THE LONGEST TIME
Words & Music by Billy Joel
Album: An Innocent Man (1983)
INTRO:
B5 C5 E5
E|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|------------5------|
D|---5----6---5------|
A|---5----6---7------|
E|---7----8----------|
VERSES (just play this over a few times):
C5 G5 A5 G5 C5 G5 F5 A5 G5
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---5------------------------5-------------------------------|
G|---5----5----7--------5-----5-------5------3---------7--5---|
A|---3----5----7--------5-----3-------5------3---------7--5---|
E|--------3----5--------3-------------3------1---------5--3---|
BRIDGE:
F5 G5 A5 A5
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--3----------5---------------7---------------8---------------|
A|--3----------5---------------7---------------8---------------|
E|--1----------3---------------5---------------6---------------|
CHORUS:
C5 G5 A5 F5 C5 D5 F5
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---5--------------------------5----7----10--------------------|
G|---5-----5-----7----2----3----5----7----10--------------------|
A|---3-----5-----7----2----3----3----5-----8--------------------|
E|---------3-----5----0----1------------------------------------|
Lyrics:
Oh, oh, oh
For the longest time
Oh, oh, oh
For the longest time
If you said goodbye to me tonight
There would still be music left to write
What else could I do
I`m so inspired by you
That hasn`t happened for the longest time
Once I thought my innocence was gone
Now I know that happiness goes on
That`s where you found me
When you put your arms around me
I haven been there for the longest time
Oh, oh, oh
For the longest time
Oh, oh, oh
For the longest time
I`m that voice you`re hearing in the hall
And the greatest miracle of all
Is how I need you
And how you needed me too
That hasn`t happened for the longest time
Maybe this won`t last very long
But you feel so right
And I could be wrong
Maybe I`ve been hoping too hard
But I`ve gone this far
And it`s more than I hoped for
Who knows how much further we`ll go on
Maybe I`ll be sorry when you`re gone
I`ll take my chances
I forgot how nice romance is
I haven`t been there for the longest time
I had second thoughts at the start
I said to myself
Hold on to your heart
Now I know the woman that you are
You`re wonderful so far
And it`s more than I hoped for
I don`t care what consequence it brings
I have been a fool for lesser things
I want you so bad
I think you ought to know that
I intend to hold you for
The Longest time
Oh, oh, oh
For the longest time
Oh, oh, oh
For the longest time
