones they caught

  They trF♯ied to run us off but Willie's slow

  I quG♯it running a long time agC♯o