Billy Joel - For the longest time
Refrain:
#D B Cm #G B #D
Woooooooooh, for the longest time…
#D B Cm #G B
Woooooooooh, for the longest.
#D B/D Cm Gm #G #D
1. If you say goodbye to me tonight,
#D B/D Cm Gm F7 B G
there would still be music left to write.
Cm B #D #D7 #G
What else could I do? I’m so inspired by you.
Fm #G B #D
That hasn’t happened for the longest time…
#D B/D Cm Gm #G #D
2. Once I thought my innocence was gone,
#D B/D Cm Gm F7 B G
now, I know that happiness goes on.
Cm B #D #D7 #G
That’s where you found me when you put your arms around me.
Fm #G B #D
I haven’t been there for the longest time.
Refrain
#D B/D Cm Gm #G #D
3. I’m that voice you’re hearing in the hall
#D B/D Cm Gm F7 B G
and the greatest miracle of all
Cm B #D #D7 #G
is how I need you and how you needed me too.
Fm #G B #D
That hasn’t happened for the longest time.
Vers 1:
B Cm
Maybe this won’t last very long
D #D
but you feel so right I could be wrong.
Gm Cm
Maybe I’ve been hoping too hard.
F7 #G/B B7
But I’ve gone this far and that’s more than I hoped for.
#D B/D Cm Gm #G #D
4. Who knows how much further we’ll go on?
#D B/D Cm Gm F7 B G
Maybe I’ll be sorry when you’re gone.
Cm B #D #D7 #G
I’ll take my chances, I forgot how nice romance is.
Fm #G B #D
I haven’t been there for the longest time.
Vers 2:
B Cm
I have second thoughts at the start.
D #D
I said to myself “Hold on to your heart”.
Gm Cm
Now I know the woman that you are –
F7 #G/B B7
You’re wonderful so far and that’s more than I hoped for
#D B/D Cm Gm #G #D
5. I don’t care what consequence it brings,
#D B/D Cm Gm F7 B G
I have been a fool for lesser things.
Cm B #D #D7
I want you so bad, I think you ought to know that,
#G Fm #G B #D
I attempt to hold you for the longest time.
Refrain [etc.]
#D B Cm #G B #D
Woooooooooh, for the longest time…
#D B Cm #G B
Woooooooooh, for the longest.
#D B/D Cm Gm #G #D
1. If you say goodbye to me tonight,
#D B/D Cm Gm F7 B G
there would still be music left to write.
Cm B #D #D7 #G
What else could I do? I’m so inspired by you.
Fm #G B #D
That hasn’t happened for the longest time…
#D B/D Cm Gm #G #D
2. Once I thought my innocence was gone,
#D B/D Cm Gm F7 B G
now, I know that happiness goes on.
Cm B #D #D7 #G
That’s where you found me when you put your arms around me.
Fm #G B #D
I haven’t been there for the longest time.
Refrain
#D B/D Cm Gm #G #D
3. I’m that voice you’re hearing in the hall
#D B/D Cm Gm F7 B G
and the greatest miracle of all
Cm B #D #D7 #G
is how I need you and how you needed me too.
Fm #G B #D
That hasn’t happened for the longest time.
Vers 1:
B Cm
Maybe this won’t last very long
D #D
but you feel so right I could be wrong.
Gm Cm
Maybe I’ve been hoping too hard.
F7 #G/B B7
But I’ve gone this far and that’s more than I hoped for.
#D B/D Cm Gm #G #D
4. Who knows how much further we’ll go on?
#D B/D Cm Gm F7 B G
Maybe I’ll be sorry when you’re gone.
Cm B #D #D7 #G
I’ll take my chances, I forgot how nice romance is.
Fm #G B #D
I haven’t been there for the longest time.
Vers 2:
B Cm
I have second thoughts at the start.
D #D
I said to myself “Hold on to your heart”.
Gm Cm
Now I know the woman that you are –
F7 #G/B B7
You’re wonderful so far and that’s more than I hoped for
#D B/D Cm Gm #G #D
5. I don’t care what consequence it brings,
#D B/D Cm Gm F7 B G
I have been a fool for lesser things.
Cm B #D #D7
I want you so bad, I think you ought to know that,
#G Fm #G B #D
I attempt to hold you for the longest time.
Refrain [etc.]
