Intro: G
Verse (percussive down stroke with rake up holding on the 1)
G
Now every time I ask you where you gone
G
You wave bye bye and you blow your horn
G
You been ridin' around in your Cadillac
G
It feels like you're never ever comin' back
C C
You been gone so long
G G
You been gone too long
D
You been gone so long
C G D
It feels like you're never comin' home
Verse (percussive down stroke with rake up holding on the 1)
G
I need somebody who treats me right
G
Keeps me warm in my bed at night
G
I'll do anything, baby, that you ask me to
G
Just come right home, honey, when you're through
C C
You been gone so long
G G
You been gone too long
D
You been gone so long
C G D
It feels like you're never comin' home
Solo ( Straight 12 bar)
G-G-G-G C-C G-G D C G C x 2 (24 bars)
Verse (percussive down stroke with rake up holding on the 1)
G
I drive all night and part of the day
G
All for the love of the blues I play
G
But the only thing that keeps me sane
G
Is drivin' down the Bayou in the pourin' rain, y'all
C C
You been gone so long
G G
You been gone too long
D
You been gone so long
C G D
It feels like you're never comin' home
Solo (Straight 12 bar)
G-G-G-G C-C G-G D C G C x 2 (24 bars)
Outro
G G
I been gone too long
G G
I been gone too long
C C
I been gone too long
G G
Baby, baby, I been gone
D
I been a gone, forgone
C G D
It feels sometimes like I'm never gettin' home