RASCALS

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From: rogers@hi.com (Andrew Rogers)
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 12:44:05 -0500
Subject: ./r/rascals/lonely_too_long.crd

                      "I've Been Lonely Too Long"
                   (Felix Cavaliere - Eddie Brigati)

	[Note: this was edited down from 2:57 on the "Collections" LP
	 (where, incidentally, it was called "Lonely Too Long") to 2:05
	 for the single; sections flagged by '|' appear only on the LP.]

Intro:

	piano arr. for guitar [4X]; band enters 3rd time

	 v     v     v     v
	(10)---10-------10----10-
	(10)---10----12-12-12-10-
	(11)---11----12-12-12-11-
	(12)---12----12----12-12-
	-------------------------
	-------------------------
	       ^^                                  111
	          first time substitute G chord [xx222x]


	[Note: piano plays above part, which implies alternating D and G
	 chords; guitar plays D throughout (backbeats on 2 and 4)]

	           D
	I've been lonely too long
	I've been lonely too long

Chorus 1:

	        Bm                 Em
	In the past days come and gone
	   Bm                  Em     F#m  G   A
	I feel like I can't go on without love
	           D
	I've been lonely too long (he been lonely too long)
	I've been lonely too long (he been lonely)

Verse 1:

	D            Bm
	  As I look back
	D               Bm
	  I can see me lost and searchin'
	D              F#m                 G    Em F#m G  A
	Now I find that I can choose, I'm free   oh,  yeah
	Bm          Em
	So funny I just have to laugh
	Bm                            Em F#m  G    A
	'Cause all my trouble's been torn in half
	           D
 |	I've been lonely too long (he been lonely too long)
 |	I've been lonely too long (he been lonely)

Chorus 2:

 |	In the past days come and gone
 |	I feel like I can't go on without love
	(I've been lonely) Lonely too long
	I've been lonely so long (he been lonely)

Verse 2:

 |	To see me now
 |	Makes it worth the time I've waited
 |	Sure is all I need to make me see   oh, yeah
 |	I keep hopin' with all my might
 |	Everything's gonna turn out right
 |	I've been lonely too long (he been lonely too long)
 |	Lonely so long (he been lonely)

Instrumental:

	piano as per intro [4X; organ enters 3rd time, bass enters 4th]

	organ solo over D chord [4 bars on single; 8 bars on LP]

Verse 3:

	Now look at me
	Gliding through this world of beauty
	Everything I do brings ecstasy   oh, yeah
	No wonder I could die
	I feel like I'm 'bout ten miles high
	I've been lonely too long (he been lonely too long)
	Lonely too long (he been lonely)

Coda:

	 D
	Find myself somebody (he been lonely)
	Don't have to be alone no more (he been lonely)
	                     D7
	I've been lonely so long (he been lonely)
	Don't have to be alone no more, no more (he been lonely) [fade]


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers