Long, Long Time

Gary B. White, 1970· Songs Well-Known in America · p.205

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F G Am F G C

Love will a-bide, take things in stride,

Caught in my fears, Blinking’ back the tears,

Wait for the day, you’ll go a-way,

F E7 Am D7 G7

Sounds like good advice, but there’s no one at my side,

I can’t say you hurt me, when you never let me near

Knowing that you warned me, of the price I’d have to pay,

F G Am F G C

And time - washes clean, love’s wounds un-seen

And I - never drew, one re-sponse from you

Life’s - full of flaws, who knows the cause

F E7 Am D7 G7

That’s what someone told me, but I don’t know what it means,

All the while you fell, over men you never knew,

Living in the memory of a love that never was,

F C E7 Am

‘Cause I’ve done everything I know to try and make you mine,

‘Cause I’ve done everything I know to try and change your mind,

F C G Am F C G7 C

And I think I’m - gonna love you - for a long, long time

And I think it’s - gonna hurt me - for a long, long time

And I think I’m - gonna miss you - for a long, long time

(After third verse -> finish)

F C E7 Am F

‘Cause I’ve done every thing I know - to try and make you mine,

(F) C G Am F C G7 C

And I think I’m - gonna love you - for a long, long time

* Recorded by Linda Ronstadt