The Rainmakers - Long gone long

^AOlder than I used to be, ^Byounger than ^C#mI'm gonna ^Abe ^AFewer things puzzle me than ^C#mwhen I was ^Eyoung But ^Awhen my pace is falling slack ^BI catch myself ^C#mthinking ^Aback ^AA certain night, a certain summer ^C#mLong gone ^Elong

^AAugust she was swinging low ^BTown of about a ^C#mthousand-^Aso ^AOut of school, ready to ^C#mget out of ^Ehere ^AOff to farm, off to State, ^Beach going our ^C#mseparate ^Aways ^AGraduation message still ^C#msweet in our ^Eears

^EOh ^C#moh o^Ah, come singin' now, ^C#mclocks ^Aare ^Bslow And ^Ehearts ^C#mbeat ^Aon and on and ^C#mLong ^Agone ^Blong

^AGot into a car that night ^BDrove out past the ^C#msignal ^Alight ^APast the city limits, guess it ^C#mwasn't that ^Efar ^AStopped out on a rural route ^BGooch got out his ^C#m.22 ^{A A}Shooting at a freight train that was ^C#mhauling new ^Ecars

^ADrinking underneath the stars ^BWatching counting ^C#mmeteors^{A A}Robert said you know those fell a ^C#mhundred years ^Eago ^AThe light is just now reaching earth ^BI said man for ^C#mwhat it's ^Aworth ^AI think you are wrong and you ^C#mreally don't ^Eknow

^EOh ^C#moh o^Ah, come singin' now, ^C#mclocks ^Aare ^Bslow And ^Ehearts ^C#mbeat ^Aon and on and ^C#mLong ^Agone ^Blong

^AIs something going on, I tell you nothing's going ^Bon ^C#mNothing's going on, ^Agoing on, ^Egoing on ^AIs something going on, I tell you nothing's going ^Bon ^C#mNothing's going on, ^Ago^Bing ^Aon

^AGoodbye to the home team, ^Bgoodbye to the ^C#mrinky-^Adinks ^AGoodbye to a girl, down my ^C#mstreet heading ^Ehome ^AShe stepped out from behind a tree, ^Btears running ^C#mdown her ^Acheeks ^AGoodbye to more than either of ^C#mus could have ^Eknown

^ALi la la la la la la ^BLi la la la ^C#mla la ^Ala ^ALi la la la la la la La la ^C#mli li li ^Eli