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Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness Tab

by Nanci Griffith



SPEED OF THE SOUND OF LONELINESS (John Prine)
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[Nanci Griffith's version is actually in C, with
 a capo on the 5th fret.]
[Each chord is one 2/2 measure]

                     
[intro]

                                            
  You come home late and you come home early
                                           
  You come on big when you're feeling small
                                                
  You come home straight and you come home curly
                                      
  Sometimes you don't come home at all

                                      
  So what in the world's come over you
                                       
  And what in heaven's name have I done
                                                    
  You've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness
                                                
  You're out there running just to be on the run

Well I got a heart that burns with a fever
And I got a worried and a jealous mind
How can a love that'll last forever
Get left so far behind

So what in the world's come over you
And what in heaven's name have I done
You've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness
You're out there running just to be on the run

[Instrumental, same chords as one verse]

It's a mighty mean and a dreadful sorrow
It's crossed the evil line today (?)
How can you ask about tomorrow
When we ain't got one word to say

So what in the world's come over you
And what in heaven's name have I done
You've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness
You're out there running just to be on the run

So what in the world's come over you
And what in heaven's name have I done
You've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness
You're out there running just to be on the run
You're out there running just to be on the run
                                                        .
  You're out there running just to be on the run


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