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L O N G D E A D G O N E
by John Wesley Harding
from The Name Above The Title
(chord fingering not specified in this version)
Key: A major
AF#mAF#mAF#m
It's so easy to forgo
AF#m
It's so hard to forget
AF#m
It's so hard for to realize
DBmE
That I'm not dead yet
AF#m
When everything that we wanted
AD
Is beyond beyond
BmE
And all that I hoped for is
DAE
Long dead gone - alright
AF#m
So how can I sleep
AF#m
In this memory bed
AF#m
When I feel like a grave
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DBmE
With a tomb for a bed head
AF#m
With your name and my name
AD
Carved deep in the stone
BmE
Now faded away 'cause we're
DA
Long dead gone
E
Well we're long dead gone
C#C#7F#mE
We're long dead gone - yeah
AEF#mDE
Now faded away because we're
DAEA
Lo-ong dead gone
EF#mDEDAEAF#m
Love lies bewildered
AF#m
Checking its pulse
AF#m
To see if it compares
DBmE
To anything else
AF#m
And two things still beating
AD
Never as one
BmE
And one thing lies choking 'cause it's
DA
Long dead gone
E
Well it's long dead gone
C#C#7F#mE
It's long dead gone - yeah
AEF#mDE
One thing lies choking 'cause it's
DAEA
Lo-ong dead gone
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D
So here rests in pieces
AE
Whatever it was
F#mD
That we could admit to
F#major Bm
Whatever it was
E
That was me and you
What was me and you
What was me and you - yeah
AF#mAF#mAF#mDBmEAF#m
So why won't I just
AF#m
Let it die and get rid
AF#m
Of the truth that we would both
DBmE
Would've rather kept hid
AF#m
Better to live a lie
AD
Than pretend that you're not
BmE
And live out a love which is
DA
Long dead gone
E
Well we're long dead gone - yeah
C#C#7F#mE
Well we're long dead gone - yeah
AEF#mDE
Don't live out a love which is - yeah
DAEAE
Lo-ong dead gone
F#mDE
Never live out a love which is
DAEAE
Lo-ong dead gone
F#mDE
Never live out a love which is
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DAEAEF#mDEDAE
Lo-ong dead gone - yeah
AEF#mDEDAEF#mDEDA
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Chords
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As this version doesn't specify which chord fingerings should
be
used, I haven't included a chord chart. If you want to know
the
fingerings, see the other posting of this song with
specified
chords. N.B. F#major is not written as F# purely to make
it
clear that it isn't F#m.
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Notes
~~~~~
1. Learn the song by playing along to the album track.
2. Feel free to use different versions of the same chord or
slighlty
different varieties of the same one to colour your music.
For
example, I use a Dsus2 to link the D and Bm chords in the 4th
line
of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th sections.
3. If you don't want to use these linking chords (such as the
Dsus2's
all through this CRD, you needn't).
4. If you're new to barre chords, and would rather stick to open
ones
you could transpose the tune to the key of G major, which
involves
shifting all chords done by a tone:
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This version: Transposed to G major:
AGF#mEmDCBmAm
C# & C#7 B7 should be okay
F#major Emajor (just plain E)
If you want to do this and have a capo, putting it on the 2nd
fret
will get you in tune with the album track.
6. A big thankyou (THANKYOU) to Alan Pulliam for supplying the
lyrics
to Long Dead Gone and Backing Out. They made my job a lot
easier.
7. Very important this: Have Fun.
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Ryan Harding Applied Optics Group, University of Kent at Canterbury
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"Now no-one's sitting on the fence, whose garden will we end up sitting
in?"
- John Wesley Harding, "The Person You Are" from "The Name Above The
Title"
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L O N G D E A D G O N E
by John Wesley Harding
from The Name Above The Title
(This version gives specific chord fingering)
Key: A major
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AF#mAF#mAF#m
It's so easy to forgo
AF#m
It's so hard to forget
AF#m
It's so hard for to realize
D Bm E
That I'm not dead yet
AF#m
When everything that we wanted
AD
Is beyond beyond
Bm E
And all that I hoped for is
DAE
Long dead gone - alright
AF#m
So how can I sleep
AF#m
In this memory bed
AF#m
When I feel like a grave
D Bm E
With a tomb for a bed head
AF#m
With your name and my name
AD
Carved deep in the stone
Bm E
Now faded away 'cause we're
DA
Long dead gone
D Dsus2 E E
Well we're long dead gone
C#C#7F#mE
Well we're long dead gone - yeah
AEF#mDDsus2E
Now faded away because we're
DAEA
Lo-ong dead gone
EF#mDEDAE
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AF#m
Love lies bewildered
AF#m
Checking its pulse
AF#m
To see if it compares
D Bm E
To anything else
AF#m
And two things still beating
AD
But never as one
Bm E
And one thing lies choking 'cause it's
DA
Long dead gone
D Dsus2 E E
Well it's long dead gone
C#C#7F#mE
Well it's long dead gone - yeah
A E F#m D Dsus2 E
One thing lies choking 'cause it's
DAEA
Lo-ong dead gone
D
So here rests in pieces
AE
Whatever it was
F#mD
That we could admit to
F#major Bm
Whatever it was
E
That was me and you
What was me and you
What was me and you - yeah
AF#mAF#mAF#mDBmEAF#m
So why won't I just
AF#m
Let it die and get rid
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AF#m
Of the truth that we would both
DBmE
Would've rather kept hid
AF#m
Better to live a lie
AD
Than pretend that you're not
Bm E
And live out a love which is
D A
Long dead gone
D Dsus2 E E
Well we're long dead gone - yeah
C#C#7F#mE
Well we're long dead gone - yeah
AEF#mDDsus2E
Don't live out a love which is - yeah
Dsus2 A E A E
Lo-o-o-ong dead gone
F#m D Dsus2 E
Never live out a love which is
D A E A E
Lo-ong dead gone
F#m D Dsus2 E
Never live out a love which is
D A E A E F#m D E D A E
Lo-ong dead gone - yeah
A E F#m D E D
A E F#m D E D A
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Chords corresponding to the above notation
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A major chord: A
e||---|---|---|---|-1-|---|---- & A This is the A-chord fingering
used for
B||---|---|---|---|-1-|---|---- & E most of Long Dead Gone (where A
is used
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G||---|---|---|---|-1-|-2-|---- & C# rather than A). It uses
the root-E
D||---|---|---|---|-1-|---|-4-- & A shape with a barre on the 5th
fret.
A||---|---|---|---|-1-|---|-3-- & E The fingers are numbered as
follows:
E||---|---|---|---|-1-|---|---- & A 1 = index, 2 = middle, 3 = ring,
4 = little finger.
F# minor chord: F#m B minor chord: Bm
e||---|-1-|---|---| F# These chords are both
e||---|-1-|---|----- & F#
B||---|-1-|---|---| C# played with a barre on
B||---|-1-|-2-|----- & D
G||---|-1-|---|---| A the second fret, and
G||---|-1-|---|-4---- & B
D||---|-1-|---|-4-| F# use root E minor shape
D||---|-1-|---|-3-- & F#
A||---|-1-|---|-3-| C# and root A minor shape
A||---|-1-|---|----- & B
E||---|-1-|---|---| F# respectively.
E||---|-1-|---|------ & F#
D major chord: D which is interchangeable with: D major chord
(open): D
since treble note is the same
e||---|-1-|---|---|---| F# e||---|-2-|----------------------
& F# In this
B||---|-1-|-2-|---|---| D B||---|---|-3--------------------
& D version of
G||---|-1-|---|---|---| A <-This is an open G||---|-1-|-----------
& A D the x on
D||---|-1-|---|-3-|---| F# C major chord D||---|---|-----------
& D the bass-E
A||---|-1-|---|---|-4-| D barred to the 2nd A||---|---|-----------
& A string is
E||---|-1-|---|---|---| F# fret. E||---|-x-|---| (F#)optional--
&
can
be
held with
the
thumb.
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E major chord (open): E E major chord: E
e||---|---|---| E The chord e||---|---|---|-1-|---|---|----- & G#
B||---|---|---| B on the B||---|---|---|-1-|-2-|---|---- & E
G||-1-|---|---| G# right is G||---|---|---|-1-|---|---|---- & B
D||---|-3-|---| E open C D||---|---|---|-1-|---|-3-|---- & G#
A||---|-2-|---| B major on A||---|---|---|-1-|---|---|-4-- & E
E||---|---|---| E the 4th E||---|---|---|-1-|---|---|---- & G#
fret.
C# major chord: C# C# major 7th chord: C#7
e||---|---|---|-1-|---|---| G# A major e||---|---|---|-1-|---|----
& G#
B||---|---|---|-1-|---|-4-| E# & A 7th B||---|---|---|-1-|---|-4--
& E#
G||---|---|---|-1-|---|-3-| C# barred G||---|---|---|-1-|---|----
& B natural
D||---|---|---|-1-|---|-2-| G# on 4th D||---|---|---|-1-|---|-2--
& G#
A||---|---|---|-1-|---|---| C# fret. A||---|---|---|-1-|---|----
& C#
E||---|---|---|-1-|---|---| G#E||---|---|---|-1-|---|-------- & G#
F# major chord: F#maj (denoted as F#maj instead of F# to highlight the
change
from F#m (F# minor) which is used throughout
the song)
e||---|-1-|---|---| F# This is the open
B||---|-1-|---|---| C# E major chord shape
G||---|-1-|-2-|---| A# barred on the second
D||---|-1-|---|-4-| F# fret.
A||---|-1-|---|-3-| C#E||---|-1-|---|---| F#
A major chord (open): A D major suspended 2nd: Dsus2
e||---|---|---| E The normal open e||---|---|---- & E This is
just the
B||---|-3-|---| C# A major chord B||---|---|-3-- & D open D
chord with
G||---|-2-|---| A used in the end G||---|-2-|---- & A the
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treble-E open
D||---|-1-|---| E section of the D||---|---|---- & D The bass-E
string
A||---|---|---| A song. A||---|---|---------- & A can be
unplayed
E||---|---|---| E E||---|-x-|-------------- &(F#) or the
thumb be
used as in
D, or
in this
case only
can be left
open.
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Notes
~~~~~
1. Learn the song by playing along to the album track.
2. Feel free to use different versions of the same chord or
slighlty
different varieties of the same one to colour your music.
For
example, I use a Dsus2 to link the D and Bm chords in the 4th
line
of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th sections.
3. If you don't want to use these linking chords (such as the
Dsus2's
all through this CRD, you needn't).
4. Don't worry too much about whether you use the open or
barred
versions of the various chords. I think these are the ones
used
on the twangy guitar in the song (right-hand speaker in
stereo),
but the difference between one and another is only slight, and
you
may find it easier to play a certain sequence.
5. If you're new to barre chords, and would rather stick to open
ones
you could transpose the tune to the key of G major, which
involves
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shifting all chords done by a tone:
This version: Transposed to G major:
AGF#mEmDCBmAm
Dsus2 forget it, just play C
C# & C#7 B7 should be okay
F#major Emajor (just plain E)
If you want to do this and have a capo, putting it on the 2nd
fret
will get you in tune with the album track.