Joel Billy - The Longest Time Chords & Tabs

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THE LONGEST TIME  

Words & Music by Billy Joel

Album: An Innocent Man (1983)



INTRO:

    B5   C5   E5
E|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|------------5------|
D|---5----6---5------|
A|---5----6---7------|
E|---7----8----------|

VERSES (just play this over a few times):

     C5   G5   A5       G5   C5      G5     F5        A5 G5
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---5------------------------5-------------------------------|
G|---5----5----7--------5-----5-------5------3---------7--5---|
A|---3----5----7--------5-----3-------5------3---------7--5---|
E|--------3----5--------3-------------3------1---------5--3---|

BRIDGE:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/joel_billy/the_longest_time_tab.html ]
   F5         G5              A5              A5#
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|                                                             
G|--3----------5---------------7---------------8---------------|
A|--3----------5---------------7---------------8---------------|
E|--1----------3---------------5---------------6---------------|

CHORUS:

    C5    G5    A5        F5   C5   D5    F5 
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---5--------------------------5----7----10--------------------|
G|---5-----5-----7----2----3----5----7----10--------------------|
A|---3-----5-----7----2----3----3----5-----8--------------------|
E|---------3-----5----0----1------------------------------------|



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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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