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]

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   GG Piano Chord 
   CC Piano Chord 
   CC Piano Chord 
   DD Piano Chord 
   DD Piano Chord 
   GG Piano Chord 
   GG Piano Chord 

[intro]

GG Piano Chord 
                GG Piano Chord 
                       CC Piano Chord 
     CC Piano Chord 

You come home late and you come home early
DD Piano Chord 
              DD Piano Chord 
                        GG Piano Chord 
     GG Piano Chord 

You come on big when you're feeling small
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                  GG Piano Chord 
                         CC Piano Chord 
     CC Piano Chord 

You come home straight and you come home curly
DD Piano Chord 
                DD Piano Chord 
                  GG Piano Chord 
    GG Piano Chord 

Sometimes you don't come home at all

GG Piano Chord 
                 GG Piano Chord 
           CC Piano Chord 
          CC Piano Chord 

So what in the world's come over you
DD Piano Chord 
             DD Piano Chord 
              GG Piano Chord 
            GG Piano Chord 

And what in heaven's name have I done
GG Piano Chord 
                     GG Piano Chord 
                    CC Piano Chord 
           CC Piano Chord 

You've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness
DD Piano Chord 
                  DD Piano Chord 
                         GG Piano Chord 
     GG Piano Chord 

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
D                  D                         G     C    D    G.
You're out there running just to be on the run

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