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LONG GONE 2 (Don Reno, Red Smiley) I remember well the day I met you With your smile so fair and bright, And I loved you from that moment 'Til I met you here tonight. CHO: Long gone, that's how I'm leavin'. Long gone, why do you cry? This is what you've always wanted. Yes, I'm gone, long gone! I've tried my best to make you happy, Still you say I've done you wrong. So I'm giving up, my darling, (or "this it, we're through forever") And I'll be gone, long gone. Do not try to overtake me. What I ride will be too fast. All my bags are packed to travel, Long gone, long gone at last. When I see you try to spite me, When I see you turn away, All the grief that I've been feelin' Tells me there's no other way. It would have been better for us, my darling, If in this world we'd never met. For though I loved you like no other, Now I'm goin', I've just regret. Please don't shed no tears at parting, For your tears will not atone. After all the pain you cause me I'm gone, long gone. Now if I find this to be true, dear, I want you to please understand. When I return, don't say you're sorry. Just keep on loving another man. The above is a composite of several versions. Recorded by the Reno Brothers on "Kentucky Gold," 1992, also by The Lonesome River Band and by Ralph Stanley. @bluegrass filename[ LONGGN2 CN Feb07  8note Sheet |
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