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Getting Started - by ResonanceRover
To learn Billy Joel - The Longest Time chords with lyrics, begin by getting comfortable with these sequence: Ab, Eb, F, Bb, G, Cm, D, Ab, Eb, Gm, Cm, F. Start with a comfortable 45 BPM and as you become proficient, aim for the song's BPM of 90. Configure the capo to your vocal range and chord preference, remembering the key of Bb.
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Ab _
E _ _ _ _ You gonna be much longer son?.
_ Nah, not much longer.
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Eb _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
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E _ _ _ .
Ab _ Woah, _ _ _ _ for
Eb the longest time.
Bb Woah,
Ab _ _ .
Eb for the longest time.
If you said
Ab goodbye to me tonight,.
F There
Cm would
Bb still
F be music left
Bb to write.
G What
C else would I
F do?.
I'm
Eb so inspired by
Ab you.
That hasn't happened for
Bb the longest
Eb time.
Once I thought my innocence was gone.
G Now
Cm I
Eb know
F that happiness
Bb goes on.
G.
Cm That's where you found me,.
Bb When you put
Eb your arms around
Abm me.
I
N haven't been there for
Ab the longest time.
C _ _ _
N _ Woah, for the
Eb longest time.
Woah,
Ab _ _ for the
Eb longest time.
That voice,
Ab your healing
Eb in the hall,.
F And
Cm the greatest
Dm miracle
Gm of all.
That's how I
F need you,.
And how
Eb you needed me too.
That hasn't happened for the longest
Bb time.
Maybe this
C 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 I've gone this far,.
And it's more than I
Ab hoped
Eb for.
Who knows how much further we'll go on.
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F.
Maybe
Cm N I'll be sorry when you're gone.
I'll take my
Ab chances,.
I forgot how nice romance is.
G I haven't been there for the longest
Bb time.
I had
Gm second thoughts
Cm at the start,.
I
D said to myself,.
Ab Eb Hold on to your heart.
Gm Now I know
Cm the woman that you
F are,.
You're wonderful so far,.
Bbm And it's more than I hoped for.
Gm I don't care
Dbm what consequence
Eb it brings,.
Dm I
C have
Eb been
F a fool for
Bb lesser
G things.
I
C want you so
Dm bad,.
I think
F you ought to know that I'm into you.
For
Bb _ .
E the longest time.
Oh, _ oh, oh, oh, oh,.
Bbm For the
E longest time.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,.
Bbm For
Eb the longest time.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,.
For the longest time.
Bb _ .
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,.
For the longest time.
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