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[Verse 1]

It's been a long time since I rock and rolled.....It's been a long time since I did the stroll
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Oh, let me get it back let me get it back.....Let me get it back, baby where I come from
G7                                                     F                                   C
It's been a long time been a long time.....Been a long lonely lonely lonely lonely, lonely time

Yes it has

[Verse 2]

It's been a long time since the book of love.....I can't count the tears of a life with no love
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Hey, carry me back carry me back.....Carry me back, baby where I come from
G7                                                      F                                   C
It's been a long time, been a long time.....Been a long lonely lonely lonely lonely, lonely time

[Verse 3]

Seems so long since we walked in the moonlight.....Making vows that just can't seem to work right
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Oh, open your arms, opens your arms.....Open your arms, baby let my love come running in
G7                                                      F                                   C
It's been a long time, been a long time.....Been a long lonely lonely lonely lonely, lonely time
            F  C  F  C
Yes it has

[Outro]
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Ooo yeah, ooo yeah.....Ooo yeah, ooo yeah.....Ooo yeah, ooo yeah.....Ooo yeah, ooo yeah
G7                                                      F                                   C
It's been a long time, been a long time.....Been a long lonely lonely lonely lonely, lonely time
            G7  F                                  C                       C
Yes it has......Lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely time.....a lonely time