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So Long Its Been Good To Know You chords by Woody Guthrie

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Woody Guthrie - So Long It's Been Good To Know You
Fingerpick alternating bass strings

Verse 1
Chord diagramC majorC                               Chord diagramFF        Chord diagramG7G7
I've sung this song , but I'll sing it again
Chord diagramC majorC                               Chord diagramFF          Chord diagramG7G7
Of the people I've met and the places I've seen
Chord diagramC majorC              Chord diagramC7C7            Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramF#dim7F#dim7
Of some of the troubles that bothered my mind
      Chord diagramC majorC                       Chord diagramG7G7
And a lot of good people that I've left behind, saying:

Chorus
Chord diagramC majorC
So long, it's been good to know you
Chord diagramG7G7
So long, it's been good to know you
Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramC7C7         Chord diagramFF            Chord diagramF#dim7F#dim7
So long, it's been good to know you
       Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramA minorAm        Chord diagramG7G7
What a long time since I've been home
                                Chord diagramC majorC
And I've got to be drifting along

Verse 2
Chord diagramC majorC                               Chord diagramFF             Chord diagramG7G7
The sweethearts they sat in the dark and they sparked
     Chord diagramC majorC                              Chord diagramFF          Chord diagramG7G7
They hugged and they kissed in that dusty old dark
     Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramC7C7             Chord diagramFF               Chord diagramF#dim7F#dim7
They sighed and they cried and they hugged and they kissed
     Chord diagramC majorC                       Chord diagramG7G7
But instead of marriage they talked like this:

Chorus

Verse 3
Chord diagramC majorC                         Chord diagramFF              Chord diagramG7G7
I went to your family and asked them for you
Chord diagramC majorC                           Chord diagramFF                Chord diagramG7G7
They all said "Take her, oh take her, please do!
    Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramC7C7           Chord diagramFF               Chord diagramF#dim7F#dim7
She can't cook or sew and she won't scrub your floor"
     Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramG7G7
So I put on my hat and tip-toed out the door, saying:

Chorus

Verse 4
Chord diagramC majorC                               Chord diagramFF       Chord diagramG7G7
I walked down the street to the grocery store
        Chord diagramC majorC                       Chord diagramFF             Chord diagramG7G7
It was crowded with people both rich and both poor
Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramC7C7          Chord diagramFF          Chord diagramF#dim7F#dim7
I asked the man how his butter was sold
         Chord diagramC majorC                       Chord diagramG7G7
He said "One pound of butter for two pounds of gold" so I said:

Chorus

Verse 5
   Chord diagramC majorC                     Chord diagramFF              Chord diagramG7G7
My telephone rang and it jumped off the wall
Chord diagramC majorC                       Chord diagramFF         Chord diagramG7G7
That was the preacher a making a call
Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramC7C7        Chord diagramFF       Chord diagramF#dim7F#dim7
He said "We're waiting to tie the knot
Chord diagramC majorC                          Chord diagramG7G7
You're getting married, believe it or not"

Chorus

Verse 6
    Chord diagramC majorC                         Chord diagramFF             Chord diagramG7G7
The church it was jammed, the church it was packed
    Chord diagramC majorC                         Chord diagramFF            Chord diagramG7G7
The pews were so crowded from front to the back
  Chord diagramC majorC                Chord diagramC7C7        Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramF#dim7F#dim7
Chord diagramA augmentedA thousand friends waited to kiss my new bride
    Chord diagramC majorC                    Chord diagramG7G7
But I was so anxious, I rushed her outside, told them:

Chorus

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