Rodney Crowell - Long time girl gone by

^Emaj7If I could live my life again ^C#mawake, ^EThink of all the chances ^Emaj7I could t^C#make, I'd ^Amaj7love with all abandon just the ^C#msame, 'Cause ^Amthat's the game.^E

If ^EI could cross a bridge from now to ^C#mthen, ^EOpen up my chest and let it^C#m in, I ^Awouldn't fight so^Amaj7 hard against the ^C#mpain, I'd let it ^Amrain,^{E E}Long ^B6time ^C#mgirl ^Bgone ^Aby.

^EI couldn't take my loves the way they ^C#mcame, ^EMy eyes projected each one with a ^C#mstain, And ^Amaj7though they gave me more than I could ^C#spend, ^C#mI wouldn't ^Abend.

^EHiding in my bridal veil of ^C#msmoke ^EI sipped my lies until I thought I'd ^Dchoke^C#m, ^AOnce there was nothing left that I could ^C#msteal, I had to ^Ayield^E, ^ELong ^B6time ^C#mgirl ^Bgone ^Aby.

The ^G#m7seconds whisper ^Bcircles off the ^F#m7clock, The ^G#m7ships go sailing past and never ^Bdock, The ^Esea rears up, collapses and ^C#mwithdraws, The ^Econstellations wheel and never ^C#mpause, The^Amaj7 wind winds through the small ^B/Abones ^C#min my ear, I ^Astart to hear.

^EThe trees look just as pretty when they're ^C#mbare, ^EBlack branches hieroglyphic in the ^C#mair, The ^Aleaves they left are rotted into ^C#mlace, It's ^Aall grace^E, ^ELong ^B6time ^C#mgirl ^Bgone ^Aby, ^ELong ^F#mtime ^C#mgirl ^Bgone ^Aby.^Em