The Roches - Long Before

      The Roches - Long Before


CAPO: 4th Fret



[Intro]
C

[Verse 1]
                           F   C
Oh, I think you're lost to me
                             F    C
Just a stranger I will never see
                          Em             C
I drove away and I walked out that door
                                 C    F  C    F  C
But you had left us long before


[Verse 2]
            G               Am          F      C
The year we spent there was strange and slow
             G            Am            F      C
Like all the cars in that rare southern snow
            G             Am      F      C
We ventured out without a plan or fear
                G            Am   F   G   Dm7   G  C  F   C
It was probably not a great idea


[Verse 3]
          G                 Am     F      C
It's not about the things I wanted then
             G              Am            F          C
I've come to see now that I couldn't have used them
        G                    Am   F     C
All the same, it's true that even now
            G               Am   F  C
I'd like to talk to you somehow


[Verse 4]
            G                  Am         F      C
I'd want to find out if you've heard that song
            G                 Am      F      C
I'd want to tell you mine are coming along
              G                 Am   F      C
Your family's well and healthy, I suppose
           G          Am   F   G   Dm7   G  C  F   C
I'm really curious to know


[Verse 5]
       G                Am        F      C
In the dimness of those last days gloom
            G              Am       F     C
While I was packing up the spare bedroom
             G            Am     F      C
You came and offered me a solemn word
        G                 Am     F  C
About a voice you'd often heard


[Verse 6]
         G             Am    F     C
It was a moment when I saw inside
         G                  Am     F      C
A little break from all that stoic pride
           G                   Am     F     C
Do I think now that this would ring a bell
            G             Am      F   G   Dm7   G  C  F   C
You know, I couldn't even tell you


[Verse 7]
       G              Am      F   C
Oh, my friend, you're lost to me
        G               Am       F  C
Another stranger I will never see
       G              Am      F   C
Oh, my friend, you're lost to me
        G               Am       F  C
Another stranger I will never see