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

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

Chorus
G
So long it's been good to know ya
D7
So long it's been good to know ya
G      C
So long it's been good to know ya
    G        D
What a long time since I've been home
     G    D     G
And I've gotta be drifting along

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

Chorus
G
So long it's been good to know ya
D7
So long it's been good to know ya
G      C
So long it's been good to know ya
    G        D
What a long time since I've been home
     G    D     G
And I've gotta be drifting along

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

Chorus
G
So long it's been good to know ya
D7
So long it's been good to know ya
G      C
So long it's been good to know ya
    G        D
What a long time since I've been home
     G    D     G
And I've gotta be drifting along

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

G
So long it's been good to know ya
D7
So long it's been good to know ya
G      C
So long it's been good to know ya
    G        D
What a long time since I've been home
     G    D     G
And I've gotta be drifting along

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

Chorus
G
So long it's been good to know ya
D7
So long it's been good to know ya
G      C
So long it's been good to know ya
    G        D
What a long time since I've been home
     G    D     G
And I've gotta be drifting along

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

Chorus
G
So long it's been good to know ya
D7
So long it's been good to know ya
G      C
So long it's been good to know ya
    G        D
What a long time since I've been home
     G    D     G
And I've gotta be drifting along