How Long, How Long Blues Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Wel[Em]l, we[E]ll[A],[D][G][D]
how [G]long [C](How long?)
[G]How long? (How long?)
Has [C]that evenin' (how long?)
Train been gone? [C](How [G]long?)[E]
How long?
[A]How long?
I said, "Baby, [D]how [G]long?"
(How long? [Em]How l[A]ong?)
[D]Lord, lord, lord, if I could

[Verse 2]
[Gm]
[G]holler (how long?)
Like a mountain jack (how long?)
I'd go [Gm]up on the m[C]ountain
and call (how long?)
My baby back (how [G]long?)[C]
[D]How [A]long?[Am][G]
How long?
How long? [C](How long? How [G]long?)[C][D]

[Interlude 1]
[G][Em][G][C][Gdim]
[Edim][G][Bm][E][Bbaug][A][G][Bm][E][C][D][Am]
[C]

[Verse 3]
How [D]long?[Em][C][G][C]
How long?
How long?
[G]How long?
[Em][E][A][D][G][C][G]

[Verse 4]
[D]
I went up on the [G]mountain
[D](how long?)
Looked as far as [G]I could see
(how long?)
The wo[D]man had my [C]man (how long?)
[Am]And Lord the blues h[C]ad
me [Gdim](how lo[G]ng?)
[E]How long?
[A]How long?
[D]Baby, how [G]long? (How long? [Em]How l[C]ong?)
I can [D]see the [C]green [G]grass growin'

[Verse 5]
[C]
[G](so long)
[D]On the hill [G](so long) (so long)
But I ain't seen [C]the green
grass (so long)
On no dollar bill (so long)
For so [G]long[E]
So [A]long
Oh [D]baby, so [G]long [C](so long,
[D]so long)

[Verse 6]
[G]How long?[C][G][C][Am][C]
[G][E]
[A][D][G][Ebaug][E][A][Ebdim][D][G]
[C]How [G]long?[C]
How long?
How [G]long?
[E][A][D][G]

[Verse 7]
[D]Well, now if [C]you don[Gm]'t believe I am
[G]sinking [C](how long?)
See what a hole [G]I'm in [C](how long?)
If you don't believe me,
baby (how long?)
Look what a fool I've [Edim]been
(how [G]long?)[Em]
How [A]long?
[D]How long?
[G]How long? [C](How long? How long?)

[Verse 8]
I'm goin' down to Georgia (so long)
Been [Em]up in Tenne[C]ssee
[G](so long)
So look me [C]over baby (so long)
'Cause this is [Am]the last you'll
see of me [Gdim](so long)
For so [G]long
[E]For so lon[Am]g
[D]Yeah, yeah, so lon[G]g (so long,
[D]so long)

[Verse 9]
[G]How long?[C][G][C]
[Edim][C]
[G][E][A][D][G][C][D][C]
[G]
[C]How [Em]long?[G]
How [C]long?[Am][C]
How [Gdim]long?[G][Bm]
[Em][A][G][Cm][D][G]

[Verse 10]
[C]
[G]Lor[D]d, the brook runs into the
[Gm]river [Edim](how long?)
[Em]River runs into [G]the sea (how long?)
If I [C]don't run into my baby
(how long?)
A train is goin' to run over me
[C](ho[G]w long?)[E]
How long?
[A]How long?
[D]Baby, how lon[G]g? (how long? How long?)
[G][A][E][Bbdim][A][Dsus4][G]