Too Long Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays572

Too Long by Andrew Bird is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A, B7 and G#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
Text
16
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             E                A 
    Tooooooo long you waited too long to come home 
    B7                               E 
    Now your daddy don't want you no more 
                         A     
    Too long you don't belong here anymore 
       G#m                           B7 
    So quit your knock-knocking at my door 

        E                       A      
    You left me sweet mamma for no good reason at all 
           G#m                G#m 
    And now      there's another           
            G#m       G#m       G#m 
    mule kicking in the same old stall 
        E                A   
    Too long you waited too long to come home 
    B7                               E    
    Now your daddy don't want you no more 

(Instrumental Solo) 
E A B7 (x2) 
G#m B7 

        E                A 
    Too long you waited too long to come home 
    B7                               E 
    Now your daddy don't want you no more 
                         A     
    Too long you don't belong here anymore 
       G#m                           B7 
    So quit your knock-knocking at my door 

        E                       A      
    You left me sweet mamma for no good reason at all 
           G#m                G#m 
    And now      there's another           
            G#m       G#m       G#m 
    mule kicking in the same old stall 
        G#m                     B7                          E 
    Too long... yeah you wait too long yeah well you wait too long 
                A  
    Oh you wait too long to come home 
    B7 
    Now your daddy 
    G#m 
    Oh now your daddy 
    A 
    Oh now your daddy 
                      E    
    Don't want you no more 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante