Chords for Long, Long Time — by Ron Kalmakoff

_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ Love _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ [Dm] will abide, _
_ [Bb] _ [C] take things in [F] stride. _
_ [Bb] _ _ [A] Sounds [Dm] like good advice, [G] but there's no one at [C] my side.
[Bb] And [C] time _ [Dm] washes clean, [Bb] _ [C] love's arms [Dm] _ unseen.
_ [Bb] _ _ [A] That's what [Dm] someone told me, [G] but I don't know what [C] it _ means.
[Bb] Cause _ I've done [F] everything I know [A] to try and make [Dm] you mine.
[Bb] _
[F] And I think [C] I'm gonna [Dm] love you _ [F] for a [C] long, [F] long time.
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] Caught in [Dm] my fears, _ [Bb] _ [C] blinking back [F] the tears. _
_ [Bb] _ _ [A] I can't [Dm] say you heard me [G] when you never let [C] me near. _
[Bb] And I [C] _ _ [Dm] never drew [Bb] one _ [C] response [F] from you.
_ [Bb] _ _ [A] All the while [Dm] you fell all [G] over many you _ [F] never knew.
[C] _
[Bb] Cause _ I've done [F] everything I know [A] to try and make you [Dm] _ _ [Bb]
mine.
[F] And I think [C] it's gonna [Dm] hurt [Bb]
me [F] for a [C] long, long [F] time. _
_ [Bb] Wait [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] for [Dm] the day, _ [Bb] wait for the day you'll go _ [F] away. _
_ [Bb] _ [A] Knowing [Dm] that you warned me [G] of the price I'd [Bb] have to [C] pay.
[Bb] And _ [C] life's full of [D] _ _ [Dm]
flaws, [Bb] who [C] knows [F] the cause.
_ [Bb] _ [A] Living [Dm] in the memory [G] of a love that [Bb] never _ [C]
was.
[Bb] Cause I've done [F] everything I know _ [A] to try and change [Dm] your mind.
[Bb] _
[F] And I think [C] I'm [Dm] gonna miss you [Bb] _
[F] for a [C] long, long [Dm] time. _
[Bb] Cause I've done [F] everything I know [A] to try and [Dm] make you [Bb] mine.
[F] And I think [C] I'm gonna [Dm] love [Bb] you [F] for a [C] long, long [Dm] time. _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
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