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