Biography:
Billy Joe "B.J." Thomas (born August 7, 1942) is an American popular singer. He is particularly known for his hit songs of the 1960s and 1970s, which appeared on the pop, country, and Christian music charts. His best-known recording is the Burt Bacharach/Hal David song "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head".
Thomas was raised in and around Houston, Texas, graduating from Lamar Consolidated High School in Rosenberg. Before his solo career, he sang in a church choir as a teenager, then joined the musical group The Triumphs.
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Other songs:
- Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head
- Billy And Sue
- Bring Back The Time
- Everybodys Out Of Town
- Hey Wont You Play Another Someone Done Somebody Wrong Song
- Home Where I Belong
- Hooked On A Feeling
- I Just Cant Help Believin
- Im So Lonesome I Could Cry
- Long Ago Tomorrow
- Most Of All
- New Looks From An Old Lover
- Oh Me Oh My
- Old Fashioned Love
- Raindrops Keep Fallin On My Head
- Rock And Roll Lullabye
- The Eyes Of A New York Woman
- This Love Is Forever
- Whatever Happened To Old Fashioned Love
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B.J Thomas - Long Ago Tomorrow [1971]
Writer(s) - Burt Bacharach & Hal David
Most recordings of this song seem to be tuned slightly flat, so to play along with the record you'll need to
tune down slightly.
Capo 1st Fret
Chord Shapes:
(Relative to capo)
E11 = x22232 (Low E optional)
Eb11 = x11121
E7sus4 = 020200
E7 = 020100
F#maj7 = 2x3321
Bm7 = x24232
Em9 = 022002
Em = 022000
Em7 = 022030
C#7sus4 = x46474
C#7 = x46464
F#m7 = 242222
F#7sus4 = xx2422
F#maj = xx4322
[Intro]
E11 E11 Eb11 E11
| / / / / | / / / / | Into verse:
[Verse 1]
E11
Maybe I'll be the things I dream
E7 E7sus4 E7
And not the things I seem
E11
Maybe I'll get to change the world
F#maj7
Before it changes me
[Bridge 2]
Bm7
And maybe my life
Em9 Em Em7
Will all-ways be
E7sus4 E7 C#7sus4 C#7
Just as happy as it seems
[Chorus]
F#m7 Bm7
Long ago tomorrow
F#m7 Bm7
Long ago tomorrow
F#m7 Bm7
Long ago tomorrow
F#7sus4 F#7sus4
In my dreams... mmm mmm
F#7sus4 F#7sus4
mmm mmm
[Verse 2]
E11
Maybe I'll learn to face the truth
E7 E7sus4 E7
And like the truth I face
E11
Maybe I'll get to find myself
F#maj7
Before I'm lost in space
[Bridge 2]
Bm7
And maybe a love
Em9 Em Em7
Will all-ways be
E7sus4 E7 C#7sus4 C#7
Just as faithful as it seems
[Chorus]
F#m7 Bm7
Long ago tomorrow
F#m7 Bm7
Long ago tomorrow
F#m7 Bm7
Long ago tomorrow
F#7sus4 F#7sus4
In my dreams... mmm mmm
F#7sus4 F#7sus4
mmm mmm
[Instrumental]
E11 E11 E11 E7 E7sus4 E7
3/4| / / / |4/4| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
E11 E11 F#maj7
3/4| / / / |4/4| / / / / |6/4| / / / / / / | / / / / |
(F#maj7) Bm7
And maybe a love
Em9 Em Em7
Will all-ways be
E7sus4 E7 C#7sus4 C#7
Just as faithful as it seems
[Chorus]
F#m7 Bm7
Long ago tomorrow
F#m7 Bm7
Long ago tomorrow
F#m7 Bm7
Long ago tomorrow
F#7sus4 F#7sus4 F#maj
In my dreams...
[End]
Writer(s) - Burt Bacharach & Hal David
Most recordings of this song seem to be tuned slightly flat, so to play along with the record you'll need to
tune down slightly.
Capo 1st Fret
Chord Shapes:
(Relative to capo)
E11 = x22232 (Low E optional)
Eb11 = x11121
E7sus4 = 020200
E7 = 020100
F#maj7 = 2x3321
Bm7 = x24232
Em9 = 022002
Em = 022000
Em7 = 022030
C#7sus4 = x46474
C#7 = x46464
F#m7 = 242222
F#7sus4 = xx2422
F#maj = xx4322
[Intro]
E11 E11 Eb11 E11
| / / / / | / / / / | Into verse:
[Verse 1]
E11
Maybe I'll be the things I dream
E7 E7sus4 E7
And not the things I seem
E11
Maybe I'll get to change the world
F#maj7
Before it changes me
[Bridge 2]
Bm7
And maybe my life
Em9 Em Em7
Will all-ways be
E7sus4 E7 C#7sus4 C#7
Just as happy as it seems
[Chorus]
F#m7 Bm7
Long ago tomorrow
F#m7 Bm7
Long ago tomorrow
F#m7 Bm7
Long ago tomorrow
F#7sus4 F#7sus4
In my dreams... mmm mmm
F#7sus4 F#7sus4
mmm mmm
[Verse 2]
E11
Maybe I'll learn to face the truth
E7 E7sus4 E7
And like the truth I face
E11
Maybe I'll get to find myself
F#maj7
Before I'm lost in space
[Bridge 2]
Bm7
And maybe a love
Em9 Em Em7
Will all-ways be
E7sus4 E7 C#7sus4 C#7
Just as faithful as it seems
[Chorus]
F#m7 Bm7
Long ago tomorrow
F#m7 Bm7
Long ago tomorrow
F#m7 Bm7
Long ago tomorrow
F#7sus4 F#7sus4
In my dreams... mmm mmm
F#7sus4 F#7sus4
mmm mmm
[Instrumental]
E11 E11 E11 E7 E7sus4 E7
3/4| / / / |4/4| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
E11 E11 F#maj7
3/4| / / / |4/4| / / / / |6/4| / / / / / / | / / / / |
(F#maj7) Bm7
And maybe a love
Em9 Em Em7
Will all-ways be
E7sus4 E7 C#7sus4 C#7
Just as faithful as it seems
[Chorus]
F#m7 Bm7
Long ago tomorrow
F#m7 Bm7
Long ago tomorrow
F#m7 Bm7
Long ago tomorrow
F#7sus4 F#7sus4 F#maj
In my dreams...
[End]
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