The Longest Time Billy Joel
Lyrics and guitar chords
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Oh, oA#
h, ohD#
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A#
For the longest time D#
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Oh, oD#
h, oG#
h A#
For the longest timeD#
If you sA#
aid goodbyG#
e to me tonighA#
t D#
There would sA#
till be muF
sic left to wrA#
iteG
What else couldCm
I doA#7
I'm so inspiD#
red byD#7
youG#
That hasn't Fm
happened for the A#
longest tD#
imeD#
Once I tA#
hought my inG#
nocence was gonA#
e D#
Now I knA#
ow that haF
ppiness goes onA#
G
Thats where youCm
found meA#7
When you put your aD#
rms aroD#7
und meG#
I havent bFm
een there for the lA#
ongest timeD#
D#
Oh, oA#
h, ohD#
G#
A#
For the longest time D#
A#
Oh, oD#
h, oh G#
A#
For the longestD#
Im that vA#
oice youre heG#
aring in the halA#
l D#
And the gA#
reatest miF
racle of alA#
l G
Is how ICm
need youA#7
And how you neD#
eded meD#7
tooG#
That hasnFm
t happened for the lA#
ongest tiD#
meA#
Maybe this wont lCm
ast very longBut
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you feel so rightAnd
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I could be wrongA#
Maybe Ive been hCm
oping too hardF7
But Ive gone this farAnd its
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more than I hoped forD#
Who knows hA#
ow much fuG#
rther well go onA#
D#
Maybe IlA#
l be sorF
ry when youre goA#
neG
Ill take mCm
y chancesA#7
I forgot how niD#
ce romD#7
ance isG#
I havent bFm
een there for the lA#
ongest tiD#
meA#
I had second tCm
houghts at the startI s
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aid to myselfHold
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on to your heartA#
Now I know the wCm
oman that you areYoure
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wonderful so farAnd its
A#
more than I hoped forD#
I dont caA#
re what coG#
nsequence it brinA#
gsD#
I have beA#
en a fool F
for lesser thiA#
ngsG
I want youCm
so badA#7
I think you oD#
ught to knD#7
ow thatG#
I intend to hFm
old you for the lA#
ongest tiD#
me
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