#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # From: Collins Crapo <roxtar@srv.net> To: OLGA <cowpie@olga.net> Date: Friday, May 01, 1998 3:40 PM Subject: j/jennings_waylon/ive_been_a_long_time_leavin.crd I'VE BEEN A LONG TIME LEAVIN' (BUT I'LL BE A LONG TIME GONE) written by Roger Miller performed by Waylon Jennings tab transcribed by Collins Crapo <roxtar@srv.net> Time: 3/4 D / / 2 / / 3 / / 4 / / 5 / / 6 / / I've been a fool, I've been a foo-hoo-ooool G D Forgivin' you each time that you've done me wrong A G C D I've been a long time leavin', but I'll be a long time-- gone Verse 2: I loved you so oh oh oh much, I loved you so mu-u-uuuch I stayed around when I should've moved along I've been a long time leavin', but I'll be a long time gone CHORUS: A Hello high life, hello highway Here come a big old semi my way G Stick up my thumb, hear the truck come D Trees goin' by, lookin' like a fly A On my big legs are my Levi's G A7 / / 2 / Woo woo woo woo D I've been a fool, I've been a foo-hoo-ooool G D Forgivin' you each time that you've done me wrong A G C D I've been a long time leavin', but I'll be a long time-- gone