When You´ve Been Away for a Long Time
This one´s
from the Kingston Trio´s “Children of the Morning” lp, Decca, 1966,
This sweet old song will soon turn 40. Not too difficult to play!
(Em) (Dm)
(Em) (Dm) (Em) (Dm) (G)
(Cj7)When
you've been away from the (Dm)color of
the (G)sky,
(C)When you've been a(Em)way
for a (Dm)long time, (G7)
(C)You will see it (F)true.
It's a (G7)different
shade of (C)blue,
(Em)When
you've been a(Dm)way (G)for
a (C)long time.
(Em) (Dm)
(Em) (Dm) (Em) (Dm) (G)
(Cj7)When
you've been away from the (Dm)music in
your (G)heart,
(C)When you've been a(Em)way
for a (Dm)long time, (G7)
The (C)songs
come back a(F)gain
Like an (G)old
fa(G7)miliar (C)friend,
(Em)When
you've been a(Dm)way (G)for
a (C)long time. (C7)
I can (F)hear,
I can (Em)see,
I can (Dm)feel
I am (Cj7)free,
And (Em)I've
been a(Dm)way (G)for
a (C)long time.
(Em) (Dm)
(Em) (Dm) (Em) (Dm) (G)
(C)When you've been away from the (Dm)loving
in your (G)soul,
(C)When you've been a(Em)way
for a (Dm)long time, (G)
I (C)hear
it's like a (F)rain
That (G)washes all your (C) pain,
(Em)When you've been a(Dm)way (G)for a (C)long time.
(F) (G7) (C) (C7) (F) (G7) (C)
When you've been away from (Dm)someone you once (G)knew,
(C)When you've been a(Em)way for a (Dm)long time, (G)
(C)If you find it (F)true
That (G7)someone was just (C)you,
(Em)Then
you've been a(Dm)way (G)for a (C)long time. (C7)
I can (F)hear,
I can (Em)see,
I can (Dm)feel
(G)I am (C)free,
And (Em)I've
been a(Dm)way,
(Em)I've been a(Dm)way,
(Em) I've been a(Dm)way (G)for a (C) long time.
(F) (G7) (C)
© John Stewart, All Rights Reserved
Art Faller, Charlie
Woodward & janhauenstein@gmx.de
July 2005