Long Green chords by The Fireballs

Long Green:The Fireballs.
#73 on BB Hot 100 on ATCO Records
in 1969.

INTRO: E A D E D A D E D A D

CHORUS:
E             A          D E
Whoa-oh, long green, now......yeah, the fruit
   A    D E
of evil....
    D                           A         D E
I-I said-a, said-a, said-a long green now...
     D                A    D E D
whoa-ho, the fruit of evil.

#1.
A        D       A       D    A             D
I do the work, I save my pay..quittin' time comes,
      E    D      A                        D
yeah, then home I run..back to that broad, she's
  A
a-waitin' for me.
A                           E                  A
She saves that stuff, yeah, they call the long green.
     D      E      A                          D      E
(la, la-la, la) oh-ho, the fruit of evil (la, la-la, la.)
                              A            D      E
I said-a, said-a, said-a long green, now, (say-ya-ya)
                    A         D      E       A
oh-ho, the fruit of evil (la, la-la, la) oh, yeah.


INTERLUDE: D E D A D E D A D E A D E A E

E
Aaaaaaah, aaaaaaaaaaaah, aaaaaaaaaaah, aaaaaaaaaah..
E
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, c'mon , gimme some!
(Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!)

CHORUS:
     A               D      E                         A
Long green, now (la, la-la, la) oh, yes, the fruit of evil
     D      E
(la, la-la, la)
  D                           A               D      E
I said-a, said-a, said-a long green, now (la, la-la, la)
                             A         D      E
long green, oh, the fruit of evil (la, la-la, la)

#2.
A                  D              A        D
Now, they said the best things in life are free.
      A                 E              A
Well, no child, no, you can't convince me.
A                   D                A           D
There's one thing I want you to see..that is the sweat,
         E
that's a-pourin' from me!

CHORUS:
     A               D      E                        A
Long green, now (la, la-la, la) oh, ho, the fruit of evil
     D      E
(la, la-la, la)
  D                           A               D      E
I said-a, said-a, said-a long green, now (la, la-la, la)
                        A         D      E
yeah-heah, the fruit of evil (la, la-la, la)

CHORUS:
E             A               D      E
Whoa-ho, long green, now (la, la-la, la)
                          A         D      E
I said, it's the fruit of evil (la, la-la, la)
                              A               D      E
I said-a, said-a, said-a long green, now (la, la-la, la)
                   A         D      E
Whoa, the fruit of evil (la, la-la, la)

OUTRO:
E                                     A              D      E
I said-a, said-a, said-a, said-a long green now (la, la-la, la)
E                                A         D      E
Long green, I said, the fruit of evil (la, la-la, la)
                              A               D      E
I said-a, said-a, said-a long green, now (la, la-la, la)
                            A         D      E
Hey, hey, hey, the fruit of evil (la, la-la, la)
E                                     A               D      E
Hey, won't ya gimme some of that long green, now (la, la-la, la)
E                    A         D      E
I said, the fruit of evil (la, la-la, la)
E                             A               D      E
I said-a, said-a, said-a long green, now (la, la-la, la)
E                       A         D      E
Waaa-ohhh, the fruit of evil (la, la-la, la)..(Fade.)



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