It'll be a Long Time Chords

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It'll be a Long Time by The Offspring is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Dm. It uses the chords Dm, C, G, A7, F, Bb, D9 and C11. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Dm              C    Dm 
 All this time has whittled away 
      C       G      Dm   C  Dm 
Like so many days in one 
                 C   Dm 
Back and forth the leaders sway 
 C         G        Dm   C  Dm 
Backing it up with guns 

        C     Dm             C 
Superpowers flex their wings 
          G        Dm            C 
Hold the world on puppet strings 
Dm               C    Dm 
Egos will feed while citizens bleed 
       C                  A7   C 
That's always the way it goes 

  Dm        C  Dm  F      C          Dm   Bb   
When will the wo---orld  listen to reason 
            C             C    F    Dm 
I've got a feeling it'll be a long time 
  Dm        C   Dm  F    C          Dm    Bb 
When will the tru---uth come in to season 
            C             C    F    Dm  Bb 
I've got a feeling it'll be a long time 
            C             C    F    Dm  C   A7  C 
I've got a feeling it'll be a long ti--ime 

Dm                  C    Dm    
 All they want is what they can defend 
 C            G      Dm  C  Dm 
Before their time is up 
             C  Dm 
Make the same mistakes again 
 C       G      Dm   C  Dm       
Heard it all before 

        C     Dm             C 
Superpowers flex their wings 
          G        Dm            C 
Hold the world on puppet strings 
Dm               C    Dm 
Egos will feed while citizens bleed 
     C                       A7   C 
It's always the way it goes 

 Dm        C  Dm  F      C          Dm   Bb   
When will the wo---orld  listen to reason 
            C             C    F    Dm 
I've got a feeling it'll be a long time 
  Dm        C   Dm  F    C          Dm    Bb 
When will the tru---uth come in to season 
            C             C    F    Dm  Bb 
I've got a feeling it'll be a long time 
            C             C    F    Dm  Bb 
I've got a feeling it'll be a long time 
            C             C    F    Dm 
I've got a feeling it'll be a long time 

( Dm  C  G  Dm  Dm  C  G  Dm ) 

     Dm    C            G    Dm 
Well if they tried, maybe they'd see 
        Dm     C                     G   Dm 
It'd do a little good to let the world be free 
      Dm      C              G    Dm 
Handshake and a smile, gets you on through 
          Dm     C               G    Dm 
Then turn it all around with a suicide move 

          C            G         Dm 
But you know it's not fooling any-one but me 
           C             G          Dm 
You gotta make yourself see what you want to see 
          C            G         Dm 
But you know it's not fooling any-one but me 
           C             G          Dm 
You gotta make yourself see what you want to see 
          
Oh yeah! 

( Dm  D9  Dm  Dm  D9  Dm  C  C11  C  Dm  D9  Dm ) 
( Dm  D9  Dm  Dm  D9  Dm  C  C11  C  Dm  D9  Dm ) 

           Dm 
I see you! 
        C     Dm             C 
Superpowers flex their wings 
          G        Dm            C 
Hold the world on puppet strings 
Dm               C    Dm 
Egos will feed while citizens bleed 
     C                       A7   C 
It's always the way it goes 


  Dm        C  Dm  F      C          Dm   Bb   
When will the wo---orld  listen to reason 
            C             C    F    Dm 
I've got a feeling it'll be a long time 
  Dm        C   Dm  F    C          Dm    Bb 
When will the tru---uth come in to season 
            C             C    F    Dm  Bb 
I've got a feeling it'll be a long time 
            C             C    F    Dm  C   A7  C 
I've got a feeling it'll be a long ti--ime 
     A7     C  Dm   C  Dm 
Oh, yayayay 
    	

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100 BPM Andante