Chords for Long Long Time ... Rod McKuen

_ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ [Dm] _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _
[F] Love [Gm] will abide, [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _
[F] take [Bb] things in its stride, _ _ [Eb] _
_ [D] [Gm] sounds like good [Bb] advice, [C] but there's no one
[F] at my side.
Hey [Eb] _
[F] time [Cm] [Gm] washes clean, _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _
[Ab] love's [Bb] wound is unseen, _ [Eb] _
[D] that's what [Gm] someone told me, [F] [C] but I don't know
what [F] it means, _ [Eb] cause I've [Bb] done everything I know to [Dm] try and make [Gm] you mine.
[Eb] I [Bb]
think [F] I'm [Gm] gonna love [Eb] you [Bb] for a [F] long, _ [Bb] long time.
[Cm] _ [Dm] _
[Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [F] _ Caught in [Gm] my fears, [Bb] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [F] holding back [Bb] the tears, _
_ [Eb] _ [D] again
you say [Gm] you'll hurt me, _
[Bb] [C] but you never let [F] me near, _
_ [Eb] and [F] I [Gm] never drew _
[Bb] _ [Eb] not [F] one response [Bb] from you. _
_ [Eb] _ [D] All the while [Gm] you felt
[Bb] the [C] people you never [F] knew. _
_ _ [Eb] _ I've [Bb] done everything I know [D] to try and make [Gm] you mine, [Eb] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] think [Gm] it's gonna hurt [Eb] me for [Bb] a [F] long, long [Bb] _ [Cm] time.
[Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [F] [Gm] Wait for the day [Bb] [Eb] when _ [F] you [Bb] go away, _ [Eb] _ _ [D] knowing [Gm] that you've warned me [F] [Cm] of the [C] price I'd [F] have to pay.
[A] _ [Eb] _ [F] Love, but [Gm] it's full of flaws, [Bb] _ [Eb] _ [F] who [Bb] knows the cause, _ [Eb] _ _ [D] living [Gm] in a memory _ [C] of a love that [F] never was.
[Eb] And I, I've done [Bb] everything I know [D] to _ try and [Gm] change your mind,
[Eb]
I [Bb] _ _ [F] think I'm [Gm] gonna miss [Eb] you for [Bb] a long, [F] _ [Cm] [Gm] long time.
[Bb] _
_ [Eb] _ _ I've done [Bb] everything I know [D] to _ try and [Gm] make you [Eb] mine, _ [Bb] _ [F] I guess I'm [Gm] gonna love [Eb] you _ for a long, _ long _ _ _ [Bb] time.
_ _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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