Long Before Chords by Palace Brothers

[Em] _ Long before what [D] is black was blackened.
[Em] _ Oh, [D] _ _
_ [Em] _ long. _ _
_ _ Blooms of gray _ [D] made mother lovely.
[Em] _ _ Mother, [D] and.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Long before [D] the house was leaning.
_ [Em] Oh, [D] long.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ A quarter of _ [G] boxwoods [D] lined the entrance.
[Em] _ _ _ [D] _
Boxwoods [Em] ain't here. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Dad burnt the _ _ boxwoods.
_ He'd like to burn the house. _
_ [Am] But one _ came [D] _ _ wandering.
_ [G] And beat _ daddy _ [F] _ [C] down. _
_ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ Oh, _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] long.
_ [Em] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _
Long before _ [D] this road seemed knotted.
[Em] _
Oh, _ [D] _ _ [Em] long.
_ _ _ _ There was but one [D] path dim and cozy.
[Em] _
Path [D] don't seem to [Em]
be.
_ _ _ Long _ before _ [D] you were my sister.
_ [Em]
Oh, _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ long before. _ _
Gals in town, [D] they called me master.
[Em] _
Ain't [D] no girl [Em] call on me no more. _
_ _ _ _ _
I cut the car _ loose was. _ _
Were you not my only dream?
_ Gave [Am] the hero _ _ [D] his house.
_ Yeah, [G] and my living _ [F]
sin.
_ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] Oh, long _ [D] before.
[Em] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
Long _ before you [D] were an artwork.
[Em] Oh, _ [D] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ mama suckled you [D] _ on her holy [Em] breast.
_ Mama's [D] breast [Em] ain't holy no more. _
Long before we [D] shared a short sheet.
[Em] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em]
I _ _ _ _ _ stood above you [D] _
_ as you slept.
[Em] _
I [D] don't stand [Em]
above no more. _ _
_ _ _ _ We've one little _ _ mobile.
_ _ And _ one filthy path.
_ _ And [Am] we'll drift _ _ along [D] _
_ _ tongueless _ [G] _
_ _ unhappiness.
[F] At last _ _ _ [C]
we'll laugh. _ _ _ _
[F] And last. _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ Till [Am] we see fit to [D]
stand before _ [G] that virgin _ kind.
[Em] That st.
Dead or [Am] who's pissed.
We have [D] slept under.
_ _ [G] The smell we [Em] have.
Or _ is [D] _
_ her heel print [Em] that marks our faces. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[D] Long before.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
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_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
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