Chords for Lil Blair and The Violinaires "Tell Me How Long"

Tempo:
150.05 bpm
Chords used:

E

F#m

B

G#m

C#m

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Lil Blair and The Violinaires "Tell Me How Long" chords
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How many, how many volunteer fans that we have in the house?
How many volunteer fans?
I'm finna sing something real old
and see how many fans I really have.
[E] Anybody [C] know anything about tell me how long?
Huh?
Anybody [F#m] know anything about that?
[G#m] [E]
[F#] [E]
[F] ♪ Tell me how long
[F#m]
[E]
♪ How [F#m] long will [B] we
[E] be [E] here?
[F#m]
I get up by myself sometimes, church, I say,
♪ Before you go,
[E]
[F#]
before you come back, [F#m] come back for me.

I don't know how y'all talk to the Lord,
but [E] I find myself saying something like this.
♪ I am, [F#m]
[G#m] Lord,
[C#m] [B]
[A] [E] it's you for me.

♪ Lord, [F#m] it's you, it's you [E] for me.

Y'all take your [A] time.
♪ I [C#] want the [E] clove,
[F#m] [B] Lord.

♪ I'm [E] thinkin', I'm thinkin', I'm thinkin', I'm [F#m] thinkin', ♪
♪ Thinkin' of [E] you.

[F#] I don't know that church,
but I find [E] myself saying something like this.
♪ Tell [A] me,
[E]
[F#m] tell me, [E] tell me, tell me, what am [F#m] I gonna
[E] do?

[F#m] Good God Almighty.
[E]
After talking to the Lord I [F#] say I am
[F#m] I
[G#m]
[C#m]
[A] am
It's [C#] you for [E] me
Lord I want to know you
[E] You for me
Well take your time and tell him [G#] I am
[C#m]
You know I need you
I need [F#m] you to be my guy
I keep saying you got me You know
[B] [C#m]
It's not
You got me
I must say you
You promised me
That you'll [F#m] be back someday
[Bm] Someday
[F] I find [F#m] myself talking to the Lord I say Oh Lord
Oh Lord
[G#m]
[C#m] [G#m]
[A] [E] It's you for me
[F#m] Lord [B] it's you
It's you [E] for me
[E] I'm just [F#m] a lonely child
It's [B] you [E] for me
Trying [B] to find my way home
It's you [E] for me
Oh
[F#m] It's you [E] for me Nobody
[F#m] Nobody
[B] It's you [E] for me Oh
[N] It's you for [E] me
[E] It's you for me
It's you for me
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G#m
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C#m
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E
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F#m
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_ _ _ _ How many, how many volunteer fans that we have in the house?
How many volunteer fans? _
I'm finna sing something real old
and see how many fans I really have.
[E] _ _ Anybody [C] know anything about tell me how long?
_ Huh?
Anybody [F#m] know anything about that? _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _
[F] ♪ Tell _ me how long _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E]
♪ How _ _ [F#m] long will [B] we _ _
[E] be _ _ [E] here?
[F#m]
I get up by myself sometimes, church, I say,
_ _ ♪ Before you go, _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ before you come back, [F#m] come _ _ back for _ _ me. _ _

I don't know how y'all talk to the Lord,
but [E] I find myself saying something like this.
♪ I _ am, [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#m] _ Lord, _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] it's you for _ me.

♪ Lord, [F#m] it's you, it's you [E] for me.

Y'all take your [A] time.
♪ I _ [C#] want the [E] _ clove, _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [B] Lord.

♪ I'm [E] thinkin', I'm thinkin', I'm thinkin', I'm [F#m] thinkin', ♪
♪ _ _ Thinkin' of [E] you.
♪ _ _
[F#] _ I don't know that church,
but I find [E] myself saying something like this.
♪ Tell [A] _ _ _ me, _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] tell _ me, [E] tell me, tell me, what am [F#m] I _ _ gonna _
[E] _ _ do?
♪ _
[F#m] _ Good God Almighty.
[E] _
_ After talking to the Lord I [F#] say I am
[F#m] I _ _ _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ am
It's [C#] you for [E] me
_ Lord I want to know you
[E] You for _ me
Well take your time and tell him [G#] I am
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ You know I need you
I _ need [F#m] you to _ be my guy _ _
_ _ _ I keep saying you got me You know _
[B] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
It's not
You got _ me _
I _ _ must say you
You promised me
That you'll [F#m] be back someday _
_ _ [Bm] Someday _
[F] I find [F#m] myself talking to the Lord I say _ Oh Lord _
_ Oh _ Lord
_ [G#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ [G#m] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [E] It's you for _ me _ _
[F#m] Lord [B] it's you
It's you [E] for me
_ [E] I'm just [F#m] a lonely child
It's [B] you [E] for me
_ Trying [B] to find my way home
It's you [E] for me
_ Oh
[F#m] _ _ It's you [E] for me Nobody _
[F#m] Nobody
[B] _ It's you [E] for me _ _ Oh
_ [N] It's you for _ [E] me _ _
[E] It's you for me
It's you for me _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _

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