Long Hard Time Blues Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays544

Long Hard Time Blues by Van Walker is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, Em and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro 

D G x 2 

Chorus 

D 
Oh baby it's a long time 
D                                         G 
Oh babe it's been a long time waiting for yo 
D 
Oh baby it's a hard time 
D                                       G 
Here wasting all my down time without a clue 

Verse 

Em                    A 
I don't know what you wanted 
Em                  A 
I don't know if you care 
Em                      A 
I keep pushing all your buttons 
Em                     A 
You just sit there and stare 

Chorus 

D 
Oh baby it's a long time 
D                                         G 
Oh babe it's been a long time waiting for you 
D 
Oh baby it's a hard time 
D                                       G 
Here wasting all my down time without a clue 

Verse 

Em                          A 
And all that stuff that was reeling 
Em                  A 
I don't know if you sent 
Em                         A 
And all that love you were giving 
Em                    A  
I don't know where it went 

Chorus 

D 
Oh baby it's a long time 
D                                         G 
Oh babe it's been a long time waiting for you 
D 
Oh baby it's a hard time 
D                                       G 
Here wasting all my down time without a clue 

Verse 

Em                    A 
I don't know what you wanted 
Em                     A 
I don't think that you care 
Em                            A 
You're a machine but you aint haunted 
Em                        A  
But I am and that's why I despair 

Chorus (repeat 4 times to finish!) 

D 
Oh baby it's a long time 
D                                         G 
Oh babe it's been a long time waiting for you 
D 
Oh baby it's a hard time 
D                                       G 
Here wasting all my down time without a clue 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

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

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante