VERSION: Edited
Getting Started - by UkeleleUnity
To learn Pinetop Perkins - How Long Blues chords with lyrics, build your understanding on these core chords: G, C, Cm, F, C, D, C, A. To get a solid grasp, start slowly at 35 BPM and then match the original tempo of 70 BPM. For a balanced sound, adjust the capo with respect to your voice and the song's key: C.
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C How
Cm long, _ babe, how long _ now have that
F evening _ .
C train
F been going?.
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D How long,
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C babe, how
Gm long
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now
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G can
Eb hear that train whistle blowing and I
Cm cannot see no train?.
Now it's deep down in
F my heart just like an aching pain.
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C For how long,
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D how long,
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C babe, how
Cm long?.
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G Alright.
Now
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Cm if I could holler just like a mountain jack, I'd get up
F on one of these tall mountains and call my baby back.
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C For how long,
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Eb how
D G long,
C babe, how long?.
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G Now I'm
C going to sing this time, darling.
Ain't going to sing no more.
Now my
F time's rolling around.
I believe I've got to go.
Cm _ For how long, _
A how
D long,
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C babe, how long?.
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C Yeah, alright.
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Bb Oh, he
G was in for a treat.
Am Oh, yeah.
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