TITLE "LONG GONE"
ARTIST "CONFEDERATE RAILROAD"
TRANSCRIBE sanoma at countrytabs.com
DATE 9/10/02

(INTRO) PLAY TWICE
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  (1)
   (E)ABILENE AIRPORT 6 AM,
   HE HAD A CHEERY LITTLE WOMAN HANGIN' ON TO HIM.SHE SAID 
   (A)PROMISE ME BABY,YOU'LL CALL ME WHEN YOU REACH
   (Em)L.A.
   (E)HE SAID I'M KEEPIN' YOUR NUMBER HONEY,
   RIGHT UP HERE.HE WAS TAPPIN'ON HIS TEMPLE.
   BUT THE POINT WAS
   (Em)clear.HE HAD
   (A)NO INTENTIONS OF EVER COMIN'BACK NOW
   (E)WAY.

   (CHOROUS)
   (E)HE WAS (A)LONG(Am)GONE.
   (E)LONG,LONG GONE.
   (A)SKIPPIN' LIKE A STONE.
   (E)HE PACKED UP HIS HEART AND HE WAS LONG GONE.

(2)
   TWO PACKS A PEANUTS, AND A CANADA DRY
   HAD 'IM THINKIN' WHAT A LUXURY IT WAS TYO FLY.
   IT WAS THE BEST WAY OUT OF A LOVE THAT,
   WAS NEVER MEANT TO LAST.
   ALL THOSE BINDIN' WORDS SHE LIKED TO HEAR,
   LIKE FOREVER AND WHATEVER YOU WANT MY DEAR.
   JUST MEMORIES NOW SOMETHIN' IN THE DISTANT PAST.
   (REPEAT CHOROUS)

(3)
   NINE MONTHS LATER ON A T.V. SHOW,
   HE SAW A CHEERY LITTLE WOMAN THAT HE USED TO KNOW.
   SHE SAID LORD YES OPRAH,HE LEFT ME BACK IN ABILENE.
   SHE FLASHED HIS PICTURE FOR THE WORLD TO SEE,
   SHE SAID IF ANYBODY KNOWS THIS LOUSY S.O.B.
   TELL HIM JR.S HUNGRY AINT NOTHIN IN THIS WORLD FOR FREE.
   (REPEAT CHOROUS)