The longest time
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Oh, oh oh
oh, for the longest time, oh oh
oh, for the longest ...
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1. If you said goodbye to me tonight,
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there
would still be music left to write.
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C C7
What else could I do? I'm
so inspired by you.
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G
C
That hasn't happened for the
longest time.
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2. Once I thought my innocence was gone,
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now I
know that happiness goes on.
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That's where you found me, when
you put your arms around me,
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C
I haven't been there for the
longest time.
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F G7 C G
C F G7
+ Oh, oh oh oh, for the longest time, oh oh oh, for the longest ...
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3. I'm that voice you're hearing in the hall,
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G
and
the greatest miracle of all
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Am - G7 C C7
is
how I need you and how you needed
me, too.
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Dm G C
that
hasn't happened for the longest time.
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+ Maybe this won't last
very long,
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but
you feel so right, and I could be wrong.
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Maybe I've been hoping too
hard,
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D7 G
G7
but
I've gone this far and it's more than I hoped for.
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4. Who knows how much further we'll go on,
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G
maybe
I'll be sorry when you're gone.
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Am G7 C C7
I'll take my chances, I forgot how nice romance is,
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Dm G C
I haven't been there for the
longest time.
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+ I had second
thoughts at the start,
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I said to myself hold on to
your heart.
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Now I know the woman that you
are,
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D7
G
G7
you're
wonderful so far and it's more than I hoped for.
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5. I don't care what consequence
it brings.
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G
I have been a fool for lesser
things.
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Am - G7 C C7
I want you so bad, I think you ought to know that
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G
C
I intend to hold you for the
longest time.
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F G7 C G
C F G7 C
+ Oh, oh oh oh, for the longest time, oh oh oh, for the longest time !
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Oh oh
oh, for the longest time, oh oh
oh, for the longest time .....
(orig. = capo 3rd) (Billy Joel)