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