Elvis Presley

Long Black Limousine

Elvis Presley


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          Long Black Limousine – Elvis Presley
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Written by: Vern Stovall/Bobby George
From: "From Elvis in Memphis" (1969)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

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CHORDS

          E-A-D-G-B-e
D/F#      2-x-0-2-3-2
G/D       x-x-0-0-0-3

D#/G      3-6-5-3-4-3
G#/D#     x-6-x-5-4-4
B/F#      2-x-4-4-4-2

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[Intro]
| G | % | 


[Verse]
          G
There's a long line of mourners
        C               G
Driving down our little street
      G         D/F# Em     G/D      A       D     D7
Their fancy cars are such a sight to see, oh yeah
        G        G7               C               G
They're all your rich friends who knew you in the city
    G/D                 D
And now they've finally brought you
            C          G    | G | % | 
Brought you home to me


[Verse]
         G
When you left you know you told me
         C              G
That someday you'd be returnin'
     G        D/F#  Em      G/D     A       D     D7
In a fancy car,     all the town to see, oh yeah
         G           G7                C                G
Well now everyone is watching you, you finally had your dream, yeah
       G/D         D               C     G
You're ridin' in a long black limousine


[Verse] variation
             C                                G
You know the papers told of how you lost your life, oh yeah
    G    D/F#  Em            G/D              A       D
The party, the party and the fatal crash that night
         G             G7              C                G
Well the race upon the highway, oh the curve you didn't see
              G/D            D               G      | G | C | G | 
When you were riding in that long black limousine
          G/D            D               G      |  G#  |
(You were riding in that long black limousine)


[Verse] variation + key change
        C#                                   G#
Through tear filled eyes I watch as you pass by, oh yeah
  G#      D#/G  Fm               G#/D#               A#   F#
A chauffeur,  a chauffeur at the wheel dressed up so fi-i-ine
       B
Well I never, I never, never, never
      E             B 
Oh my heart, all my dreams 
              B/F#
Yeah, they're with you
        F#              G#m
In that long black limousine


[Outro]
              B/F#
Yeah, they're with you
        F#              G#m
In that long black limousine
                         B/F#
Yeah, yeah, yeah they're with you
        F#              G#m
In that long black limousine

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