A Long Time Gone Chords

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A Long Time Gone by Electric Light Orchestra is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Dm. It uses the chords Dm, C#5+, F/C, Bm7/5-, Gm7, Am7, Bb, G7, F, A/E, F7/Eb, D7, Gm, Bbm, C and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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INTRO:
 
 Dm  C#5+  F/C  Bm7/5-  
 Gm7  Am7  Gm7  Am7  

Dm                     C#5+ 
Seems like forever and time left to spare 
       F/C                     Bm7/5- 
When I look out the window and still you're not there 
         Gm7       Am7 
You're a long time gone 
       Gm7       Am7 
Such a long time gone 

Dm                    C#5+ 
Tearing down memories bitter and sweet 
F/C                     Bm7/5- 
Smashing away 'til it's all obsolete 
         Gm7       Am7             Gm7 
You're a long time gone (long time gone) 
       Gm7       Am7             Bb 
Such a long time gone (long time gone) 
         Bb        G7 
You're a long time gone 

F 
Do I wonder why 
A/E 
Every day that I 
F7/Eb 
Think about you still 
D7                    Gm  Bbm C  
And I always will 
F 
Did so much for me 
A/E 
Now I think I see 
F7/Eb 
This I do believe 
D7                        Gm  Bbm C  Dm   
Feels more like a dream 

Dm                        C#5+ 
Looked at the weeds in the broken concrete 
           F/C                       Bm7/5- 
Before the bulldozers waltzed in and killed the old street 
         Gm7       Am7             Gm7 
You're a long time gone (long time gone) 
       Gm7       Am7             Dm 
Such a long time gone (long time gone) 

Dm                     C#5+ 
Door steps that shone in a bright summer sky 
       F/C                     Bm7/5- 
Lay shattered and wasted since our last goodbye 
         Gm7       Am7             Gm7 
You're a long time gone (long time gone) 
       Gm7       Am7             Bb 
Such a long time gone (long time gone) 
         Bb        G7 
You're a long time gone 

F 
Do I wonder why 
A/E 
Every day that I 
F7/Eb 
Think about you still 
D                 
And I always will 
Gm             Bbm  C    F 
     (You're a long time gone) 
F 
Did so much for me 
A/E 
Now I think I see 
F7/Eb 
This I do believe 
D    
Feels more like a dream 
Gm             Bbm  C    F 
     (You're a long time gone) 


F   A/E F7/Eb D Gm 
Do  I   won---der  why 
         Bbm  C    F 
You're a long time gone 
    F A/E F7/Eb D Gm 
You never said  good-bye 
         Bbm  C    F 
You're a long time gone 

(repeat and fade) 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante