How Long Will My Baby Be Gone Chords

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How Long Will My Baby Be Gone by Buck Owens is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G7, A7, Em and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			C           F       G7                 C 
How long is forever how soon is now or never 

    A7                         F 
How long will these heartaches linger on  

    G7                        C 
And how long will my baby  be gone 


               F     G7              C 
How wide is an ocean how deep is a devotion 

    A7                      F 
How long do these sleepless nights go on 
  
    G7                        C 
And how long will my baby  be gone 


    F             Em         D7                    G7 
For I could never understand how she could turn to another man 

C               F          G7            C 
How much does a heart ache how deep is a heartbreak 

    A7                      F 
How long do these sleepless nights go on 
  
    G7                        C 
And how long will my baby  be gone 


    F             Em         D7                    G7 
For I could never understand how she could turn to another man 

C               F          G7            C 
How much does a heart ache how deep is a heartbreak 

    A7                      F 
How long do these sleepless nights go on 
  
    G7                        C 
And how long will my baby  be gone 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

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

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante