The Roches - Long before

Oh, I think you're lost to ^Fme ^C Just a stranger I will never ^Fsee ^C I drove away and I walked ^Emout that door ^C But you had left us long before ^{C F C F C}

The year we ^Gspent there was ^Amstrange and ^Fslow ^C Like all the ^Gcars in that ^Amrare southern ^Fsnow ^C We ventured ^Gout without a ^Amplan or ^Ffear ^C It was probably ^Gnot a great i^Amdea ^{F G Dm7 G C F C}

It's not a^Gbout the things I ^Amwanted ^Fthen ^C I've come to ^Gsee now that I ^Amcouldn't have ^Fused them ^C All the ^Gsame, it's true that ^Ameven ^Fnow ^C I'd like to ^Gtalk to you some^Amhow ^{F C}

I'd want to ^Gfind out if you've ^Amheard that ^Fsong ^C I'd want to ^Gtell you mine are ^Amcoming a^Flong ^C Your family's ^Gwell and healthy, ^AmI sup^Fpose ^C I'm really ^Gcurious to ^Amknow ^{F G Dm7 G C F C}

In the ^Gdimness of those ^Amlast days ^Fgloom ^C While I was ^Gpacking up the ^Amspare bed^Froom ^C You came and ^Goffered me a ^Amsolemn ^Fword ^C About a ^Gvoice you'd often ^Amheard ^{F C}

It was a ^Gmoment when I ^Amsaw in^Fside ^C A little ^Gbreak from all that^Am stoic ^Fpride ^C Do I think ^Gnow that this would ^Amring a ^Fbell ^C You know, I ^Gcouldn't even ^Amtell you^{F G Dm7 G C F C}

Oh, my ^Gfriend, you're ^Amlost to ^Fme ^C Another ^Gstranger I will ^Amnever see^{F C} Oh, my ^Gfriend, you're ^Amlost to ^Fme ^C Another ^Gstranger I will ^Amnever see^{F C}