Josh Turner – The Longer The Waiting The Sweeter The Kiss (Guitar)

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------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Very similar to the version by Anna Ternheim, but transposed a couple of half-steps higher, which Josh then drops a whole octave. The Ebm chord was just obnoxious to try to play, so if you wish you can just sub in the C chord. Changes the mood a little bit, but it's much easier to play. Standard tuning [Intro] C F C F C F Am [Verse 1]
        C                         F         C
Oh, the longer the waiting, the sweeter the kiss

                Am          F         G
It's better my darling, I promise you this

    Em          F         C               Dm
The next time I hold you, I'm not letting go

         C                    F         Am      A5
Will you wait for me darling, I need to know
[Verse 2]
           C                 F           C
Well, you know I'm a sailor, tomorrow we sail

                   Am           F        G
It's a hard way of living, but I know it well

    Em       F         C          Dm
And if I surrender my life to the sea

        C                   F            Am
You can marry another, it's alright with me
[Pre-Chorus 1]
          F            C      G            F
Though we won't be together again 'til the spring

       F         C               G
Just imagine the treasures I'll bring
[Chorus 1]
      C                           F          C
Come lay with me, stay with me, soon I'll be gone

              Am         F          G
But I will remember you all winter long

    Em           F       Am            Dm
And when I return to the one that I miss

        C                       F           Am
Oh, the longer the waiting, the sweeter the kiss

    F           C
The sweeter the kiss
[Interlude 1] F C Am F G Em F Am Dm C F Am [Pre-Chorus 2]
           F          C            G           F
When the mornings are warm and the valleys are green

          F           C            G
I'll come back from wherever I've been
[Verse 3]
          C                      F          C
Oh, the longer the waiting, the sweeter the kiss

                Am         F          G
It's better my darling, I promise you this

    Em            F       C               Dm
But next time I hold you, I'm not letting go

         C                   F       Am
We will give up the ocean forever, I know

   F      C
Forever I know.
[Interlude 2] F C Am F G Em F Am Dm C F C (repeat VERSE III) One strum per chord
          C                      F          C
Oh, the longer the waiting, the sweeter the kiss

                Am         F          G
It's better my darling, I promise you this

    Em           F        C               Dm
But next time I hold you, I'm not letting go

         C                   F       Am
We will give up the ocean forever, I know

   F      C
Forever I know.