JOEL BILLY - "longest time" Tablature

From: sennet@haas.berkeley.edu (Sennet Williams)
Date: 8 Jun 1995 08:48:25 GMT

This song was entered on an old editor, and this one only supports 75 columns,
so you'll have to edit it a little!

THE LONGEST TIME -Billy Joel
C G C F G7 C G C F G7 .
..
Oh, oh oh oh For the longest time. oh oh oh. For the longest...
.C F C D7 G

If you said goodbye to me tonight. There would still be music left to write.
E7 Am G7 C C7
What else could I do? I'm so inspired by you.
F Dm G C
That hasn't happened for the longest time.
C F C D7
G
Once I thought my innocence was gone. Now I know that happiness goes on.
E7 Am G7 C C7
That's where you found me, when you put your arms around me.
F Dm G C
.I haven't been there for the longest time.

C G C F G7 C G C F G7
Oh! oh oh oh For the longest time. Oh! oh oh. For the longest..
C F C D7
G
I'm that voice you're hearing in the hall. And the greatest miracle of all,
E7 Am G7 C C7
. is how I need you. And how you needed me too.
F Dm G C
That hasn't happened for the longest time.
G Am B7 C

Maybe this won't last very long, but you feel so right, and I could be wrong.
Em Am
Maybe I've been hoping too hard,
. D D7 G G7
but I've gone this far and it's more than I hoped for
C F C D7 G

Who knows how much further we'll go on. Maybe I'll be sorry when you're gone.
E7 Am G7 C C7
. I'll take my chances, I forgot how nice romance is.
F Dm G C
.I haven't been there for the longest time.
G Am B7 C

I had second thoughts at the start. I said to myself hold on to your heart.
.Em Am
.Now I know the woman that you are.
. D D7 G G7
You're wonderful so far and it's more than I hoped for.
C F C D7 G

I don't care what consequence it brings. I have been a fool for lesser things.
E7 Am G7 C C7
. I want you so bad, I think you ought to know that
F Dm G C
I intend to hold you for the longest time.
C G C F G7 C ||: G C F G7 C :||
Oh, oh, oh, oh. For the longest time. Oh oh oh For the longest.time.
. (repeat)

Chord chart: (from ameen@swi.psy.uva.nl -minor changes from Sennet)
string: E A D G B e E A D G B e
Am - 0 2 2 1 0 B7 x 2 1 2 0 2
C - 3 2 0 1 0 C7 x 3 2 3 1 0
D x - 0 2 3 2 D7 x - 0 2 1 2
Dm x - 0 2 3 1
Em 0 2 2 0 0 0 F - - 3 2 1 1
G 3 2 0 0 0 3 G7 3 2 0 0 0 1

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