Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – How Long (Ukulele)

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Chords

                 C
You were on your own I was on the road

                Am                    C
You were awful lonesome I was awful cold

            Am                         F
You wanted love songs but that's not enough

        C            G            F
So how long must we punish each other

         C       G         C
For the sin of falling in love

C
You were on the phone I was on the floor

                 Am                      C
And the boy was staring out the kitchen door

               Am                       F
He hears our fighting and he takes it rough

         C            G          F
So how long must we punish each other

         C       G         C
For the sin of falling in love

C                         F
Well there's a whole lot worse that a man can do

                  C
There's greater crimes for women too

                  F              G               C
Than to give the holy power of love a place to stand

                   F
Now we're looking back through a sack of wool

                       C
There's a boy with a stack of reasons to know

     F                                       G
Why we can't forgive each other a Woman and Man

                 C
You were in the air I was in the sea

                Am                         C
Boy was in a basket with friends on the beach

                     Am                     F
It don't take much asking to receive that stuff

         C            G          F
So how long must we punish each other

         C       G         C
For the sin of falling in love

           Am                       F
Whoa how long must we punish each other

         C       G          C
For the sin of falling in love