"Been Away Too Long" by the Whitlams From the Album "Little Cloud & The Apple's Eye" Transcribed by Dan Meijer 2-3 guitars on this track, the E-Esus4-E figure repeated throughout the verse alternates between open position and barre on the 7th fret (root 5). Intro riff (repeated) E --------------- ---3-2--0------ ----------2---- -2------------- --------------- --------------- E Esus4 E E Esus4 E Everything looks strange to me like a recurring dream I think I know what's coming, til it turns out wrong I've been away, away too long I can't change where I've been the bad I've done and seen But my heart has a home and it got here on its own I've been away, away too long C#m I've been away too long A Abm F#m Through a doorway in the night towards the sound of cheering C#m A I'll be gone at a minute to 12 Abm F#m You don't want to have to see me turn into myself E Esus4 E I've been away too long E Esus4 E There's a warmth that I miss familiar like a kiss But the girls had no name and the singer no song I've been away, away too long C#m I'v been away too long A Abm F#m Through a doorway in the night towards the sound of cheering C#m A I'll be gone at a minute to 12 Abm F#m You don't want to have to see me turn into myself E Esus4 E I've been away too long Abm G When we burn the cane the mice all run Bm Bb F C When the cane is burnt the mice all run Cm B When the fire burnt out I came back home Ebm D A C E When the cane was burnt I came back home E Esus4 E There's no gate and no wall in my way at all And if Janis died for my sins even I can start again I've been away too long C#m I've been away too long A Abm F#m Through a doorway in the night towards the sound of cheering C#m A I'll be gone at a minute to 12 Abm F#m You don't want to have to see me turn into myself Asus4 A E Esus4 E I've been away too long