Long time    (intro)    (midi)

 

    D - D - C - G  (4x)

 

                               D               - C     G                        D        C    - G     

1. It's been such a long time,         I think I should be goin', yeah,

            D                              C        G             D       - C - G     

    and time doesn't wait for me, it keeps on rollin'.

      D         - C   G                  D             -  C - G     

    Sail on,         on a distant highway,

                       D                           C              G                A

    I've got to keep on chasin' a dream, I've gotta be on my way,

                                             G              

    wish there was something I could say.

 

    D - C - C - G  (2x)

 

                   D              C                            G

    Well, I'm takin' my time, I'm just movin' on,

      D                   C                                  G

    you'll forget about me after I've been gone.

               D                C                              G

    And I take what I find, I don't want no more,

           D                     C            Em   - - -

    it's just outside of your front door.

E                                            - G

    It's been such a long time,         it's been such a long time.

 

    D - D - C - G (4x)

 

                      D             - C     G                  D           - C - G     

2. Well, I get so lonely        when I am without you,

                      D                         C         G                   D             - C - G     

    but in my mind, deep in my mind, I can't forget about you.

        D              - C          G                  D              C     - G     

    Good times,        and faces that remind me, yeah,

            D                            C              G                  A              

    I'm tryin' to forget your name and leave it all behind me,

                                        G

    you're comin' back to find me.

 

 

 

 

 

    D - C - C - G  (2x)

 

                   D              C                            G

    Well, I'm takin' my time, I'm just movin' on,

      D                   C                                  G

    you'll forget about me after I've been gone.

               D                C                              G

    And I take what I find, I don't want no more,

           D                     C            Em   - - -

    it's just outside of your front door.

E                                            - G

    It's been such a long time,         it's been such a long time.

 

    D - D - C - G (10x)   - F ~ - A

 

                               D              - C     G                        D        C     - G     

3. It's been such a long time,        I think I should be goin', yeah,

            D                              C        G             D       - C - G     

    and time doesn't wait for me, it keeps on rollin'.

                      D            - C        G                  D             - C - G     

    There's a long road,      I've gotta stay in time with,

                        D                              C                 G                   A

    I've got to keep on chasin' that dream, though I may never find it,

                                  G               

    I'm always just behind it.

 

    D - C - C - G (4x)

 

                   D              C                             G

    Well, I'm takin' my time, I'm just movin' on,

     D            C                          G

    takin' my time, just movin' along.

     D            C           G   D             C          G

    takin' my time, huhu, taking my time, huhu ….

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)    (Boston)