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Long Time Running

Tragically Hip
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Strum
D-DU-UDU
Does  your mother tell you things
 Long, long when I'm gone
 Who you talking to
 Is she telling you I'm the one
 It's a grave  mistake
 And I'm wide  awake
Drive-in's  rained out
 Weatherman wet fingers the sky
 He pokes it out
 He pulls  it in
 He don't know why
 It's the same  mistake
 Chorus It's been a long time running
  It's been a long time coming
  It's well worth  the wait
We  don't go anywhere
 Just on trips
We  haven't seen a thing
 We still don't know where it  is
 It's a safe  mistake
  It's been a long time running
  It's been a long time coming
Well,  well it's all the same mistake
 Dead to rights and wide  awake
 I'll drop a caribou
 I'll tell on you
 I'll tell on you
You  got a boat load of nerve
 But I would say you've been told
 You work me against my friends
 And you'll get left out in the cold
 It's the same  mistake
 This is the first time I post something here, so all comments are
 welcome. I know this song only from a Dutch radio-show where all kind
 of bands come and play, sort of semi-unplugged, so it's maybe a little
 different from the original (which I don't really know). This song
 also appears on a CD of this radio-show: 2 Meter Sessies, Vol. 3.
 (Radio Records VCD 474724 2, distribution by Sony). On these CD's
 (Vol. 5 is out now) are a lot of famous bands, playing
 very-good-to-play-yourself-acousticly versions of well- or less
 well-known songs. I'm planning to post a few more if it's appreciated,
 let me know.
 Long time running - Tragically Hip
Does  you mother tell you things?
 Long, long when I'm gone?
 Who you talking to?
 Is she telling you I'm the one?
 It's a grave  mistake and I'm wide  awake.
 Drive-in's rained out
 Weatherman wet-fingers the sky
 He pokes it out, he pulls it in
 He don't know why
 It's the same mistake
 It's been a lo  -  -  ng time running
 It's been a lo  -  -  ng time coming
 It's well worth the wait
 We don't go anywhere
 Just on trips
 We haven't seen a thing
 We still don't know where it is
 It's a safe mistake
 It's been a long time running
 It's been a long time coming
Well,  well it's all the same mistake
 Dead to rights and wide  awake
 I'll drop a caribou,  I'll tell on you
 I'll tell  on you, I'll tell on you
 You've got a boatload of nerve
 But I would say you've been told
 You work me against my friends
 And you'll get left out in the cold
 It's the same mistake

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Readable chord sheet for Long Time Running by Tragically Hip

[A]  [E/G#]  [F#m]  [E]  [D]  [E]

[A]Does your mother tell you things [F#m]
Long, long when I'm [A]gone
Who you talking to [F#m]
Is she telling you I'm the [E]one
It's a [D]grave mistake
And I'm [A]wid[E/G#]e awak[F#m]e    [E]       [D]          [E]

[A]Drive-in's rained out [F#m]
Weatherman wet fingers the [A]sky

He pokes it out
He [F#m]pulls it in
He don't know [E]why
It's the [D]same mistake [E]

Chorus          It's been a [A]lon[E/G#]g     [F#m]     [E]time [D]running[E]
                It's been a [A]lon[E/G#]g     [F#m]     [E]time [D]coming[E]
                It's well [A]worth the wait

[F#m]

[A]  [F#m]

[A]We don't go anywhere[F#m]

Just on trips
[A]We haven't seen a thing [F#m]
We still don't know where [E]it is
It's a [D]safe mistake [E]

                It's been a [A]lon[E/G#]g     [F#m]     [E]time [D]running[E]
                It's been a [A]lon[E/G#]g     [F#m]     [E]time [D]coming[E]

[D]Well, well it's all the same mi[A]stake
Dead to rights and [D]wide awake
I'll drop a cari[A]bou
I'll tell on you[D]
I'll tell on you[F#m]     [E]        [D]           [E]

[A]You got a boat load of nerve[F#m]
But I would say you've been [A]told
You work me against my fri[F#m]ends
And you'll get left out in the [E]cold
It's the [D]same mistake [E]

This is the first time I post something here, so all comments are
welcome. I know this song only from a Dutch radio-show where all kind
of bands come and play, sort of semi-unplugged, so it's maybe a little
different from the original (which I don't really know). This song
also appears on a CD of this radio-show: 2 Meter Sessies, Vol. 3.
(Radio Records VCD 474724 2, distribution by Sony). On these CD's
(Vol. 5 is out now) are a lot of famous bands, playing
very-good-to-play-yourself-acousticly versions of well- or less
well-known songs. I'm planning to post a few more if it's appreciated,
let me know.

Long time running - Tragically Hip

[A]   [A/G#]   [A/F#]   [A/E]   [Dadd2]   [E]

[A]Does you mother tell you things? [F#m]
Long, long when I'm [A]gone?
Who you talking to? [F#m]
Is she telling you I'm the [E]one?
It's a [Dadd2]grave mistake and I'm [A]wide awake.

[A/G#]   [A/F#]   [A/E]   [Dadd2]   [E]

Drive-in's rained out
Weatherman wet-fingers the sky
He pokes it out, he pulls it in
He don't know why
It's the same mistake

It's been a [A]lo  [A/Ab]  -    [A/F#]   -   [A/E]  ng time [D]running   [E]
It's been a [A]lo  [A/Ab]  -    [A/F#]   -   [A/E]  ng time [D]coming    [E]
It's well worth the wait [A]

[A]   [F#m]   [A]   [F#m]

We don't go anywhere
Just on trips
We haven't seen a thing
We still don't know where it is
It's a safe mistake

It's been a long time running
It's been a long time coming

[D]Well, well it's all the same mis[A]take
Dead to rights and [D]wide awake
I'll drop a cari[A]bou, I'll tell on you
I'll [D]tell on you, I'll tell on [F#m]you  [E]      [D]          [A]

You've got a boatload of nerve
But I would say you've been told
You work me against my friends
And you'll get left out in the cold
It's the same mistake

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