Intro 
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G                    C
When I first met you I was ready to
G                                   D
Give up this life of drinkin' and a bummin'
G                   C
But all my promises
      D           G
Are a long time a'comin'

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G                 C
When I look at us, sittin' on this bus
G                                D
We're still pullin', we're still strugglin'
G                            C
Waitin' for that lucky break
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But it's a long time a'comin

C                      G
Up in the blue beyond, above the great divide
C
Everything can't be wrong
D
Somebody must be gettin' it right

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G                 C
Well I'm still me, and I'll never be
G                     D
A slave to any man or woman
G                                C
Someday you'll be proud of me
           D         G           C
But it's a long time comin'
  D           G                  C
A long time a'comin'
  D           G                  C
A long time a'comin'
  D           G