Chords for Guitar Tutorial How Long - Ace

Okay, folks, we're going to talk today about really a classic song, which I've heard.
I've searched some of the net and it's hard to find a good tutorial on this.
I've seen one guy do this, but I'm going to try to cover all the major parts of this song
and explain the chords because this is one of those songs that if you get, if you don't
have the right chord, it [Eb] just doesn't sound right.
This is going to talk about how long has this been going on by Ace.
And this sounds great and it's a real jam song, so it's real nice.
The first thing you need to do, and this is, I'll just sort of jump right into [Bb] the main riff here.
_ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [E] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
And then the bass starts it.
_ _ [E] _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [Cm] _ _
[Gm] _ _ [A] _ [Fm] _ _ [A] _ [Gm] _ [Cm] _
_ [Gm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [N] Okay, let me explain this.
Okay, the chord you got to learn to play and it's key to this, the key to this song is
called an A flat B flat.
Okay, basically what it is, you take an F major position and you slide it up to the
fourth [D] fret and then you're going to use [Bb] your ring finger and then you're going to catch
the B flat right up here.
You got to catch that.
And that B flat is sort of the baseline for the whole song.
So you're going to, [Eb] _
[Ab] _ you're sort of plucking on that [Eb] or strumming.
Don't hit that last string because it's going to be out of tune.
So that's not part of it.
Don't hit the high E.
So that's a key one.
Then you're going to just bounce [Bb] up to B flat and [Eb] then back and forth.
_ _ [Bb]
B flat, _ B flat and you know it up here in the sixth fret.
[D] So [Eb] that's how that, that's how that part of this song goes.
That's the intro [Ab] and that's the verse too.
[Eb] _ _ [E] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [E] _ [Bb] _
_ [Bbm] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [E] _ [Eb] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Bb] _ [Bm] _ [Gbm] [Bb] And that's that rise.
So you go from a B [Bm] flat to a B minor, which is just one, one, [Bb] one fret up.
So it's, [Bm] then you go into the chorus and then the chorus is really [Cm] one, one fret up higher
and that's the C minor.
And then you're going to go two [Gm] frets higher, drop down to a, to the G minor 7th position. _
Not playing the top string now.
[Fm] Has this been going on?
And that's it.
That's an F minor 7th.
And then [Bb] bounce back up.
[Cm] How [Gm] long [A] has this [Fm] been [A] going on?
[Fm] _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ _ [Gm] _
[Fm] Has this been going on?
[Gm] _ [Eb] _ _
Then bounce back, [Bb] _ start [E] back up into the [Eb] verse again.
[Ab] _
_ [Ab] _ [Bbm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
[Ab] _ _ [Cm] So that's the, those are the key elements of that.
Let me see.
And then the solo part of this song, it goes into the chorus.
[Bb] It's going to do, how [Fm] long has this been [Gm] going [Cm] on?
How [Gm] long [Ab] has this been going on?
[Cm] And then it's, [F] _ _ [Cm] _ so you're going to go from a C minor [Db] up [Cm] on the eighth fret [F] and then you're
just going to lay down, do a half bar to a, [Gb] basically it's a, it's a D minor.
[F] Yeah.
[E] _ [A] _ [D] _ _
[E] _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [D] C, no not [E] D, that's an E minor, I'm sorry.
[F] E sharp minor.
E sharp or F, F minor 7th.
[Fm] _ [Gbm] _ [Fm] _ [E] [F] Anyway, _ [Fm] _ [F] _ _ it's this shape.
[D] And you solo on it on [Cm] C minor pentatonic scales.
[F] _ [Eb] _ [F] _ [Cm] _ [F] _
_ [Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [F] _
[Ab] Well you're friends with your [Bb] fancy persuasion.
Don't [Ab] admit that it's [Bb] part of the scheme.
[Ab] And I can't help but [Bbm] have my suspicions.
[Ab] I [C] need fine [Bb] as I see.
[C] I [Ab] [Bb] need to _ [Eb] break up [Bb] our game.
_ [Ab] _ So it's, that's the key there, that A flat, B flat, [Bb] slash B flat.
[Ab] _ That's the mysterious [Bb] chord.
[Ab] _ [Eb] _ [Db] If you watch their videos, that's a key element of their chords.
Anyway, good song.
And then you just fade out on the how long thing, you just fade out, fade away.
So anyway, hopefully that helps you play this song.
[N] If you have any questions, just leave them at my YouTube channel and I'll try to answer them.
I'll try to zoom in on the chord shape.
So it'll be easier for you to follow. _ _