Have I Stayed Away Too Long by The Louvin Brothers
LP: Ira and Charlie--The Louvin Brothers (1958)
Label: Capitol Records - T910
Released: 1958
YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kCbcxkUyz8
Standard Tuning
Key: F


[Intro]
      

[Verse 1]
            
Have I stayed 

        
away too long?
           
Have I stayed 

         
away too long?
    
If I came home

 tonight
           
would you stil

        
l be my darlin

g?
           
Or have I stay

           
ed away too lo

ng?


[Chorus]
   
I'm just outsi

de of town
   
I'll soon be a

t your door
           
Or maybe I'd b

              
e wrong to hur

   
ry back
            
I'd best keep 

       
out of town
            
And worry you 

   
no more
             
Or maybe someo

             
ne else has ma

       
de you care?


[Verse 2]
           
Have all of my

             
 dreams gone w

rong?
           
My beautiful d

           
reams gone wro

ng?
            
If I came home

 
 tonight
           
Would you stil

        
l be my darlin

g?
             
Or have I stay

           
ed away too lo

ng?


[Break]
      
    
      


[Chorus]
   
I'm just outsi

de of town
   
I'll soon be a

t your door
           
Or maybe I'd b

              
e wrong to hur

   
ry back
            
I'd best keep 

       
out of town
            
And worry you 

   
no more
             
Or maybe someo

             
ne else has ma

       
de you care?


[Verse 3]
             
Our love light

             
 that shone so

 
 strong
           
Sweet love lig

              
ht that shone 

   
so strong
           
If I came home

              
 tonight would

             
 that same lig

      
ht be burning?
           
Or have I stay

           
ed away too lo

ng?