Long Forgotten Dream - Billy Strings

Capo: Fret 2
Tuning: Em, E A D G B E

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfnXDRUvbnY
Billy play this with Capo on 2nd fret

      

  
E-A-D-G-B-e
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[Intro]
      

[Verse 1]
            
Would you list

              
en when the wi

             
nd decides to 

              
whisper Englis

        
h fate?
            
Would you heed

              
 the words wit

              
hin the winds 

             
that whisper i

              
t's too late?
             
Would you see 

              
the reasons fa

             
lling from the


 sky?
             
Or the locust 

              
screaming madl

            
y as you turn 

around and die

?
            
Would you reco

             
gnize some mes

       
sage to relate

?


[Verse 2]
            
Have you felt 

              
the atmospheri

             
c friction chu

       
rning up above

?
            
All the traits

              
 and descripti

             
ons seem to fi

            
t just like a 

       
glove
             
Can you see us

              
 scratching ba

              
ckwards throug

    
h the seams
             
Crawling circl

              
es on our back

            
 with our dumb

             
founded expert

ise?
            
Just the thoug

             
ht of this is 

            
riddled with d

isease


[Instrumental]
Guitar solo


[Verse 3]
            
Can you see he

              
r moving slowl

             
y to the rhyth

         
m of this song

?
            
Would you like

              
 to tag along 

             
with us? I kno

            
w it won't be 

long
             
Could she lead

              
 us back to so

           
mewhere you de

sire?
             
Could she lead

              
 us to the doo

              
rway? Would yo


u sit down by 

the fire?
            
And would your

             
 eyes be seale

              
d with love in

        
stead of hate?


[Verse 4]
            
Can you see th

              
e empty chambe

             
rs of your hea

            
d begin to spi

    
n
            
Leaving nothin

              
g but the cavi

             
ty for all the

       
 living skin?
             
Would you sett

              
le for the emp

        
ty space withi

n?
             
Or just kick a

              
nd scream for 

              
something else

            
 to carry your

                             
 thoughts in?
            
One foot befor

             
e the other, l

   
et's begin


[Instrumental]

Banjo solo

  2x
   
  

[Verse 5]
            
Have you grown

              
 without a dou

              
bt or have you

             
 always wonder

  
ed why?
            
Does this morn

              
ing rush intru

             
sively to flas

             
h your waking 


eyes
             
Do you take it

              
 in or leave i

       
t as it lay?
             
Would you give

              
 a nod to life

            
 before return

             
ing to the cla

y?
            
Could you thin

             
k about tomorr

      
ow like today?

[Instrumental]
Mandolin solo
  5x



[Bridge]
           
Her eyes are o

pen
         
She's always h

opin'
         
We can turn th

              
is old familia

 
r nightmare
          
Into a song
           
The sun keeps 

burning
           
The world keep

 
s turning
         
She's reaching

        
 out and teach

ing love
            
until the doub

           
t is gone


[Outro]
 

            
Do you listen 

              
for the echo o

             
f your long fo

       
rgotten dream?
            
You should lis

              
ten for the ec

             
ho of your lon

          
g-forgotten dr

eam

   


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