How Long Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][C][F][F]
[C][F][C][G]

[Verse 1]
Like a [C]blue bird with his heart removed,
[F]lonely as a train
I've [C]run [F]just as [C]far as [G]I can r[C]un
If I never see the good old days
[F]shinin' in the sun
[C]I'll be doin' fin[G]e and then som[C]e[C]

[Chorus 1]
[Am]How [G]long, [F]how [C]long
Woman will you [G]weep
[Am]How [G]long, [F]how [C]long
[G]Rock yourself to [C]sleep[C]

[Verse 2]
Well I been [C]doin' time in lonesome prison,
[F]where the sun don't shine
[C]Just outside, the freedom river [G]runs
[C]Out there in that shiny night,
with [F]blood hounds on your mind
[C]Don't you know it's the
[G]same sad situa[C]tion?[C]

[Chorus 2]
[Am]How [G]long, [F]how [C]long
Woman will you [G]weep
[Am]How [G]long, [F]how [C]long
[G]Rock yourself to [C]sleep

[Solo 1]
[C][C][F][F]
[C][F][C][G][G]

[Verse 3]
[C]Everybody feels alright you know,
I [F]heard some poor fool say
(Somebody...)
[C]Everyone is out there on the loo[G]se
Well I [C]wish I lived in the land of fools,
[F]no one knew my name
[C]But what you get is not[G]
quite what you [C]choose[C]

[Chorus 3]
Tell me, [Am]how l[G]ong, h[F]ow l[C]ong
Woman will you [G]weep
[Am]How [G]long, [F]how [C]long
[G]Rock yourself to [C]sleep

[Bridge 1]
[Am]How [G]long, [F]how [C]long
[Am]Muddy Rive[D]r runs so deep[G][G]
[Am]How [G]long, [F]how [C]long
Good night baby, [G]rock yourself to sleep
[C]Sleep tight baby, [G]rock yourself to sleep
Buh-buh-buh- [C]bye bye baby,
[G]rock yourself to [F]sleep
[C][C]