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It Wasn’t Very Long Ago – Roy Orbison
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Roy Orbison
It Wasn’t Very Long Ago
(Barry Booth)
From: “The Orbison Way” (1966)
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Am/D x-x-0-2-1-0
Bb/D x-x-0-3-3-1
Dm/C x-3-x-2-3-1
Cadd9 x-3-2-0-3-0
D/C x-3-x-2-3-2
Gm/Bb x-1-x-3-3-3
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[Intro]
| Gm Am | Bb Am |
| Gm Am | Bb
(break)
[Verse]
Gm Am
It wasn't very long ago
Bb Am
I met you
Gm Am
I saw you
Bb Am Gm Am
It wasn't very long ago
Bb Am
You whispered
Gm Am
"I love you"
[Chorus]
Dm
Look at us now
Am/D Dm
Crying our hearts out
Bb/D Dm
Through the night
Am Dm
Trying to remember
Bb E Dm Bb
What love was like, although (break)
[Verse]
Gm Am
It wasn't very long ago
Bb Am
I thrilled when
Gm Am
I kissed you
Bb Am Gm Am
It wasn't very long ago
Bb Am
I cried when
Gm Am
I missed you
[Chorus]
Dm
Look at us now
Am/D Dm
Crying our hearts out
Bb/D Dm
Through the night
Am Dm
Trying to remember
Bb E Dm Dm/C [ Bb ]
What love was like, although
Bb [ Bb/D ] C9 F
It wasn't very long ago-o-o-o
[Middle 8]
Db
Look, look
Eb
My eyes aren't shining
Db Eb
With love ... and they won't
C
Look ...
D D/C
I'm not crying ‘cause I need you,
Gm/Bb Gm
I'm crying ‘cause I don't
D Dm
Ooo-oh
[Verse]
Gm Am
It wasn't very long ago
Bb Am
You held me
Gm Am
So closely
Bb Am Gm Am
It wasn't very long ago
Bb Am
I dreamed of ...
Gm Am
You mostly
[Chorus]
Dm
Look at us now
Am/D Dm
Crying our hearts out
Bb/D Dm
Through the night
Am Dm
Trying to remember
Bb Eb Dm Dm/C [ Bb ]
What love was like, although
Bb [ Bb/D ] Cadd9 F F
It wasn't very long ago-o-o-o (break)
[Outro]
Gm Am
It wasn't very long ago
Bb Am Gm Am
It wasn't very long ago
Bb Am Gm Am
Not so very long ago
(fade out over last two lines)