The Longer You Wait Chords by Merle Haggard
Tempo:
82.5 bpm
Chords used:
F#
C#
G#m
B
D#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F#] [G#m]
[C#] [F#]
The longer you [G#m] wait to leave me, [C#] the longer I'll hurt [F#] when you're gone.
And the longer it takes [G#m] you to break my heart, [C#] the longer the pain [F#] lingers on.
How [B] long [C#] will you prolong [F#] my misery?
[C#] Wish I could leave [F#] on my own.
Cause the longer you [G#m] wait to leave me, [C#] the longer I'll hurt [F#] when you're gone.
We [G#m]
[C#] [F#]
[G#m]
[C#] [F#]
both know that you [G#m] never loved me.
[C#] I lied to myself from [F#] the start.
We both know that someday [G#m] you'll leave me.
[C#] And the knowing just tears [F#] me apart.
How [B] long will you [C#] prolong [F#] my misery?
[C#] Wish I could leave [F#] on my own.
Cause the longer you [G#m] wait to leave me, [C#] the longer I'll hurt [F#] when you're gone.
[D#] The [C#] longer I'll hurt [F#] when you're gone.
[C#] [F#]
The longer you [G#m] wait to leave me, [C#] the longer I'll hurt [F#] when you're gone.
And the longer it takes [G#m] you to break my heart, [C#] the longer the pain [F#] lingers on.
How [B] long [C#] will you prolong [F#] my misery?
[C#] Wish I could leave [F#] on my own.
Cause the longer you [G#m] wait to leave me, [C#] the longer I'll hurt [F#] when you're gone.
We [G#m]
[C#] [F#]
[G#m]
[C#] [F#]
both know that you [G#m] never loved me.
[C#] I lied to myself from [F#] the start.
We both know that someday [G#m] you'll leave me.
[C#] And the knowing just tears [F#] me apart.
How [B] long will you [C#] prolong [F#] my misery?
[C#] Wish I could leave [F#] on my own.
Cause the longer you [G#m] wait to leave me, [C#] the longer I'll hurt [F#] when you're gone.
[D#] The [C#] longer I'll hurt [F#] when you're gone.
Key:
F#
C#
G#m
B
D#
F#
C#
G#m
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ The longer you [G#m] wait to leave me, _ [C#] the longer I'll hurt [F#] when you're gone.
_ And the longer it takes [G#m] you to break my heart, [C#] the longer the pain [F#] lingers on.
How [B] long [C#] will you prolong [F#] my misery?
_ _ [C#] Wish I could leave [F#] on my own.
Cause the longer you [G#m] wait to leave me, _ [C#] the longer I'll hurt [F#] when you're gone.
We _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ both know that you [G#m] never loved me.
[C#] I lied to myself from [F#] the start.
_ _ We both know that someday [G#m] you'll leave me.
_ [C#] And the knowing just tears [F#] me apart.
How _ [B] long will you [C#] prolong [F#] my misery?
_ _ [C#] Wish I could leave [F#] on my own.
Cause the longer you [G#m] wait to leave me, _ [C#] the longer I'll hurt [F#] when you're gone.
_ [D#] The [C#] longer I'll hurt [F#] when you're gone. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ The longer you [G#m] wait to leave me, _ [C#] the longer I'll hurt [F#] when you're gone.
_ And the longer it takes [G#m] you to break my heart, [C#] the longer the pain [F#] lingers on.
How [B] long [C#] will you prolong [F#] my misery?
_ _ [C#] Wish I could leave [F#] on my own.
Cause the longer you [G#m] wait to leave me, _ [C#] the longer I'll hurt [F#] when you're gone.
We _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ both know that you [G#m] never loved me.
[C#] I lied to myself from [F#] the start.
_ _ We both know that someday [G#m] you'll leave me.
_ [C#] And the knowing just tears [F#] me apart.
How _ [B] long will you [C#] prolong [F#] my misery?
_ _ [C#] Wish I could leave [F#] on my own.
Cause the longer you [G#m] wait to leave me, _ [C#] the longer I'll hurt [F#] when you're gone.
_ [D#] The [C#] longer I'll hurt [F#] when you're gone. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _