Chords for Long Time

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Well it's been [D#m] a long [C#] time, long time [F#] _ now _ _ Since [D#m] I've seen you [A#m] _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ smile _
And [D#m] I'll gather you in my heart I wonder if Gladys [C#] smiles when angels bring
my name [F#] up Or change language and subject change [D#m] up
A boy's a long way from [C#] red dolls and green rangers
[F#] Things ain't been the same since Miss Patterson called me famous
[D#m] I saw your reflection in a [C#] toilet full of vomit water
[F#] You don't think I felt your hand on my head yelling call his father
[D#m] But people don't hear ghosts, [A#m] so how they gon' blame me?
[F#] Money saved me, so I'ma do the same [D#m] thing You dropping pounds, [C#] getting small on some
sick [F#] shit Like how you got in a drive and don't know
how to use a stick [D#] shift You better not miss this [C#]
overdose, dope and
mix it [F#] Let your throat blow with a boatload of dope
quotes within it
[D#m] Glass _ _ [Fm]
off, _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [D#m] dropping tapes till I lost [C#] count Coughing out blood, [F#] dropping weight like I
lost an ounce Throwing words and [D#m] tossing nouns
NY [C#] traveling, I'm Boston bound, boss [F#] around Homies and talking down the shorties while
I'm jotting [D#m] down Notes to spit to Harlem [C#] crowds
Surfing through the Harlem [F#] crowds Have to grip, I'm falling down
Yeah, I'm steady crawling [D#m] around Calling out to [C#] God, you little angels falling
[F#] down Save me from my darkened cloud
Reach your hands and arms [D#m] around
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Well, it's been [D#m] a long [C#] time, long [F#] time _ _ _ _
_ Since [D#m] I've seen [A#m] you smile
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And [D#m] I've _ _ [C#] gambled away [F#] my _ pride _ _ _ [D#m] I've _ _ [C#] gambled _ _ my time _ _
A _ [D#m] _ year, [C#] a year or [F#] so _ _ _ It's [D#] no _ separate [C#] _
_ term, [F#] you'll have to see _
But it's [D#m] been a long time, [C#] long [F#] time _ _ _ _ Since [D#m] I've seen [D#] [C#] you _ smile
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And it's [D#m] been a long [C#] time, long _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
time _ [D#m] _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ [F#] And _ _ _ _ it's [D#m] been a long [C#] time, long [F#] time _ _ _ _