Long Time Girl Gone By

Amaj7 D E Amaj7 D Bm7 Amaj7 F#m If I could live my life again awake, A Amaj7 F#m Think of all the chances I could take, Dmaj7 F#m I'd love with all abandon just the same, Dm A 'Cause that's the game. A F#m If I could cross a bridge from now to then, A F#m Open up my chest and let it in, D Dmaj7 F#m I wouldn't fight so hard against the pain, Dm A I'd let it rain, A E6 F#m E D Long time girl gone by. A F#m I couldn't take my loves the way they came, A F#m My eyes projected each one with a stain, Dmaj7 F# And though they gave me more than I could spend, F#m D I wouldn't bend. A F#m Hiding in my bridal veil of smoke A G F#m I sipped my lies until I thought I'd choke, D F#m Once there was nothing left that I could steal, D A I had to yield, A E6 F#m E D Long time girl gone by. C#m7 E Bm7 The seconds whisper circles off the clock, C#m7 E The ships go sailing past and never dock, A F#m The sea rears up, collapses and withdraws, A F#m The constellations wheel and never pause, Dmaj7 E/D F#m The wind winds through the small bones in my ear, D I start to hear. A F#m The trees look just as pretty when they're bare, A F#m Black branches hieroglyphic in the air, D F#m The leaves they left are rotted into lace, D A It's all grace, A E6 F#m E D Long time girl gone by, A Bm F#m E D Am Long time girl gone by.