So Long Its Been Good To Know You chords by The Weavers

Chords with lyrics

This version of Woody Guthrie's original reached no 3 in the US in 1951.
Capo on 4 for correct key = BB

Chorus
G+G
So long it's been good to know ya
D7D7
So long it's been good to know ya
G+G      C majorC
So long it's been good to know ya
    G+G        D MajorD
What a long time since I've been home
     G+G    D MajorD     G+G
And I've gotta be drifting along

Verse 1
G+G              A minorAm    D MajorD
I've sung this song but I'll sing it again
    G+G            A minorAm     D MajorD
Of the people I've met and the places I've seen
  G+G             C majorC
Of some of the troubles that bothered my mind
   G+G            D MajorD      G+G
And a lot of good people that I've left behind saying

Chorus
G+G
So long it's been good to know ya
D7D7
So long it's been good to know ya
G+G      C majorC
So long it's been good to know ya
    G+G        D MajorD
What a long time since I've been home
     G+G    D MajorD     G+G
And I've gotta be drifting along

Verse 2
G+G                A minorAm      D MajorD
The sweethearts they sat in the dark and they sparked
   G+G               A minorAm    D MajorD
They hugged and they kissed in that dusty old dark
   G+G               C majorC
They sighed and they cried and they hugged and they kissed
   G+G           D MajorD      G+G
But instead of marriage they talked like this honey

Chorus
G+G
So long it's been good to know ya
D7D7
So long it's been good to know ya
G+G      C majorC
So long it's been good to know ya
    G+G        D MajorD
What a long time since I've been home
     G+G    D MajorD     G+G
And I've gotta be drifting along

Verse 3
G+G            A minorAm       D MajorD
I went to your family I asked them for you
   G+G          A minorAm       D MajorD
They all said take her oh take her please do
  G+G             C majorC
She can't cook or sew and she won't scrub your floor
   G+G           D MajorD      G+G
So I put on my coat and tiptoed out the door singing

G+G
So long it's been good to know ya
D7D7
So long it's been good to know ya
G+G      C majorC
So long it's been good to know ya
    G+G        D MajorD
What a long time since I've been home
     G+G    D MajorD     G+G
And I've gotta be drifting along

Verse 4
G+G                A minorAm   D MajorD
I walked down the street to the grocery store
    G+G            A minorAm      D MajorD
It was crowded with people both rich and both poor
 G+G           C majorC
I asked the man how his butter was sold
    G+G            D MajorD       G+G
He said one pound of butter for two pounds of gold I said

Chorus
G+G
So long it's been good to know ya
D7D7
So long it's been good to know ya
G+G      C majorC
So long it's been good to know ya
    G+G        D MajorD
What a long time since I've been home
     G+G    D MajorD     G+G
And I've gotta be drifting along

Verse 5
G+G            A minorAm       D MajorD
My telephone rang and it jumped off the wall
G+G           A minorAm    D MajorD
That was the preacher making a call
G+G            C majorC
He said we're waiting to tie the knot
G+G            D MajorD      G+G
You're getting married believe it or not
G+G                   A minorAm      D MajorD
Well the church it was jammed and the church it was packed
  G+G             A minorAm      D MajorD
The pews were crowded from the front to the back
 G+G             C majorC
A augmentedA thousand friends waited to kiss my new bride
  G+G         D MajorD       G+G
But I was so anxious I rushed her outside told them

Chorus
G+G
So long it's been good to know ya
D7D7
So long it's been good to know ya
G+G      C majorC
So long it's been good to know ya
    G+G        D MajorD
What a long time since I've been home
     G+G    D MajorD     G+G
And I've gotta be drifting along