The Longest Night chords by Men At Work

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Intro:

A minorAm B minorBm C majorC D MajorD

Verse 1:
A minorAm         B minorBm
The Wind is in the east
C majorC      D MajorD
Stare at us eyes in wonder
A minorAm        B minorBm
Like beggars at a feast
C majorC       D MajorD
We can't even, count the number
A minorAm       E minorEm
What you gonna do?
C majorC        D MajorD
Send them table scraps we're leaving
A minorAm        E minorEm
One who care are few
C majorC           D MajorD
Most spend there time, with useless meaning

Chorus 1:
FF  E minorEm
Dear father,
G+G              A minorAm
Do you think that it will be alright?
FF    E minorEm
Tell me mother,
C majorC
Will we make it through?
A minorAm
We make it through the hungry night.

Verse 2:
A minorAm        B minorBm
Somewhere in the west
C majorC        D MajorD
Gold teeth, but sometime is gleaming
A minorAm         B minorBm
We know we are the best
C majorC      D MajorD
Even know, the beasts lie screaming
A minorAm        E minorEm
We've got power to spare
C majorC
A augmentedA new clear day
D MajorD
Is dawning they say
A minorAm      E minorEm
But tell us, don't you dare
C majorC       D MajorD
The piper has a price that we pay

Chorus 2:
FF  E minorEm
Dear preacher,
G+G                A minorAm
Do you think that we'll see the light?
FF    E minorEm
Tell me teacher,
C majorC
Well we make it through?
We make it through the darkest night.

Verse 3:
A minorAm        B minorBm
Two faces in the south
C majorC          D MajorD
The first one has a look of
A minorAm           E minorEm
With fine words in his mouth
C majorC
His heart is black,
D MajorD
As ghetto chimneys
A minorAm       E minorEm
What you gonna do?
C majorC
To hide the shame,
D MajorD
Contain their anger.
A minorAm       E minorEm
What you gonna say?
C majorC           D MajorD
You walk the line, of constant danger

Chorus 3:
FF  E minorEm
Dear brother,
G+G                 A minorAm
You think we'll have to stand and fight?
FF    E minorEm       C majorC
Tell me sister, Will we make it through?
A minorAm               A minorAm
We make it through the longest night.
FF   E minorEm
Dear father,
G+G              A minorAm
Do you think it's gonna be alright?
FF    E minorEm
Tell me teacher,
G+G                A minorAm
Do you think that we'll see the light?
FF    E minorEm
Tell me brother,
G+G                 A minorAm
You think we'll have to stand and fight?
FF    E minorEm
Tell me sister,
C majorC
Will we make it through?
              A minorAm
Make it through the longest night.