Wait A Little Longer Please Jesus Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays380

Wait A Little Longer Please Jesus by Merle Haggard is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A and B7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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E
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16
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  			(E) Here the labor is so hard 
And the (A) workers, they are (E) tired 
And our weary hearts are yearnin' for a (B7) rest 
And I (E) find we're getting anxious 
To (A) be in that happy (E) home 
Where we'll receive such (B7) peace and happi-(E) ness. 
 
CHORUS 
(E) But wait a little longer, please (B7) Jesus 
There are so many wandering out in (E) sin 
Just a little longer, please (B7) Jesus 
A few more days to get our loved ones (E) in. 
   
The family's scattered here and there 
And oh, Lord we love them dear 
Maybe we can help them find the way 
But if waiting is the cost 
Dear, oh, Lord they might be lost 
And that's the only reason why we say. 
 
CHORUS 
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante