The Winter Long Chords

KeyG Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays878

The Winter Long by Strawbs is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords G, D, Em, C, Am and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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INTRO (same rhythm as verse): G D Em C G Am C G D Em C D  (3x) 
  
G     D      Em    C   G       Am 
Still waters flow, sea breezes blow 
C    G       D      Em      C       D 
Wild flowers grow, abundant at your feet 
G    D       Em    C    G      Am 
Soft falling snow, warm candle glow 
C       G     D         Em       C       D 
Flushed faces show, the pleasure when we meet 
  
  
G    D     Em  C         G     Am 
Hold on to me, I'll hold on to you 
C   G      D            Em     C       D 
The winter long, I will always be with you 
G    D     Em  C         G     Am   
Hold on to me, I'll hold on to you 
C   G      D            Em     C       D 
The winter long, I will always be with you 
  
  
G    D     Em  C         G     Am 
Hold on to me, I'll hold on to you 
C      G      D             Em     C       D 
I will be the one, who will always see you through 
G    D     Em  C         G     Am   
Hold on to me, I'll hold on to you 
C      G      D             Em     C       D 
I will be the one, who will always see you through 
  
  
VOICE AAH's (same rhythm as verse): G D Em C G Am C G D Em C D (2x) 
  
OUTRO: Em  D  A 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante