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It'll Be a Long Time Chords

Music by: The Offspring
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[Verse 1]
[Am]All [A5]this time has [Am]whittled a[A5]way
Like [G5]so many d[D5]ays in o[Am]ne[A5]
[Am]Back [A5]and forth t[Am]he leaders s[A5]way[Am]
[G]Bac[G5]king it u[D]p [D5]with
[A5]guns

[Verse 2]
[Am]
Superpowers flex their wings
[G5]Hold the [D5]world [Am]on puppet strings
Egos will feed while citizens bleed
That's al[G5]ways the way [E]it goes
[Am]When

[Verse 3]
will the [G5]world listen [Am]to reason?
[F]I have a f[G5]eeling it'll be a long tim[Am]e
When will the truth [G5]come into [Am]season?
[F]I have a f[G5]eeling it'll be a l[D]ong tim[Am]e[F]
I have [G5]a feeling it'll be a
long [Am]time[G]
[G5][E][A5]

[Verse 4]
[Am]All [A5]they want is what they c[Am]an defend
[G5]Before their [D]time [Am]is u[A5]p
[Am]Make [A5]the same [E]mis[A5] takes agai[Am]n
[G]Heard it [G5]all b[D]ef[D5]ore[Am][A5]
[E][A5]

[Verse 5]
[Am]
Superpowers flex their [G]wings
[G5]Hold [D]the world [Am]on puppet strings
Egos will feed while citizens bleed
[G]That's al[G5]ways the way [E]it goes
[Am]When

[Verse 6]
will the [G]world [G5]listen [Am]to reason?
[F]I have a f[G5]eeling it'll be a l[D]ong tim[Am]e
When will [G]the truth come [G5]into [Am]season?
[F]I have a f[G5]eeling it'll be a l[G]ong[Am] time
[F]I have a f[G5]eeling it'll be a l[G]ong time[Am]
[F]I have a f[G5]eeling it'[G]ll be a long tim[Am]e
[G][G5][G][D][Am][A5][G5]

[Verse 7]
[D][Am]
Well, if they [G5]tried, [G]maybe [D5]they'[Am]d see
[A5]It'd do a [Am]litt[G]le good to let
the [D]world [Am]be free
Handshake [A5]and [G]a smile [G5]get
[D]s you o[Am]n through
[A5]Then turn it all [G5]around [G]with
[D]a sui[Am]cide move

[Verse 8]
But you [G5]know it's not [D]fooling
[D5]any [Am]one but me
You gotta [G]make yourself [D]see
[D5]what [Am]you want to see
But you [G5]know it's not
[D]fooling any[Am]one but me
You gotta [G5]make yourself [D]see [D5]what [Am]you want to see,

[Interlude 1]
oh yeah
[Am][G5][D][G5][Am][F][Am][G5][G][Am]

[Verse 9]
I [E]see [Am]you,
superpowers flex their [G]wings
Hold [D]the world [Am]on puppet strings
Egos will feed while citizens bleed
[G]That's always the way [E]it goes
[Am]When

[Verse 10]
will the [G]world [G5]listen [Am]to reason?
[F]I have a f[G]eeling[G5] it'[G]ll
be [D]a long t[Am]ime
When will [G]the truth come into [Am]season?
[F]I have a f[G]eeling it'll be a l[D]ong time[Am][F]
I have [G]a feeling [C]it'll be [G]a long [Am]time,
[G]oh [G5]yay[E]

[Outro 1]
[Am][Am]
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