How long Blues Chords
by Eric Clapton
How long Blues by Eric Clapton is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, E7, A, A7 and B7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
E E7 A A7
E B7 E E
How E long, baby how E7 long,
Has that A evening train been A7 gone?
How E long, how how B7 long, baby how E long? E
Went to the E station, didn't see no E7 train.
Down in my A heart, I have an aching A7 pain.
How E long, how how B7 long, baby how E long? E
I feel disEgusted, I feel so E7 bad
Thinking 'bout the A good time that I once had A7 had.
How E long, how how B7 long, baby how E long? E
I could see the E green grass growing on the E7 hill;
I ain't seen no A greenback on a dollar A7 bill.
How E long, how how B7 long, baby how E long? E
You're gonna be E sorry you feel so E7 blue.
When you want A me, baby, I declare I want, want A7 you.
How E long, how how B7 long, baby how E long? E
Solo on Verse
Don't have no E money for to ride the E7 train.
I would ride the A rugs, baby, to be with you aA7gain.
How E long, how how B7 long, baby how E long? E
How E long, baby how E7 long
Must I A keep my, my watching A7 point?
How E long, how how B7 long, baby how E long? E