Speed Of Snd Of Loneliness

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Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 22:11:53 -0700
From: Hakan Sjostrom 

 
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Subject: CRD: SPEED OF THE SOUND OF LONELINESS rec. by Nancy Griffith
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SPEED OF THE SOUND OF LONELINESS
Recorded by Nancy Griffith
Written by John Prine

INSTRUMENTAL (
 C 
 F 
 G7 
 C twice, first time slowly)


 C                                    
 F
You come home late and you come home early

 G7                                      
 C
  You come on big when you're feelin' small
                                          
 F
You come home straight and you come home curly

 G7                                 
 C
  Sometimes you don't come home at all


CHORUS:
                            
 F
So what in the world's come over you

 G7                                   
 C
  And what in heavens name have you done
                                      
 F
You broken the speed of the sound of loneliness

 G7                                            
 C
  You're out there runnin' just to be on the run


                                    
 F
Well I've got a heart that burns with a fever

 G7                                      
 C
  And I've got a worried and a jealous mind
                               
 F
How can a love that'll last forever

 G7                       
 C
  Now get left so far behind


CHORUS


INSTRUMENTAL (Same as chorus)



 C                                
 F
It's mighty mean and a dreadful sorrow

 G7                              
 C
  It's crossed the evil line today
                         
 F
How can you ask about tomorrow

 G7                               
 C
  When we ain't got one word to say


CHORUS (Repeated twice)


 G7                                            
 C
  You're out there runnin' just to be on the run (Repeated twice)

INSTRUMENTAL (
 C 
 F 
 G7 
 C)