by Dickey Betts
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(c) 1996 Sony Music Entertainment, Inc.
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This transcription comes from the song Tombstone Eyes
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played on July 26, 1996 in Toronto, Ontario.
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The lyrics will vary from show to show because they are not
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set in stone yet, but this is what Dickey sang on July 26.
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Transcribed by Nathan Yerg
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INTRO: G C G DCG
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(G)Not so long ago, just a (C)few years back
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(G)We used to hang out down by the (C)railroad track.
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(G)The guitars they played and the (C)singers made rhyme
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(D)It was a good time for being free. G C G C
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(G)Bouquet of flowers on her (C)kitchen window sill
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(G)Listen to Bob Dylans new stuff (C)he'd just done in Jacksonville
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(G)Lay down on the hillside and (C)look up at the sky
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(D)We had it all you and I. G C G C
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(G)And the lives we were living started to (C)feel like yesterday
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(G)People started driftin and (C)goin their separate ways
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(G)The wind started blowin and the (C)sky began to cry
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(D)You and I we didnt make it, I wished we'd never said goodbye
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Chorus:
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(C)I hope I never (D)see those eyes (G)again
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(C)Eyes that used to (D)be my best (G)friend's
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(C)And we gave it all (D)away for the (G)diamonds in the (Em)dust
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(C)With a hungry voice still howlin in the (D)wind
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(C)A heart of stone no (D)longer lasts, her (G)eyes no longer (Em)cry
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(C)I know I'll never (D)see those (C)tombstone (D)eyes again. G DCG
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(C)And I know I'll never (D)see those (C)tombstone (D)eyes again G
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DCG.
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(Not real sure about this next verse, but here's what it sounds like.)
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(G)No more religious message just a (C)story to tell
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(G)I keep on track on Sunday, (C)peace and love, heaven and hell.
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(G)I'm a mean beat street drifter, with the (C)sun shining from a face
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(D)Ah but that was long ago, another time, another place.
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Chorus
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Tombstone Eyes
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| The Allman Brothers Band |
