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Edited by Jack R. Baker (2003) 
michaeljoyce@hotmail.com
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G7   <S  ,dG9+5        C9 1   @2    3 F \chet atkins\raFm               Dm7               G9                  E7                 Am               		Em(7)            B7+5                 Em               
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F7               A7               Dm7              G13                E7+5             



F6  @       
C                D7-9             

	G7               	
	C                Eb7                C   n   o @  pG9+5          C   n   o @  pC9 1   @2    3 F \chet atkins\raFm                 C   n   o @  pDm7               G9                 C   n   o @  pG9+5           E7                 Am               		Em(7)            B7+5                 Em               
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F7               		Em(7)            A7               Dm7              G13              Dm7              G13                E7+5             G13                Am               



F6  @       		Em(7)            A7                C                Ab7              

	G7               	
	C                		Em(7)             C                Ab7              

	G7               	
	C                Bb7    F   Long, Lonesome Road was a hit for Roberta Peters and Ella Fitzgerald and is in my top five of favorite melodies played by Chet.  It is just a beautiful tune. 

The percussion and bass are approximations of what was played on the recording.

Note that the Module "Chet Atkins" does not sound and has been optimized for Printout and ease of reading.  If you want to make changes, please go to the module called "Midi".

I made an editing change on measures 56 and 57.  Chet did not play measure 56 like I have here.  He actually played an E min at the 7th fret, 1/2 notes, and instead of the Bb7, he played an A7 with the bass on the E, 7th fret also half notes.  He played nothing on beats 2 and 4.  Measure 57 I added the C note on the up of the second beat.
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 c b           #!*"'/+48888Percussion  itar    c              %).38 %).38Midi Module itar  
