Colter Wall – For A Long While (Guitar)

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[Intro] D D D D7 G D/F# Em Em A A A7 A7 G A D D [Verse 1]
D                            D7
This old guitar, I've toted far

            G  D/F#               Em      A
And though she's sometimes outta tune
She earns her keep each time she speaks
        G         A7           D
In the dance halls and barrooms

                              D7
There ain't an hour that old wildwood flower

        G  D/F#         Em     A
Don't procure a little smile
I guess that's how it's always been
      G     A7         D
Or at least for a long while
[Verse 2]
D              D7                      G
It never fails when the world ails you

     D/F#             Em     A
And throws you to the ground

              A7                 G
Some old song forgotten long ago

     A7       D
Comes back around

            D7
Picks you up and dusts you off

      G   D/F#   Em     A
In an old analog style
I guess that's how it's always been
      G       A7       D
Or at least for a long while
[Instrumental Break] D D D D7 G D/F# Em Em A A A7 A7 G A D D [Verse 3]
D           D7
Laid my head on feather beds

      G    D/F#     Em    A
And a pallet on the floor

              A7
But I'd contеst my best night's rest

         G        A7       D
Followed work days full of chorеs

D      D7
Any man that works his hands

      G    D/F#       Em    A
Knows true reward and trial
I guess that's how it's always been
      G       A7       D
Or at least for a long while
[Verse 4]
D           D7                  G
Restlessness and breathlessness

         D/F#     Em    A
Can creep in over time

                                   G
When things get slow you got to go

          A7      D
Hear that highway whine

                   D7
The more you roam, you'll long for home

     G     D/F#    Em   A
With every passing mile
I guess that's how it's always been
      G       A7       D      A7
Or at least for a long while
[Outro] I guess that's how it's always been
      G     A7         D
Or at least for a long while