So Long It's Been Good To Know You chords by Woody Guthrie

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

Verse 1
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I've sung this song , but I'll sing it again
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Of the people I've met and the places I've seen
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Of some of the troubles that bothered my mind
      C                       G7
And a lot of good people that I've left behind, saying:

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C
So long, it's been good to know you
G7
So long, it's been good to know you
C  C7         F            F#dim7
So long, it's been good to know you
       C     Am        G7
What a long time since I've been home
                                C
And I've got to be drifting along

Verse 2
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The sweethearts they sat in the dark and they sparked
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They hugged and they kissed in that dusty old dark
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They sighed and they cried and they hugged and they kissed
     C                       G7
But instead of marriage they talked like this:

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Verse 3
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I went to your family and asked them for you
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They all said "Take her, oh take her, please do!
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She can't cook or sew and she won't scrub your floor"
     C                  G7
So I put on my hat and tip-toed out the door, saying:

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Verse 4
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I walked down the street to the grocery store
        C                       F             G7
It was crowded with people both rich and both poor
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I asked the man how his butter was sold
         C                       G7
He said "One pound of butter for two pounds of gold" so I said:

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Verse 5
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My telephone rang and it jumped off the wall
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That was the preacher a making a call
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He said "We're waiting to tie the knot
C                          G7
You're getting married, believe it or not"

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Verse 6
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The church it was jammed, the church it was packed
    C                         F            G7
The pews were so crowded from front to the back
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A thousand friends waited to kiss my new bride
    C                    G7
But I was so anxious, I rushed her outside, told them:

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