Long Time Chords

by Cake
KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays612

Long Time by Cake is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, Em, C, C/B and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Am
Text
16
Speed
  			
Am                                         Em 
It's been a long time since I've seen your smiling face 

Am                                      Em 
It's been a long time since I've seen a sunny day 


Am                                        Em 
It's been a long time since you wore your pillbox hat 

Am                                        Em 
It's been a long time since we drove your Pontiac 


Am                                   C   C/B Am 
It's been a long time since you gave butterflies 

Am                                       C  C/B          Am 
It's been a long time since I've seen it burning in your eyes 

G 
But I don't mind, no I don't, no I don't 

                  Em 
When I've got you next to me 

Am                                       Em 
It's been a long time since we tripped into this ditch 

Am                                       Em 
It's been a long time since we drank the arsenic 

Am                                     C   C/B        Am 
It's been a long time since we've been inside of this tomb 

Am                                       C   C/B          Am 
It's been a long time since you wore you expensive French perfume 


Repeat the chorus and the first verse.  Pretty much the gist of it. 
    	

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