It Takes A Long Time chords by John Nolan

Chords with lyrics

Played with capo on the 3rd fret

Intro:Em  G+G  C majorC Am7Am7 2x

    E minorEm                     G+G     C majorC
They dragged me from the party kicking and screaming
      Am7Am7          E minorEm
Clawing at the carpet and chewing up the scenery
G+G     C majorC             Am7Am7       E minorEm     G+G C majorC Am7Am7
Talking to my friends with no regard for decency
E minorEm                G+G    C majorC           Am7Am7
I couldn't tell you what I did, or what it meant to me
        E minorEm
But I keep finding all these pieces
G+G       C majorC          Am7Am7
Soon they start to form a picture
   E minorEm                  G+G    C majorC
And I can understand what I've done
    Am7Am7      E minorEm  G+G  C majorC
But it takes a long time
  Am7Am7     E minorEm  G+G  C majorC Am7Am7
to understand why

E minorEm  G+G  C majorC

Am7Am7      E minorEm
You made it home, but I was left on the road
  G+G        C majorC              Am7Am7
To sing songs, drink hard to fight fatigue and the cold
E minorEm
Sleep walking through the days
           G+G    C majorC         Am7Am7     E minorEm  G+G  C majorC Am7Am7
Just waiting until the clock says it's time to let go
            E minorEm             G+G
Until it's time to give up again and pretend
C majorC            Am7Am7         E minorEm
I'm not bound by habit, I'm not a slave to my needs
         G+G    C majorC         Am7Am7
I choose to let go so I must be in control
    E minorEm               G+G   C majorC
This must be who I want to be
     Am7Am7      E minorEm  G+G  C majorC
But it takes a long time
  Am7Am7     E minorEm  G+G  C majorC
to understand why
  Am7Am7      E minorEm  G+G  C majorC
It takes a long time
  Am7Am7     B minorBm  C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7
to understand why

B minorBm C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7

B minorBm                C majorC     Cmaj7Cmaj7
Constant effort, constant concentration
B minorBm                  C majorC     Cmaj7Cmaj7
Constant concern, constant contemplation
B minorBm                      C majorC    Cmaj7Cmaj7
Constantly checking my tone for accuracy
B minorBm                 C majorC  Cmaj7Cmaj7
Constantly defining my inability

           E minorEm  G+G  C majorC
It takes a long time
  Am7Am7     E minorEm   G+G  C majorC
to understand why
   Am7Am7     E minorEm   G+G  C majorC
It takes a long time
  Am7Am7      E minorEm  G+G  C majorC
to understand why
  Am7Am7      E minorEm