The Long Journey Home.
Rodney Crowell.
Album: Tarpaper Sky.
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We ran off chasing rainbows, 'Neath the blue Montana sky,
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And we self proclaimed our freedom with a roar,
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We crossed those raging rivers, And we drank the taverns dry,
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And we bowed our heads to legends, gone before.
Chorus:
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Are you ready for the long journey home,
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The flatlands, swamps and bayou’s in your bones,
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The simple life tastes sweeter now,
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You have no need to roam, are you ready for the long journey home?
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The wind down off the Yellowstone, blows coal trains off their tracks,
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And the water springs eternal from the fire,
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An eagle flies at sunrise, 'cross an aspen grove and back,
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And the moonlight brings a blue coyote choir.
Chorus:
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Are you ready for the long journey home,
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The flatlands, swamps and bayou’s in your bones,
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The simple life tastes sweeter now,
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You have no need to roam, are you ready for the long journey home?
Break; G6 Bm7 D A7 A A7 Bm7 A6 D A Bm A D
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In dreams of mile high cotton fields, we once ran barefoot through,
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My dead drunk Uncle Fireball growls these words,
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"Blood don't make a family, boy, and I've got news for you,
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Rattlesnakes don't sing like speckled birds"
Chorus:
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Are you ready for the long journey home,
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The flatlands, swamps and bayou’s in your bones,
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The simple life tastes sweeter now,
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You have no need to roam, are you ready for the long journey home?
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Are you ready for the long journey home?
Outro: A A6 Bm A7 D A6 A7 Bm A D
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