Ive Been A Long Time Leavin Chords

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Ive Been A Long Time Leavin by Waylon Jennings is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, A and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Verse: 

D 
I've been a fool, I've been a foo-hoo-ooool 
G                            D 
Forgivin' you each time that you've done me wrong 
A                     G                 C              D 
I've been a long time leavin', but I'll be a long time gone 

D 
I loved you so oh oh oh much, I loved you so mu-u-uuuch 
G                      D 
I stayed around when I should've moved along 
A                     G                 C              D 
I've been a long time leavin', but I'll be a long time gone 

 
A 
Hello high life, hello highway 
Here come a big old semi my way 
G 
Stick up my thumb, hear the truck come 
D 
Trees goin' by, lookin' like a fly 
A 
On my big legs are my Levi's 
G                 
 Woop woop woop woop 

Verse: 
D 
I've been a fool, I've been a foo-hoo-ooool 
G                            D 
Forgivin' you each time that you've done me wrong 
A                     G                 C             D 
I've been a long time leavin', but I'll be a long time-- gone 


Instrumental:

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.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante