Key: C
Introduction: G F C G C D G F C
G F
Well I've been gone a long time
C G
And time has passed us by
G D F C
And I know it won't be long til I get home
G F
I see your smilin face
C G
Well I just can't a-wait
C D G F C G
For those good ol' happy days when we're alone
C D
Well I'm comin through the mountains
Em C
On my way back home
G F D
I see the snow fallin' on that good ol' mountain town
G D
And I know it won't be long
Em C
I'm in your loving arms
G D F
And we'll live together and things will be better for you
C G
You and me - can't ya see
F C G
Woman - I've been a long time gone
F C D
To be a thousand miles from home I know I've done you wrong
G D
And I know it won't be long
Em C
I'm in your loving arms
F C D
Woman been a long - I've been a long time gone
G F
When I hit that mountain road
C G
I've got five miles left to go
G D F C
I smell that good old mountain air in the pine trees
G F
There she stood alone
C G
With a pretty white dress on
C D G F C G
I felt that good old mountain air blowing up a breeze
F C G
Woman - I've been a long time gone
F C D
To be a thousand miles from home I know I've done you wrong
G D
And I know it won't be long
Em C
I'm in your loving arms
F C G
Woman been a long - I've been a long time gone