Chords for Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah -- Long Time Gone - When I Was A Cowboy

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My family raised [A] me tenderly, was [E] their only son.
My mind was set to [Bm] wandering [E] when I was oh so young.
You know I left my home the first time I was twelve and one.
I'm just a long time coming, dear long time gone.
Just a long time [D] coming, Ma, [A] dear [E] long time gone. _ _ _ _ _
And on the western [Em] side of Texas, [A] all on the [E] Texas plains,
My mind was set to wandering, oh I was a young'll babe.
My foreman said to homeboy, you go back to where you belong.
I'm just a long time [A] coming, dear long [E] time gone.
Just a long time [A] coming, Ma, dear [E] long time gone. _ _ _ _ _ _
And you can have your [A] beauty, skin deep, [E] only lies.
You can [D] have your money, [E] Lord, right before your eyes.
Just give to me my [A] great [E] stone, clearly marked upon.
He was a long time [D] coming, [E] dear long time gone.
Just a long time coming, Ma, [Bm] [A] dear [E] long time gone.
Well I'm a long [D] time coming, dear [A] long [E] time gone. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ And when I [D] was a cowboy [E] out on the western plains,
When I was a [D] [E] cowboy out on the western plains,
You know it made me a half a million dollars,
Pulling on the bridle reins.
Come a-caw-caw-yoo-kee, come a-caw-caw-yoo-kee,
Come a-caw-caw-yoo-kee-yoo-kee-ay.
Come a-caw-caw-yoo-kee, come a-caw-caw-yoo-kee-yoo-kee-ay.
_ _ _ _ _ _ And all the hardest [D] battles [E] fought on the western plains,
I said all the hardest [F#m] battles [E] fought on the western plains.
When me and the banders and the [D] Indians [E] scouts were in the Jesse chain,
Come a-caw-caw-yoo-kee, come a [A]-caw-caw-yoo-kee,
[E] Come a-caw-caw-yoo-kee-yoo-kee-ay.
Come a-caw-caw-yoo-kee, come a-caw-caw-yoo-kee-ay.
And when I was a cowboy out on the western plains,
And when I was a cowboy out on the western plains,
You know it made me a half a [D] million dollars [E] pulling the battle rank
Come a-caw-caw-yoo-kee, come a-caw-caw-yoo-kee,
Come a-caw-caw-yoo-kee-yoo-kee-ay.
Come a-caw-caw-yoo-kee, [A] come a-caw-caw-yoo-kee,
Come a-caw [E]-caw-yoo-kee-yoo-kee-ay.
Come a-caw-caw-yoo-kee, come a [A]-caw-caw-yoo-kee,
Come a-caw-caw [E]-yoo-kee-yoo-kee-ay. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ My family [D] ranged to [E] tenderly for once the sun,
the sun.
My mind was set to [D] [E] wandering when I was oh so young.
I left my home [A] the first time when I was [E] twelve and one.
Just a long time [D] coming, [E] be a long time gone.
Just a long time [D] coming, [E] be a long time gone.
Well I'm a long [D] time coming, [A] be a long [E] time gone.
Just a long [D] time coming, be a long time gone. _ _ _ _
[E] _ Just a long [D] time coming, be a long [E] time gone. _ _ _ _
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