Tom: G [Chords] Am C G Bm D Em E|-0---0---3---2---2---0------------------------------------| B|-1---1---0---3---3---0------------------------------------| G|-2---0---0---4---2---0------------------------------------| D|-2---2---0---4---0---2------------------------------------| A|-0---3---2---2---x---2------------------------------------| E|-x---x---3---x---x---0------------------------------------| [Intro] (x2): E|----------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------111---------------------| G|--3/4\2-0-0--000------------222---------------------| D|-------------xxx------------222---------------------| A|-0~~~~~~~3---xxx---0-3-5-0--000---------------------| E|-------------xxx--3-----5---------------------------| Am C G Am Brewton Alabama at The Colonial Inn, Am C G Am hot day, old orange juice, some vodka on a night stand, Am C G Am there's a Chevy Nova with the seat burned out the back, Am C G Am from a Winston cigarette, that was stumped into the wind Am C G Am old Bobby Long was like Zorba the Greek, Am C G Am Side-tracked by the scent of a woman, Am C G Am Could've been an actor on a moviescreen Am C G Am Stayed in Alabama just a dreamer of dreams G He played football against W.S.E.O. Am (Fill) should've seen him running down the field G I grow old, I grow old where the bottoms of my Am (Fill) trousers rolled G Am it's a love song, for Bobby Long G Am A love song, for Bobby Long INTRO (2x) Am C G Am he was a handsome man, he had Cherokee cheeckbones Am C G Am a fair haired boy, where did he go wrong, Am C G Am he chose a roadless travel, made all the difference, Am C G Am now he’s chastisezed, critisiezed he don't make no sense G Am (Fill) Brewton called him crazy, he said Bobby Long was nothing but a drunk, G Am (Fill) but all the thoughts in his head was way passed anything they duwmb funk G Am it's a love song, for Bobby Long G Am a love song, for Bobby Long Bm Am G D but don't get me wrong, Bobby Long was no good, Bm Am G D he'd drag you down, if he thought he could Am well he would drag you down, Em the road I ride will be the day for me G won't come along Em the road I ride is gonna set me free G he’s gonna take me home [Solo] E|-----------------------------------------------------| B|--------------1~-1~----1~-1~---1~-1~------0~-----0~--| G|-----0-2~--0h2------0h2-0~---------------------------| D|--0h2----------2~----------0h2p0-------5-0~----------| A|--------------------------------3~--3/5------0h2p0---| E|--------------------------------------------------3~-| E|----------------------------1--1-1----------0--0-0---| B|----------------------------0--0-0----------1--1-1---| G|----------------------------0--0-0----------2--2-2---| D|--2p0h2---------------2p0h2-0--0-0---2p0h2--2--2-2---| A|-------3-0~------0~--0-----32--2-2--------3-0~-0-0---| E|-3------------3-3-----------3~-3-3~-3----------------| Am C G Am he was a friend of my papa's he used to drink and tell lies Am C G Am praised Flannery O'Connors, smoked cigarettes and filosophied Am C G Am so here I am at The Colonial Inn Am C G Am me and Captain Long and my pretty girl-friend Am C G Am he charmes her with a poem, then he brakes down and cries Am C G Am smile a crooked smile, with his broken cheeck-bone side Am C G Am tells about his life, now he's 63, Am C G Am he looks me in the eyes, he says come and go with me G he could walk on water, walk on water Am (Fill) but you know you drown themselves and wine G god and a devil, god and a devil, Am (Fill) god and a devil along inside his mind G Am it's a love song, for Bobby Long G Am a love song, for Bobby Long [End with] E|----------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------111---------------------| G|--3/4\2-0-0--000------------222---------------------| D|-------------xxx------------222---------------------| A|-0~~~~~~~3---xxx---0-3-5-0--000---------------------| E|-------------xxx--3-----5---------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------0-1~~~~-----------------| G|--3/4\2-0-0--000-----------2------------------------| D|-------------xxx----------2-------------------------| A|-0~~~~~~~3---xxx---0-1-2-0--------------------------| E|-------------xxx--3---------------------------------| ************************************ | x Dead note | / Slide up | \ Slide down | ~ Vibrato | h Hammer-on | p Pull-off