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[Verse]
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Did you ever hear the story about Long John Dean?
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An bold bank robber, from Bowling Green;
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They put him in the jail house the other day,
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And late that night he made his getaway.

[Chorus]
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He's long gone, from Old Kentucky,
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 Long gone, got away lucky;
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He's long gone, that's what I mean,
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He's long gone, from Bowling Green.

[Verse]
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They offered up-a reward to bring him back
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They even put the blood hounds on his track
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But the doggone blood hounds lost his scent
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And nobody knows where Long John went

[Chorus]
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He's long gone, from Old Kentucky,
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 Long gone, got away lucky;
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He's long gone, that's what I mean,
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He's long gone, from Bowling Green.

[Break - same as chorus]

[Verse]
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Well I'll never forget till the day I die
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I played the game of love with a woman held high
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It was a heads you win, and tails I lose
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Well she played the ace, and I had the deuce


[Chorus]
       C                     
But I's long gone, from Old Kentucky,
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 Long gone, got away lucky;
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I's long gone, that's what I mean,
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Long gone, from Bowling Green.
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I's long gone, from Old Kentucky,
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 Long gone, got away lucky;
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I's long gone, that's what I mean,
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Long gone, from Bowling Green.