Josh Turner – The Longer The Waiting The Sweeter The Kiss (Guitar)
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
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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.