How Long chords by Iris Dement

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)


Intro:
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC

Verse 1:
G+G        BB
 Someone asked a question once
  C majorC
of Martin Luther King
G+G        A augmentedA
How long do you stay the course
  C majorC        D MajorD
and dream the dream?
G+G       BB
 But it seems evil’s won
  C majorC
and greed is on the throne
G+G           D MajorD
 And you feel like the silenced voice
   C majorC     C/BC/B G+G
in a wilderness all alone
  A minorAm    C majorC   C minorCm
How long? How long?

Chorus:
       G+G            C majorC
He said, till justice rolls down like water
   G+G            C majorC
Till justice rolls down like water
G+G            C majorC
Justice rolls down like water
  A minorAm      C majorC
And righteousness flows
       G+G  C majorC  G+G D MajorD
like a mighty stream

Verse 2:
G+G          BB
 A augmentedA little boy about ten years old
   C majorC
Sits watching his TV
G+G      A augmentedA
 He’s alone most every night
   C majorC       D MajorD
till two or three
G+G        BB
Though his mama works two jobs
  C majorC
She still can’t make ends meet
G+G          D MajorD
He sees the fat cats lie and steal
     C majorC   C/BC/B   G+G
But they always go scot-free
       A minorAm    C majorC   C minorCm
He says, how long? How long?

Chorus:
     G+G            C majorC
Till that justice rolls down like water
   G+G            C majorC
Till justice rolls down like water
   G+G            C majorC
Till justice rolls down like water
  A minorAm          C majorC
And righteousness starts flowing
       G+G  C majorC  G+G D MajorD
like a mighty stream

Instrumental:
G+G BB C majorC C majorC
G+G D MajorD C majorC G+G

Verse 3:
G+G         BB
Power, greed, and profit
C majorC
They will never feed the soul
G+G      A augmentedA
These three shovels have dug us
 C majorC        D MajorD
a deep, dark hole
G+G        BB
Compassion, understanding,
  C majorC
And living one for all
G+G      D MajorD
And all for one is what it’s
   C majorC       C/BC/B    G+G
gonna take for us to break this fall
    A minorAm    C majorC  C minorCm
Oh how long? How long?

Chorus:
       G+G            C majorC
He said, till justice rolls down like water
   G+G            C majorC
Till justice rolls down like water
   G+G            C majorC
Till justice rolls down like water
     A minorAm          C majorC
And that righteousness starts flowing
       G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
like a mighty stream

Outro:
G+G  BB C majorC C majorC
G+G  D MajorD C majorC B minorBm A minorAm G+G