Long Time Coming Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays560

Long Time Coming by Bap Kennedy is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Bap Kennedy- acoustic guitar, vocals 
Roy M. Huskey Jr.- upright bass 
Peter Rowan- mandolin, background vocals 
Jerry Douglas- dobro 
Steve Earle- acoustic guitar 
Larry Atamanuik- drums 
 
Time:44 
 
Intro  
 G        C        G        D 
                 
 
G                    C 
When I first met you I was ready to 
G                                 D 
Give up this life of drinking and bumming 
G                   C 
But all my promises 
      D           G 
Are a long time a'coming 
 
 G        C   D 
         
 
G                 C 
When I look at us, sitting on this bus 
G                                D 
We're still pulling, we're still struggling 
G                            C 
Waiting for that lucky break 
           D           G       C   D 
But it's a long time a'coming 
 
C                      G 
Up in the blue beyond, above the great divide 
C 
Everything can't be wrong 
D 
Somebody must be getting it right 
 
 G        C        G        D 
                 
 G        C   D    G        C   D 
                 
 
G                 C 
Well I'm still me, and I'll never be 
G                     D 
A slave to any man or woman 
G                                C 
Someday you'll be proud of me 
           D         G           C 
But it?a long time coming 
  D           G                  C 
A long time a'coming 
  D           G                  C 
A long time a'coming 
  D           G 
 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante