How Long Gone

(intro 4x)  C G F G 

              C                 G                      F                     G
I keep thinking any minute you’ll be coming home, honey,
   C                          G                 F            G
I ain’t seen nothing of you in a month of Sundays, tell me,
C          G      F                   G        C        G   F   G
    how long gone are you gonna be?
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    All you said was, you had to get going,
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    ah, but baby, I wouldn’t mind knowing, just
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    how long gone are you gonna be?

Am                                            G
    How’m I supposed to make any plans,
Am                                     G
    when I still don’t even understand,
               F     Em     Dm              C           G
if you’re ever gonna come back home to me ?
                 G          C         G       F                   G        C       G   F   G
Tell me, ple..ase !       How long gone are you gonna be ?

( C G F G )

C            G            F                   G
    Maybe I didn’t pay enough attention,
             C      G                  F        G
    but I do believe you forgot to mention, just
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    how long gone are you gonna be?
               C             G                      F            G
    The phone ain’t ringing, 'cause you ain’t calling,
       C                G                 F            G
    I ain’t been hearing your footsteps falling, tell me,
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    how long gone are you gonna be?

Am                                            G
    How’m I supposed to make any plans,
Am                                     G
    when I still don’t even understand,
               F     Em     Dm              C           G
if you’re ever gonna come back home to me?
              G7          C         G       F                   G        C       G   F   G
Tell me, ple..ase !       How long gone are you gonna be?

( C G F G ) (3x)

Am                                            G
    How’m I supposed to make any plans,
Am                                     G
    when I still don’t even understand,
               F     Em     Dm              C           G
if you’re ever gonna come back home to me?
                 G7          C         G       F                   G        C       G   F   G
Tell me, ple..ase !       How long gone are you gonna be?
Tell me !
C          G       F                   G        C     G   F   G  C G F G   (3x)
    How long gone are you gonna be?