How Long chords by Iris Dement

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)



Intro:
G  C  G  C

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

Chorus:
              G                       C
He said, till justice rolls down like water
     G                       C
Till justice rolls down like water
G                       C
Justice rolls down like water
    Am            C
And righteousness flows
              G   C   G  D
like a mighty stream

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

Chorus:
          G                       C
Till that justice rolls down like water
     G                       C
Till justice rolls down like water
     G                       C
Till justice rolls down like water
    Am                   C
And righteousness starts flowing
              G   C   G  D
like a mighty stream

Instrumental:
G  B  C  C
G  D  C  G

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

Chorus:
              G                       C
He said, till justice rolls down like water
     G                       C
Till justice rolls down like water
     G                       C
Till justice rolls down like water
         Am                   C
And that righteousness starts flowing
              G  C  G  D
like a mighty stream

Outro:
G   B  C  C
G   D  C  Bm Am G