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From: rkh2@ukc.ac.uk

L O N G   D E A D   G O N E

by John Wesley Harding

from The Name Above The Title

This file contains two versions:- the first without chord fingering specified
and the second with it.

Version 1:
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L O N G   D E A D   G O N E

by John Wesley Harding

from The Name Above The Title

(chord fingering not specified in this version)

Key: A major

A   F#m   A   F#m

A			F#m
	It's so easy to forgo
      A			   F#m
	It's so hard to forget
      A			    F#m
	It's so hard for to realize
      D			  Bm	E
	That I'm not dead yet
      A				F#m
	When everything that we wanted
      A		      D
	Is beyond beyond
     Bm			E
	And all that I hoped for is
      D		   A		  E
	Long dead gone - alright

A		     F#m
	So how can I sleep
      A		       F#m
	In this memory bed
      A			   F#m
	When I feel like a grave
      D			  Bm	    E
	With a tomb for a bed head
      A			   F#m
	With your name and my  name
      A			     D
	Carved deep in the stone
     Bm		    E
	Now faded away 'cause we're
      D		   A
	Long dead gone
			      E
	Well we're long dead gone
	       C#   C#7  F#m	E
	We're long dead gone - yeah
      A	    E	   F#m	  D	      E
	Now faded away because we're
	D   A	E    A
	Lo-ong dead gone

E  F#m  D  E  D  A  E

A		    F#m
	Love lies bewildered
      A		     F#m
	Checking its pulse
      A			F#m
	To see if it compares
      D		    Bm    E
	To anything else
      A			     F#m
	And two things still beating
      A	         D
	Never as one
     Bm			     E
	And one thing lies choking 'cause it's
      D		   A
	Long dead gone
			     E
	Well it's long dead gone
	      C#   C#7	F#m    E
	It's long dead gone - yeah
      A	      E	       F#m  D		    E
	One thing lies choking 'cause it's
	D   A   E    A
	Lo-ong dead gone

D
	So here rests in pieces
	    A	     E
	Whatever it was
	     F#m	  D
	That we  could admit to
 F#major	    Bm
	Whatever it was
		 E
	That was me and you

What was me and you

What was me and you - yeah

A   F#m   A   F#m  A   F#m   D   Bm   E

A			F#m
	So why won't I just
      A			   F#m
	Let it die and get rid
      A				   F#m
	Of the truth that we would both
      D			     Bm   E
	Would've rather kept hid
      A			      F#m
	Better to live a lie
      A				  D
	Than pretend that you're not
     Bm			E
	And live out a love which is
      D		   A
	Long dead gone
			      E
	Well we're long dead gone - yeah
		    C#	C#7  F#m     E
	Well we're long dead gone - yeah
      A	       E	  F#m	    D	       E
	Don't live out a love which is - yeah
	 D  A   E    A	  E
	Lo-ong dead gone
    F#m	       D	  E
	Never live out a love which is
	 D  A   E    A	  E
	Lo-ong dead gone
    F#m	       D	  E
	Never live out a love which is
	 D  A   E	    A    E   F#m   D   E   D   A   E
	Lo-ong dead gone - yeah

A   E   F#m   D   E   D

A   E   F#m   D   E   D	A

============================ T H E   E N D ==============================

Chords
~~~~~~
	As this version doesn't specify which chord fingerings should be
	used, I haven't included a chord chart.  If you want to know the
	fingerings, see the other posting of this  song  with  specified
	chords.  N.B. F#major is not written as F#  purely  to  make  it
	clear that it isn't F#m.

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Notes
~~~~~
     1.	Learn the song by playing along to the album track.

2. Feel free to use different versions of the same chord or  slighlty
	different varieties of the same one to  colour  your  music.   For
	example, I use a Dsus2 to link the D and Bm chords in the 4th line
	of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th sections.

3. If you don't want to use these linking chords (such as the Dsus2's
	all through this CRD, you needn't).

4. If you're new to barre chords, and would rather stick to open ones
	you could transpose the tune to the key of G major, which involves
	shifting all chords done by a tone:
		  This version:	  Transposed to G major:
			A		G
			F#m		Em
			D		C
			Bm		Am
			C# & C#7	B7 should be okay
			F#major		Emajor (just plain E)
	If you want to do this and have a capo, putting it on the 2nd fret
	will get you in tune with the album track.

6.	A big thankyou (THANKYOU) to Alan Pulliam for supplying the  lyrics
	to Long Dead Gone and Backing Out.   They made my job a lot easier.

7. Very important this:  Have Fun.

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Ryan Harding     Applied Optics Group, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.
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"Now no-one's sitting on the fence, whose garden will we end up sitting in?"
 - John Wesley Harding, "The Person You Are" from "The Name Above The Title"
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L O N G   D E A D   G O N E

by John Wesley Harding

from The Name Above The Title

(This version gives specific chord fingering)

Key: A major

A   F#m   A   F#m

A			F#m
	It's so easy to forgo
      A			   F#m
	It's so hard to forget
      A			    F#m
	It's so hard for to realize
      D			  Bm	E<o>
	That I'm not dead yet
      A				F#m
	When everything that we wanted
      A		      D
	Is beyond beyond
     Bm			E<o>
	And all that I hoped for is
      D		   A		  E
	Long dead gone - alright

A		     F#m
	So how can I sleep
      A		       F#m
	In this memory bed
      A			   F#m
	When I feel like a grave
      D			  Bm	    E<o>
	With a tomb for a bed head
      A			   F#m
	With your name and my  name
      A			     D
	Carved deep in the stone
     Bm		    E<o>
	Now faded away 'cause we're
      D		   A
	Long dead gone
		    D	Dsus2 E<o>  E
	Well we're long dead  gone
	            C#   C#7  F#m    E
	Well we're long dead gone - yeah
      A	    E	   F#m	  D    Dsus2  E
	Now faded away because we're
	D   A	E    A
	Lo-ong dead gone

E  F#m  D  E  D  A  E

A		    F#m
	Love lies bewildered
      A		     F#m
	Checking its pulse
      A			F#m
	To see if it compares
      D		    Bm    E<o>
	To anything else
      A			     F#m
	And two things still beating
      A	              D
	But never as one
     Bm			     E<o>
	And one thing lies choking 'cause it's
      D		   A
	Long dead gone
		   D   Dsus2 E<o>  E
	Well it's long dead  gone
	           C#   C#7  F#m    E
	Well it's long dead gone - yeah
      A	      E	       F#m  D	Dsus2	    E<o>
	One thing lies choking 'cause it's
	D   A   E    A
	Lo-ong dead gone

D
	So here rests in pieces
	    A	     E
	Whatever it was
	     F#m	  D
	That we  could admit to
 F#major	    Bm
	Whatever it was
		 E<o>
	That was me  and you

What was me and you

What was me and you - yeah

A   F#m   A   F#m  A   F#m   D   Bm   E

A			F#m
	So why won't I just
      A			   F#m
	Let it die and get rid
      A				   F#m
	Of the truth that we would both
      D			     Bm   E
	Would've rather kept hid
      A			      F#m
	Better to live a lie
      A				  D
	Than pretend that you're not
     Bm			E<o>
	And live out a love which is
      D		   A<o>
	Long dead gone
		    D   Dsus2 E<o>	  E
	Well we're long dead  gone - yeah
		    C#	C#7  F#m     E
	Well we're long dead gone - yeah
      A	       E	  F#m	    D	 Dsus2  E
	Don't live out a love which is - yeah
	Dsus2  A<o> E<o> A<o>  E<o>
	Lo-o-o-ong  dead gone
    F#m	       D   Dsus2  E<o>
	Never live out a  love which is
	 D A<o> E<o>  A	   E
	Lo-ong  dead gone
    F#m	       D   Dsus2  E<o>
	Never live out a  love which is
	 D A<o> E<o>	     A    E   F#m   D   E<o>   D   A<o>   E<o>
	Lo-ong  dead gone - yeah

A   E   F#m   D   E<o>   D

A   E   F#m   D   E<o>   D	A

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Chords corresponding to the above notation
~~~~~~

A major chord: A

e||---|---|---|---|-1-|---|---| A	This is the A-chord fingering used  for
B||---|---|---|---|-1-|---|---| E	most of Long Dead Gone (where A is used
G||---|---|---|---|-1-|-2-|---| C#	rather than A<o>).   It uses the root-E
D||---|---|---|---|-1-|---|-4-| A	shape with a barre  on  the  5th  fret.
A||---|---|---|---|-1-|---|-3-| E	The fingers are numbered as follows:
E||---|---|---|---|-1-|---|---| A	1 = index, 2 = middle, 3 = ring,
					4 = little finger.

F# minor chord: F#m				     B minor chord: Bm

e||---|-1-|---|---| F#	  These chords are  both     e||---|-1-|---|---| F#
B||---|-1-|---|---| C#	  played with a barre on     B||---|-1-|-2-|---| D
G||---|-1-|---|---| A	  the second  fret,  and     G||---|-1-|---|-4-| B
D||---|-1-|---|-4-| F# 	  use root E minor shape     D||---|-1-|---|-3-| F#
A||---|-1-|---|-3-| C#	  and root A minor shape     A||---|-1-|---|---| B
E||---|-1-|---|---| F#	  respectively.		     E||---|-1-|---|---| F#

D major chord: D   which is interchangeable with:  D major chord (open): D
		   since treble note is the same
e||---|-1-|---|---|---| F#			e||---|-2-|---| F#  In    this
B||---|-1-|-2-|---|---| D		 	B||---|---|-3-| D   version of
G||---|-1-|---|---|---| A   <-This is an open	G||---|-1-|---| A   D the x on
D||---|-1-|---|-3-|---| F#  C   major   chord	D||---|---|---| D   the bass-E
A||---|-1-|---|---|-4-| D   barred to the 2nd	A||---|---|---| A   string  is
E||---|-1-|---|---|---| F#  fret.		E||---|-x-|---| (F#)optional &
								    can     be
								    held  with
								    the thumb.
E major chord (open): E<o>	E major chord: E

e||---|---|---| E   The chord   e||---|---|---|-1-|---|---|---| G#
B||---|---|---| B   on    the	B||---|---|---|-1-|-2-|---|---| E
G||-1-|---|---| G#  right  is	G||---|---|---|-1-|---|---|---| B
D||---|-3-|---| E   open    C	D||---|---|---|-1-|---|-3-|---| G#
A||---|-2-|---| B   major  on	A||---|---|---|-1-|---|---|-4-| E
E||---|---|---| E   the   4th	E||---|---|---|-1-|---|---|---| G#
		    fret.

C# major chord: C#			  C# major 7th chord: C#7

e||---|---|---|-1-|---|---| G#	 A major  e||---|---|---|-1-|---|---| G#
B||---|---|---|-1-|---|-4-| E#	 & A 7th  B||---|---|---|-1-|---|-4-| E#
G||---|---|---|-1-|---|-3-| C#	 barred   G||---|---|---|-1-|---|---| B natural
D||---|---|---|-1-|---|-2-| G#	 on 4th   D||---|---|---|-1-|---|-2-| G#
A||---|---|---|-1-|---|---| C#	  fret.   A||---|---|---|-1-|---|---| C#
E||---|---|---|-1-|---|---| G#		  E||---|---|---|-1-|---|---| G#

F# major chord: F#maj  (denoted as F#maj instead of F# to highlight the change
			from F#m (F# minor) which is used throughout the song)

e||---|-1-|---|---| F#	  This  is  the   open
B||---|-1-|---|---| C#	  E major chord  shape
G||---|-1-|-2-|---| A#	  barred on the second
D||---|-1-|---|-4-| F# 	  fret.
A||---|-1-|---|-3-| C#
E||---|-1-|---|---| F#

A major chord (open): A<o>		D major suspended 2nd: Dsus2

e||---|---|---| E   The normal open	e||---|---|---| E   This is just  the
B||---|-3-|---| C#  A  major  chord	B||---|---|-3-| D   open D chord with
G||---|-2-|---| A   used in the end	G||---|-2-|---| A   the treble-E open
D||---|-1-|---| E   section of  the	D||---|---|---| D   The bass-E string
A||---|---|---| A   song.		A||---|---|---| A   can  be  unplayed
E||---|---|---| E			E||---|-x-|---|(F#) or the  thumb  be
							    used as in D,  or
							    in this case only
							    can be left open.

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Notes
~~~~~
     1.	Learn the song by playing along to the album track.

3. If you don't want to use these linking chords (such as the Dsus2's
	all through this CRD, you needn't).

4. Don't worry too much about whether you  use  the  open  or  barred
	versions of the various chords.  I think these are the  ones  used
	on the twangy guitar in the  song  (right-hand speaker in stereo),
	but the difference between one and another is only slight, and you
	may find it easier to play a certain sequence.

5. If you're new to barre chords, and would rather stick to open ones
	you could transpose the tune to the key of G major, which involves
	shifting all chords done by a tone:
		  This version:	  Transposed to G major:
			A		G
			F#m		Em
			D		C
			Bm		Am
			Dsus2 		forget it, just play C
			C# & C#7	B7 should be okay
			F#major		Emajor (just plain E)
	If you want to do this and have a capo, putting it on the 2nd fret
	will get you in tune with the album track.

6.	A big thankyou (THANKYOU) to Alan Pulliam for supplying the  lyrics
	to Long Dead Gone and Backing Out.   They made my job a lot easier.

7. Very important this:  Have Fun.

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