Chords for The Longest Time
Tempo:
85.55 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Bb
Cm
Ab
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bb] Whoa, for the [Eb] longest time.
[Ab] Whoa, [Fm] for the longest [Bb] time.
If you said [Ab] goodbye to me [Eb] tonight,
[Fm] there [Cm] would [Eb] still [F] be [Bb] music left to write.
What else could I [E] do?
I'm so inspired by you.
That hasn't happened for the [Eb]
longest time.
Once I thought my innocence was gone.
Now I know that [Bb] happiness goes on.
[N] That's where you found me,
when you put your arms around me.
I haven't been there for the longest time.
Whoa, for the [Ebm] longest time.
Whoa, [N]
for the longest time.
That [Fm] voice you're hearing in [Eb] the hall,
[F] and the [Cm] greatest [Dm] miracle of all,
[G] is how [N] I need you,
and how you needed me too.
That hasn't happened for the longest time.
[Bb] Maybe this won't [Cm] last very long,
[D] but you feel so right,
[Eb] I could be wrong.
[Gm] Maybe I've [Cm] been hoping too hard.
[F] But I've gone this far,
and it's more than I [Ab] hoped for.
[Gm] Who knows how much further we'll go on.
Maybe [N]
I'll be sorry when you're gone.
I'll take my chances.
I forgot how nice romance is.
I haven't been there for the longest time.
I had second [Cm] thoughts at the start.
[D] I said to myself,
[Eb] hold on to [Ab] your [Gm] heart.
Now I know the [Cm] woman that you are.
[F] You're wonderful so far,
and [Bb] it's more than I hoped for.
I don't care what [Eb] consequence it brings.
[Dm] I have [Cm] been [Eb] [F] a fool [Gm] for lesser things.
I want you so [G] bad.
I think you ought to know [Ab] that I intend to hold [Eb] you for the longest time.
Whoa, for the longest time.
Whoa, for the longest time.
Whoa, for the longest time.
Whoa, for the longest time.
[Bb]
[Ab] Whoa, [Fm] for the longest [Bb] time.
If you said [Ab] goodbye to me [Eb] tonight,
[Fm] there [Cm] would [Eb] still [F] be [Bb] music left to write.
What else could I [E] do?
I'm so inspired by you.
That hasn't happened for the [Eb]
longest time.
Once I thought my innocence was gone.
Now I know that [Bb] happiness goes on.
[N] That's where you found me,
when you put your arms around me.
I haven't been there for the longest time.
Whoa, for the [Ebm] longest time.
Whoa, [N]
for the longest time.
That [Fm] voice you're hearing in [Eb] the hall,
[F] and the [Cm] greatest [Dm] miracle of all,
[G] is how [N] I need you,
and how you needed me too.
That hasn't happened for the longest time.
[Bb] Maybe this won't [Cm] last very long,
[D] but you feel so right,
[Eb] I could be wrong.
[Gm] Maybe I've [Cm] been hoping too hard.
[F] But I've gone this far,
and it's more than I [Ab] hoped for.
[Gm] Who knows how much further we'll go on.
Maybe [N]
I'll be sorry when you're gone.
I'll take my chances.
I forgot how nice romance is.
I haven't been there for the longest time.
I had second [Cm] thoughts at the start.
[D] I said to myself,
[Eb] hold on to [Ab] your [Gm] heart.
Now I know the [Cm] woman that you are.
[F] You're wonderful so far,
and [Bb] it's more than I hoped for.
I don't care what [Eb] consequence it brings.
[Dm] I have [Cm] been [Eb] [F] a fool [Gm] for lesser things.
I want you so [G] bad.
I think you ought to know [Ab] that I intend to hold [Eb] you for the longest time.
Whoa, for the longest time.
Whoa, for the longest time.
Whoa, for the longest time.
Whoa, for the longest time.
[Bb]
Key:
Eb
Bb
Cm
Ab
F
Eb
Bb
Cm
[Bb] _ Whoa, _ _ _ _ for the [Eb] longest time.
[Ab] Whoa, _ [Fm] for the longest [Bb] time.
If you said [Ab] goodbye to me [Eb] tonight,
_ [Fm] there [Cm] would [Eb] still [F] be [Bb] music left to write.
What else could I [E] do?
I'm so inspired by you.
That hasn't happened for the [Eb]
longest time.
Once I thought my innocence was gone.
Now I know that [Bb] happiness goes on.
[N] That's where you found me,
when you put your arms around me.
I haven't been there for the longest time.
Whoa, _ _ _ for the [Ebm] longest time.
Whoa, [N] _
_ for the longest time.
That [Fm] voice you're hearing in [Eb] the hall,
[F] and the [Cm] greatest [Dm] miracle of all,
[G] is how [N] I need you,
and how you needed me too.
That hasn't happened for the longest time.
[Bb] Maybe this won't [Cm] last very long,
[D] but you feel so right,
[Eb] I could be wrong.
[Gm] _ Maybe I've [Cm] been hoping too hard.
[F] But I've gone this far,
and it's more than I [Ab] hoped for.
[Gm] Who knows how much further we'll go on.
Maybe [N]
I'll be sorry when you're gone.
I'll take my chances.
I forgot how nice romance is.
I haven't been there for the longest time.
I had second [Cm] thoughts at the start.
[D] I said to myself,
[Eb] hold on to [Ab] your [Gm] heart.
Now I know the [Cm] woman that you are.
[F] You're wonderful so far,
and [Bb] it's more than I hoped for.
I don't care what [Eb] consequence it brings.
[Dm] I have [Cm] been [Eb] [F] a fool [Gm] for lesser things.
I want you so [G] bad.
I think you ought to know [Ab] that I intend to hold [Eb] you for the longest time.
Whoa, _ _ _ for the longest time. _
_ Whoa, for the longest time.
Whoa, _ for the longest time.
Whoa, _ _ _ for the longest time. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
[Ab] Whoa, _ [Fm] for the longest [Bb] time.
If you said [Ab] goodbye to me [Eb] tonight,
_ [Fm] there [Cm] would [Eb] still [F] be [Bb] music left to write.
What else could I [E] do?
I'm so inspired by you.
That hasn't happened for the [Eb]
longest time.
Once I thought my innocence was gone.
Now I know that [Bb] happiness goes on.
[N] That's where you found me,
when you put your arms around me.
I haven't been there for the longest time.
Whoa, _ _ _ for the [Ebm] longest time.
Whoa, [N] _
_ for the longest time.
That [Fm] voice you're hearing in [Eb] the hall,
[F] and the [Cm] greatest [Dm] miracle of all,
[G] is how [N] I need you,
and how you needed me too.
That hasn't happened for the longest time.
[Bb] Maybe this won't [Cm] last very long,
[D] but you feel so right,
[Eb] I could be wrong.
[Gm] _ Maybe I've [Cm] been hoping too hard.
[F] But I've gone this far,
and it's more than I [Ab] hoped for.
[Gm] Who knows how much further we'll go on.
Maybe [N]
I'll be sorry when you're gone.
I'll take my chances.
I forgot how nice romance is.
I haven't been there for the longest time.
I had second [Cm] thoughts at the start.
[D] I said to myself,
[Eb] hold on to [Ab] your [Gm] heart.
Now I know the [Cm] woman that you are.
[F] You're wonderful so far,
and [Bb] it's more than I hoped for.
I don't care what [Eb] consequence it brings.
[Dm] I have [Cm] been [Eb] [F] a fool [Gm] for lesser things.
I want you so [G] bad.
I think you ought to know [Ab] that I intend to hold [Eb] you for the longest time.
Whoa, _ _ _ for the longest time. _
_ Whoa, for the longest time.
Whoa, _ for the longest time.
Whoa, _ _ _ for the longest time. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _