How Long Has This Been Going On? Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays438

How Long Has This Been Going On? by Carmen McRae is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G7M, G#dim, Am4/7, G#5-/7, G6, Em7, Am7, D5, G7, C7M, C7/9+, G, G/F#, C, Am, D9, F7M, Dm7, Em, Em6, D7, Cm7 and Cdim. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Introdução: G7M G#dim Am4/7 G#5-/7 G7M G#dim Am4/7 G#5-/7 

G6      Em7  Am7    D5  
I could cry  salty tears  
G6         G7     C7M       C7/9+ 
Where have I been all these years?  
G  G/F# Em7  C7M     Am7 
Lit tle  wow, tell me now, 
     C        Am       D9   D5   G 
How long has this been go - ing on?  
 G6         Em7   Am7    D5  
There were chills up my spine,  
G6         G7      C7M    C7/9+ 
And some thrills I can't define; 
G  G/F#  Em7  C7M  Am7 
Listen, sweet, I repeat,   
     C        Am       D9   D5  G 
How long has this been going on?  
Bridge: 
C7M    F7M     C7M      F7M 
Oh, I feel that I could melt;  
C7M   Dm7   G7   C7M 
Into heaven I'm hurled.  
Em     Em7   Em7     Em6 
I know how Columbus felt  
 Am      Am7      D7 
Finding another world.  
G6       Em7   Am7       D5  
Kiss me once, then once more;  
G6      G7     Cm7  C7/9+ 
What a dunce I was before.  
G   G/F# Em7       C7M     Am7 
What a  break, for heaven's sake,  
     C        Am       D9   D5   G 
How long has this been going on?  
Repeat Bridge: 
G6       Em7       Am7      D5  
Kiss me twice and then once more   
G6           G7          C7M    C7/9+ 
That makes thrice, let's make it four.  
G   G/F# Em7       C        D7 
What a  break, for heaven's sake,  
   C     Am       D9   D5 G 
How long has this been going? 
   C     Am       Cdim D7  G 
How long has this been going. 
    	

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100 BPM Andante