Long Time Gone

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - long time gone the everly brothers - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - tabbed by : maguri tuning : standard the everly brothers long time gone ( 1958 ) ( frank hartford / tex ritter ) i tabbed out two versions here : 1 . studio version from "songs our Daddy taught us" 2 . live version ( - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - studio version from "songs our Daddy taught us" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - its difficult to hear the guitar ( s ? ) clearly . i finally came up with this here , which is at least close , playable and sounds good : riff capo 2nd fret D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + E | - - - - 5 - 2 - - - - - 3 - 2 - | - - - - 5 - 2 - - - - - 3 - - - | B | 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - - - 3 - 3 - 3 - | 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - - - 3 - 3 - - - | G | 2 - 2 - 2 - - - 0 - 0 - - - - - | 2 - 2 - 2 - - - 0 - 0 - 0 - - - | D | 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - | 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - | A | - - - - - - - h2 - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - h2 - - - - - - - | E | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | i use a regular D - shape and use the pinky to play the short note on the 5th fret , E - string ( one gets used to it very quickly ) . this riff is played throughout the song with minor variations whenever there is A D chord . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - capo 2nd fret Intro | D | % | % | % | Verse 1 D D you cheated me and made me lonely D A i tried to be your very own G C D there’ll be a day you’ll want me only D A [ break ] D but when i lea - eave , i’ll be a long time gone G D be a long time gone , be a long time gone D A [ break ] D yes , when i lea - eave , i’ll be a long time gone Verse 2 D D you’re gonna be sad , you’re gonna be weepin’ D A you’re gonna be blue and all alone G C D you’ll regret the day you seen me leavin’ D A [ break ] D cause when i lea - eave , i’ll be a long time gone G D be a long time gone , be a long time gone D A [ break ] D yes , when i lea - eave , i’ll be a long time gone Verse 3 D D you’ll see my face through tears and sorrow D A you’ll miss the love you called your own G C D baby , there’ll be no tomorrow D A [ break ] D cause when i lea - eave , i’ll be a long time gone G D be a long time gone , be a long time gone D A [ break ] D yes , when i lea - eave , i’ll be a long time gone Outro | D | % | % | % | ( repeat riff and fade ) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - live version : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - phil plays regular chords here . the 2nd guitar ( don ) uses a capo 2nd fret and plays a slim version of the riff from the studio version during Intro and Outro , the interludes and generally whenever there is an E in the verses . during the rest of the song don just doubles phils chords playing a different inversion . the C chord from the studio version is left out and some other changes are addEd . riff capo 2nd fret D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + E | 2 - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - | B | 3 - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - | G | 2 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - | D | 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - | A | - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - | E | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | these are the chords for the capoed guitar ( see studio version above ) : E = D ( play the riff above ) B = A A = G - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Intro | E A | % | % | E | [ you cheated ] Verse 1 E | E A | E you cheated me and made me lonely E B i tried to be your very own A E there’ll be a day you’ll want me only E B [ break ] | E A | E but when i lea - eave , i’ll be a long time gone A | E A | E be a long time gone , be a long time gone E B [ break ] E yes , when i lea - eave , i’ll be a long time gone Interlude | E A | % | % | E | Verse 2 E | E A | E you’re gonna be sad , you’re gonna be weepin’ E B you’re gonna be blue and all alone A E you’ll regret the day you seen me leavin’ E B [ break ] | E A | E cause when i lea - eave , i’ll be a long time gone A | E A | E be a long time gone , be a long time gone E B [ break ] E yes , when i lea - eave , i’ll be a long time gone Interlude | E A | % | % | E | Verse 3 E | E A | E you’ll see my face through tears and sorrow E B you’ll miss the love you called your own A E baby , there’ll be no tomorrow E B [ break ] | E A | E cause when i lea - eave , i’ll be a long time gone A | E A | E be a long time gone , be a long time gone E B [ break ] E yes , when i lea - eave , i’ll be a long time gone Outro | E A | % | % | E