Chords for "How Long"/"Thunder Island" - LFVB covers Ace's and Jay Ferguson's classic hits - 2-21-13
Tempo:
122.9 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
Bb
G
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
It's been a long time since I've been to Vegas
But I can't help but have my sweet shivers
[Bb]
[Bb]
[Bm] [Cm] How long [Gm]
since [Fm] we've been home?
[Cm] How [Bb] long [Fm] since we've been home?
[Bb] Well, your friends have been the best at persuasion
Gonna admit that's part of the scene
But I can't help but have my suspicion
Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem
And you said you were never tempted
Greek or Bosnian this way
But there ain't any use in pretending
It could happen to us any [Bm] day
[Cm] How long [Bb]
[Fm] since we've been home?
[Bb] [Cm] How [Bb] long [Fm] since we've been home?
[Cm] [C]
[Cm] [F]
[C]
[F]
[C]
[F]
[C]
Well, [Bb] your friends have been the best at persuasion
Gonna admit that's part of the scene
But I can't help but have my suspicion
Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem
And you said you were never tempted
Greek or Bosnian this way
But there ain't any use in pretending
It could happen to us any day
[Cm] How long [C]
since we've been [Fm] home?
[Cm] How long [Bb]
since [Fm] we've been home?
How [Cm] [Cm] long [Bb]
[Fm] since we've been home?
How [Cm] long [Bb]
[Fm] since we've been home?
[Cm]
How [Eb] long? How long?
[C] [F]
[C]
[F]
[Cm] [C]
[F]
[Cm] [F]
[G] [F]
[C]
[C]
[N]
[Dm] [Am]
[G]
[F] [C] [F]
[C] [G]
[F] [Am]
[G]
[F] [Am]
La [G] [A]
[Bb] la la la la [F] la la la la lady
[D] It's time to get your hair undone
[Bb] Every hoodman now [Dm] calls her the man he broke [C] a false command
[G]
[Bb] Some would pay, [F] slap her in the eye and [Am] make her go
Bad [G] off on [F] the line
[D] [Am]
[Gm] [G] [F]
[Am] [D]
[G] [F]
[Am]
[A] [Bb] She was the color [F] of the evening and [C] summer
After fifty hours get out [D] on the roof
[Bb]
Until the day [Dm] when the sky turned dark [C] and the wind blew [G] out
She [F] dropped off her bag and got in by the fireman
[C] Came home to storm [Am] out there on [Dm] her [F]
own
[C] She was [G] the color of the
[F]
[C] evening [G] and
[F]
[C] summer
[G] I
[Bb] held her close [F] until the storm [C] passed
And we fell down laughing in the wind and [Bb] grass
Broke my body [Dm] trying in the [C] sunshine, sweet [G] sunshine
[A] Sunshine on [F] a warm, warm, warm day, [C] yeah
Sun with a [D] crescent moon
[Bb]
Every night I wake [Dm] and everything [C] gets a little bit deeper
[G] She [E] [Bb]
hung down [F] on the grass in a cool [C] shed
And you [A] loved it all [F] from the night
[Am] [C]
[G] [F]
[Am] [G]
[Gm] [F]
[D]
[G] [F]
[C]
[A] [A]
[C]
But I can't help but have my sweet shivers
[Bb]
[Bb]
[Bm] [Cm] How long [Gm]
since [Fm] we've been home?
[Cm] How [Bb] long [Fm] since we've been home?
[Bb] Well, your friends have been the best at persuasion
Gonna admit that's part of the scene
But I can't help but have my suspicion
Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem
And you said you were never tempted
Greek or Bosnian this way
But there ain't any use in pretending
It could happen to us any [Bm] day
[Cm] How long [Bb]
[Fm] since we've been home?
[Bb] [Cm] How [Bb] long [Fm] since we've been home?
[Cm] [C]
[Cm] [F]
[C]
[F]
[C]
[F]
[C]
Well, [Bb] your friends have been the best at persuasion
Gonna admit that's part of the scene
But I can't help but have my suspicion
Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem
And you said you were never tempted
Greek or Bosnian this way
But there ain't any use in pretending
It could happen to us any day
[Cm] How long [C]
since we've been [Fm] home?
[Cm] How long [Bb]
since [Fm] we've been home?
How [Cm] [Cm] long [Bb]
[Fm] since we've been home?
How [Cm] long [Bb]
[Fm] since we've been home?
[Cm]
How [Eb] long? How long?
[C] [F]
[C]
[F]
[Cm] [C]
[F]
[Cm] [F]
[G] [F]
[C]
[C]
[N]
[Dm] [Am]
[G]
[F] [C] [F]
[C] [G]
[F] [Am]
[G]
[F] [Am]
La [G] [A]
[Bb] la la la la [F] la la la la lady
[D] It's time to get your hair undone
[Bb] Every hoodman now [Dm] calls her the man he broke [C] a false command
[G]
[Bb] Some would pay, [F] slap her in the eye and [Am] make her go
Bad [G] off on [F] the line
[D] [Am]
[Gm] [G] [F]
[Am] [D]
[G] [F]
[Am]
[A] [Bb] She was the color [F] of the evening and [C] summer
After fifty hours get out [D] on the roof
[Bb]
Until the day [Dm] when the sky turned dark [C] and the wind blew [G] out
She [F] dropped off her bag and got in by the fireman
[C] Came home to storm [Am] out there on [Dm] her [F]
own
[C] She was [G] the color of the
[F]
[C] evening [G] and
[F]
[C] summer
[G] I
[Bb] held her close [F] until the storm [C] passed
And we fell down laughing in the wind and [Bb] grass
Broke my body [Dm] trying in the [C] sunshine, sweet [G] sunshine
[A] Sunshine on [F] a warm, warm, warm day, [C] yeah
Sun with a [D] crescent moon
[Bb]
Every night I wake [Dm] and everything [C] gets a little bit deeper
[G] She [E] [Bb]
hung down [F] on the grass in a cool [C] shed
And you [A] loved it all [F] from the night
[Am] [C]
[G] [F]
[Am] [G]
[Gm] [F]
[D]
[G] [F]
[C]
[A] [A]
[C]
Key:
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_ _ _ _ _ It's been a long time since I've been to Vegas
But I can't help but have my sweet shivers _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [Cm] How long [Gm] _ _
since [Fm] we've been home? _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] How _ [Bb] long _ [Fm] since we've been home? _ _ _ _
[Bb] Well, your friends have been the best at persuasion
Gonna admit that's part of the scene
But I can't help but have my suspicion
Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem
And you said you were never tempted
_ _ Greek or Bosnian this way
But there ain't any use in pretending _
It could happen to us any [Bm] day
_ [Cm] _ How long [Bb] _ _
[Fm] since we've been home? _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Cm] How _ [Bb] long _ [Fm] since we've been home? _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Well, [Bb] your friends have been the best at persuasion _
Gonna admit that's part of the scene
But I can't help but have my suspicion _
Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem
And you said you were never tempted
_ Greek or Bosnian this way
But there ain't any use in pretending _
It could happen to us any day
_ _ [Cm] _ How long _ [C] _ _
since we've been [Fm] home? _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] How long [Bb] _
since [Fm] we've been home? _ _ _
How _ [Cm] _ _ [Cm] long [Bb] _ _
_ [Fm] since we've been home? _ _ _
How _ [Cm] _ _ long [Bb] _ _
[Fm] since we've been home?
[Cm] _ _ _
How [Eb] long? How long?
[C] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
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_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
La [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Bb] la la la la [F] la la la la lady
[D] _ It's time to get your hair undone
[Bb] Every hoodman now [Dm] calls her the man he broke [C] a false command
_ [G] _ _ _ _
[Bb] Some would pay, [F] slap her in the eye and [Am] make her go
Bad [G] off on [F] the line
_ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bb] She was the color [F] of the evening and [C] summer
After fifty hours get out [D] on the roof
[Bb]
Until the day [Dm] when the sky turned dark [C] and the wind blew [G] out
She _ [F] _ dropped off her bag and got in by the fireman
[C] Came home to storm [Am] out there on [Dm] her _ [F] _
own
[C] She was [G] the color of the _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ evening [G] and _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ summer
_ [G] I _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ held her close [F] until the storm [C] passed
And we fell down laughing in the wind and [Bb] grass
Broke my body [Dm] trying in the [C] sunshine, sweet [G] sunshine
_ _ [A] _ Sunshine on [F] a warm, warm, warm day, [C] yeah
Sun with a [D] crescent moon
_ [Bb]
Every night I wake [Dm] and everything [C] gets a little bit deeper
[G] _ She [E] _ [Bb] _
hung down [F] on the grass in a cool [C] shed
And you [A] loved it all [F] from the night
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
But I can't help but have my sweet shivers _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [Cm] How long [Gm] _ _
since [Fm] we've been home? _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] How _ [Bb] long _ [Fm] since we've been home? _ _ _ _
[Bb] Well, your friends have been the best at persuasion
Gonna admit that's part of the scene
But I can't help but have my suspicion
Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem
And you said you were never tempted
_ _ Greek or Bosnian this way
But there ain't any use in pretending _
It could happen to us any [Bm] day
_ [Cm] _ How long [Bb] _ _
[Fm] since we've been home? _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Cm] How _ [Bb] long _ [Fm] since we've been home? _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Well, [Bb] your friends have been the best at persuasion _
Gonna admit that's part of the scene
But I can't help but have my suspicion _
Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem
And you said you were never tempted
_ Greek or Bosnian this way
But there ain't any use in pretending _
It could happen to us any day
_ _ [Cm] _ How long _ [C] _ _
since we've been [Fm] home? _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] How long [Bb] _
since [Fm] we've been home? _ _ _
How _ [Cm] _ _ [Cm] long [Bb] _ _
_ [Fm] since we've been home? _ _ _
How _ [Cm] _ _ long [Bb] _ _
[Fm] since we've been home?
[Cm] _ _ _
How [Eb] long? How long?
[C] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
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_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
La [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Bb] la la la la [F] la la la la lady
[D] _ It's time to get your hair undone
[Bb] Every hoodman now [Dm] calls her the man he broke [C] a false command
_ [G] _ _ _ _
[Bb] Some would pay, [F] slap her in the eye and [Am] make her go
Bad [G] off on [F] the line
_ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bb] She was the color [F] of the evening and [C] summer
After fifty hours get out [D] on the roof
[Bb]
Until the day [Dm] when the sky turned dark [C] and the wind blew [G] out
She _ [F] _ dropped off her bag and got in by the fireman
[C] Came home to storm [Am] out there on [Dm] her _ [F] _
own
[C] She was [G] the color of the _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ evening [G] and _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ summer
_ [G] I _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ held her close [F] until the storm [C] passed
And we fell down laughing in the wind and [Bb] grass
Broke my body [Dm] trying in the [C] sunshine, sweet [G] sunshine
_ _ [A] _ Sunshine on [F] a warm, warm, warm day, [C] yeah
Sun with a [D] crescent moon
_ [Bb]
Every night I wake [Dm] and everything [C] gets a little bit deeper
[G] _ She [E] _ [Bb] _
hung down [F] on the grass in a cool [C] shed
And you [A] loved it all [F] from the night
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
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_ [A] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _