WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Woody Guthrie - So Long Its Been Good To Know You Chords | Ver. 2
Verse 1
C F G7
I've sung this song , but I'll sing it again
C F G7
Of the people I've met and the places I've seen
C C7 F F#dim7
Of some of the troubles that bothered my mind
C G7
And a lot of good people that I've left behind, saying:
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C
So long, it's been good to know you
G7
So long, it's been good to know you
C C7 F F#dim7
So long, it's been good to know you
C Am G7
What a long time since I've been home
C
And I've got to be drifting along
Verse 2
C F G7
The sweethearts they sat in the dark and they sparked
C F G7
They hugged and they kissed in that dusty old dark
C C7 F F#dim7
They sighed and they cried and they hugged and they kissed
C G7
But instead of marriage they talked like this:
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Verse 3
C F G7
I went to your family and asked them for you
C F G7
They all said "Take her, oh take her, please do!
C C7 F F#dim7
She can't cook or sew and she won't scrub your floor"
C G7
So I put on my hat and tip-toed out the door, saying:
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Verse 4
C F G7
I walked down the street to the grocery store
C F G7
It was crowded with people both rich and both poor
C C7 F F#dim7
I asked the man how his butter was sold
C G7
He said "One pound of butter for two pounds of gold" so I said:
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Verse 5
C F G7
My telephone rang and it jumped off the wall
C F G7
That was the preacher a making a call
C C7 F F#dim7
He said "We're waiting to tie the knot
C G7
You're getting married, believe it or not"
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Verse 6
C F G7
The church it was jammed, the church it was packed
C F G7
The pews were so crowded from front to the back
C C7 F F#dim7
A thousand friends waited to kiss my new bride
C G7
But I was so anxious, I rushed her outside, told them:
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