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This MAY be the last one I ever wrote, or among them last ones; who knows ? - after more than fifty years of trying to express something I never really managed to ... and singing other songwriters' brilliant songs instead. Not a bad choice. But there HAS been a few I've dared to sign.
AFTER the melody came to me, and after most of the lines were written down, I realized that I'd had my old friend Erik in mind, talking to HIM. We have been playing together frequently during half a century, but now it's been long ago. Too long ago. We're living too far from each other nowadays ... and the heroes are getting old and tired.
Well, I'm at the end of the line. Here we go.
so long my old friend
we won't meet again
singing the songs we used to
times surely change
getting revenge
for all of this stuff we refused to
sing on to a dubious crew just howling for "yeah she loves you"
we're out of date • we're far out of fate
ahead stands the club and the weight
so long my guitar
your old frets and bar
soon will be dirty and dusty
strings blowing my brain
won't quiver again
and gonna be stained and rusty
chords so bright won't ligthen the night reaching the whithering height
but swirling around they'll fall to the ground
and whisper the silently sound
so long harmonies
just out of the breeze
you came and you left like the wild goose
ruling songs so severe
it really was nearly
painful to break out and get loose
I will be augmented and free; the diminished be swept down the alley
majors will split : minors will sit
and wait for the sevenths to grit
so long to my song
you never grew long
and not even single recorded
not even licensed my name
my wallet's to blame
I never could really afford it
by and by : where and why : I'd heard it before and just caught it
it started C flat and according to that
ended fine in C major nine
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Chords in brackets may be omitted.
G D6 Em so long my old friend E7+9 C we won't meet again Cmaj9 Bm D7 singing the songs we used to G D6 Em times surely change E7+9 C getting revenge Cmaj9 Bm D7 for all of this stuff we refused to G B7 Em Aaug Dm Dm/F D7sus4 D7 bring on to a dubious crew wanting for yeah she loves you G B Em E7 we're out of date we're far out of fate Am D6 G ahead stand the club and the weight G B Em E7 it started C flat and according to that Am D6 Cmaj9 ended fine in C major nine
