Tom: G
Em G Em G
Em G Em G
[Verse 1]
Em G
You and I are climbing in a canyon
Am C
Lightning struck it once before machines
Em G
Holidays are nothing to these long yellow clouds
Am C
Lying down like girls in magazines
[Instrumental]
G C Em Em
[Verse 2]
Em G
Hiding out behind the swings and statues
Am C
You're tired of running round and jumping rope
Em G
Looking through the boards up at the schoolhouse
Am C
Spitting on our hands we made an oath
[Chorus]
G C Em
It's a long, it's a long time coming
G C G
It's a long, it's a long hard time
[Instrumental]
Em G Em G
[Verse 3]
Em G
Came upon a kind man in this slow town
Am C
He's gentle as a heartbeat in a crowd
Em G
But I am growing lawless in his good arms
Am C
Drawing blood and clawing my way out
[Verse 4]
Em G
And I am out here spinning on a clothes line
Am C
There's nothing now that moves me but the wind
Em G
And I am crying "come out here and find me
Am C
Please come shake me down and bring me in"
[Chorus]
G C Em
It's a long, it's a long time coming
G C G
It's a long, it's a long hard time
G C Em
It's a long, it's a long time coming
G C G
It's a long, it's a long hard time
[Instrumental]
Am G Am G
Am G Am Em
[Verse 5]
Em G
And I believe the news has made me wreckless
Am C
I cannot keep from walking after dark
Em G
I wanna see the places that were mentioned
Am C
To see a map of all the brightest stars
[Verse 6]
Em G
We can hang our banner on the hillside
Am C
Yeah we can touch the sun and turn the soil
Em G
We can own the oceans and the saltmines
Am C
And look out on it all and still want more
[Chorus]
G C Em
It's a long, it's a long time coming
G C G
It's a long, it's a long hard time
G C Em
It's a long, it's a long time coming
G C G
It's a long, it's a long hard time
[Outro]
G C Em Em
G C G
