Just a Song Before I Go

Artist: Graham Nash (English)
User: Phil Hughes
Duration: 130 seconds
Delay: 12 seconds
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This song was written in Hawaii as Graham & David had just a few hours before their flight back to Los Angeles. Graham was buying some grass from a cheeky dweeb named Spider who said, "You're supposed to be some big-time songwriter. I'll bet you can't write a song before you go." Graham says, "Oh yeah? How much?" Spider says, "A hundred bucks" Forty minutes later Graham had written in a school composition book this song that became CSN's biggest hit that thay had had in twenty weeks. The composition book with the original manuscript is housed in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. (Other variations of how this song came to be exist.)

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 Em  Bm  C  Am 2x

 Em          Bm 
Just a song before I go,
   C            Am 
to whom it may concern.
 Em                 Bm 
Travelling twice the speed of sound,
     C         Am 
it's easy to get burned.

 G                 F 
When the shows were over,
   Am            Bm 
we had to get back home
    G            F 
And when we opened up the door,
         Am       C  D 
I had to be alone.

    Em              Bm 
She helped me with my suitcase,
    C              Am 
she stands before my eyes
 Em              Bm 
Driving me to the airport,
    C             Am 
and to the friendly skies.

 G             F 
Going through security,
  Am            Bm 
I held her for so long.
    G               F 
She finally looked at me in love,
            Am    C  D 
and she was gone.

 Em  Bm  C  Am 2x

 Em          Bm 
Just a song before I go,
  C          Am 
a lesson to be learned.
 Em                 Bm 
Travelling twice the speed of sound,
     C         Am 
It's easy to get burned.


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