The Longer The Waiting Chords by Josh Turner

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_ _ _ _ [C] Oh, the longer the [F] waiting, the sweeter [C]
the _ kiss
It's better, [Am] my [F] darling, I promise [G] you _ [Em] this
The next [F] time I hold you, I'm not [Dm] letting go _ _
_ [D] _ Will [C] you wait for me, [F] darling?
I [Am] need to know
_ _ _ [C] Well, you know I'm a [F] sailor, and tomorrow [C]
we sail
It's a hard [Am] way of living, [F] but I [G] know it well
[Em] And if [F] I surrender my life [Dm] to the sea _ _
_ _ [C] You can marry _ another that's [Am] alright with me
_ _ _ _ Though we won't [C] be together [G] again [F] till the spring _ _ _ _
Just [C] imagine the [G] treasures I'll bring _ _ _ _
[C] Come play with me, stay [F] with me, soon [C] I'll be gone
_ I [Am] will remember [F] you [G] all winter long
[C] And when [F] I return to the one [Dm] that I _ miss
_ _ [C] Oh, the longer the waiting, the sweeter [Am] the _ kiss
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Sweeter [C] the kiss
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[D] When the mornings are warm [G] and the valleys [F] are green _ _
_ _ I'll come back from [C]
wherever [G] I've _ _ been
_ [C] Oh, the longer the waiting, the sweeter the _ kiss
It's better, my darling, [F] I promise [G] you _ this
[Em] The next [F] time I hold you, I'm not [Dm] letting go
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[C] I will give up the ocean [F]
forever [Am] I know _ _
_ [F] Forever [C] I know _
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_ _ _ [Am] Oh, [F] _
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_ _ _ the [G] longer the waiting, [F] the sweeter [C] the kiss _ _ _
It's [Am] better, my darling, [F] I promise [G] you this
The [Em] next time [F] I hold you, I'm not [Dm] letting go _
_ I _ _ will [C] give up the ocean [F] forever I [Am] know _
_ _ Forever I [C] know _ _ _ _
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