For A Long While chords by Colter Wall

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: D

🎸 Intro:

D D7 G D/F# Em A G A D


🎸 Verse 1:
D                     D7
This old guitar, I've toted far
                G       D/F#     Em
And though she's sometimes outta tune
A
She earns her keep each time she speaks
G                  A      D
In the dance halls and barrooms
D                             D7
There ain't an hour that old wildwood flower
        G       D/F#     Em
Don't procure a little smile
A

I guess that's how it's always been
        G      A        D
Or at least for a long while


🎸 Verse 2:
D
It never fails when the world ails you
    G       D/F#     Em
And throws you to the ground
A
Some old song forgotten long ago
G      A     D
Comes back around
D                  D7
Picks you up and dusts you off
      G       D/F#  Em
In an old analog style
A
I guess that's how it's always been
       G       A        D
Or at least for a long while


Instrumental 🎸 Break:
D G D/F# Em A G A D


🎸 Verse 3:
D
Laid my head on feather beds
      G       D/F#     Em
And a pallet on the floor
A
But I'd contest my best night's rest
          G        A         D
Followed work days full of chores
D          D7
Any man that works his hands
      G     D/F#     Em
Knows true reward and trial
A
I guess that's how it's always been
      G       A        D
Or at least for a long while


🎸 Verse 4:
D                   D7
Restlessness and breathlessness
     G    D/F#   Em
Can creep in over time
A
When things get slow you got to go
G        A           D
Hear that highway whine
D                   D7
The more you roam, you'll long for home
  G       D/F#     Em
With every passing mile
A
I guess that's how it's always been
   G            A       D
Or at least for a long while


🎸 Outro:
A
I guess that's how it's always been
     G         A       D
Or at least for a long while