Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness

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


[Intro]

G   G   C   C   D   D   G   G


[Verse 1]

G                G                       C     C
  You come home late and you come home early
D              D                        G     G
  You come on big when you're feeling small
G                  G                         C     C
  You come home straight and you come home curly
D                D                  G    G
  Sometimes you don't come home at all


[Chorus]

G                 G           C          C
  So what in the world's come over you
D             D              G            G
  And what in heaven's name have I done
G                     G                    C           C
  You've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness
D                  D                         G     G
  You're out there running just to be on the run


[Verse 2]

G              G                       C       C
  Well I got a heart that burns with a fever
D             D                     G       G
  And I got a worried and a jealous mind
G           G                    C       C
  How can a love that'll last forever
D     D              G     G
  Get left so far behind


[Chorus]

G                 G           C          C
  So what in the world's come over you
D             D              G            G
  And what in heaven's name have I done
G                     G                    C           C
  You've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness
D                  D                         G     G
  You're out there running just to be on the run


[Instrumental]

(same chords as one verse)


[Verse 3]

G               G                   C        C
  It's a mighty mean and a dreadful sorrow
D                  D            G   G
  It's crossed the evil line today
G             G            C        C
  How can you ask about tomorrow
D         D                     G      G
  When we ain't got one word to say


[Chorus]

G                 G           C          C
  So what in the world's come over you
D             D              G            G
  And what in heaven's name have I done
G                     G                    C           C
  You've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness
D                  D                         G     G
  You're out there running just to be on the run


[Chorus]

G                 G           C          C
  So what in the world's come over you
D             D              G            G
  And what in heaven's name have I done
G                     G                    C           C
  You've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness
D                  D                         G     G
  You're out there running just to be on the run


[Outro]

D                  D                         G     G
  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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Adam Schneider             schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu           Minneapolis, MN
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