How Long Chords

Song: How long
Artist: Ace
Composer: Paul Carrack
Album: Five-a-side
 
Tabbed by DJ  30th Oct 2015
 
CAPO: 1st fret
(Song will then sound in the recorded key of Ab)
to match the record,
or sing it a semi-tone lower without the capo,
as Paul Carrack has done when playing the song solo.
 
IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website
displays, they are generated automatically from a
generic database and often don't show the best
options for a particular chord progression. Just use
the voicings suggested in the text column numbers.
 
Chord names & fret positions are relative to the capo:
G6/A = x05430    Bbm7 = 686666    Em7  = 022030
A    = x07650    Bm7  = 797777    Bm   = x24432
A *  = 577655    F#m7 = 242222    A/B  = x22220
 
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[Intro]
[Simulation of bass - mute bridge with side of palm]
e|----------|----------|----------|---------------|
B|----------|----------|----------|---------------|
G|----------|----------|----------|---------------|
D|----------|----------|----------|---------------|
A|-0--0-0-0-|-0--0---0-|-0--0-0-0-|-0-0-0---------|
E|----------|----------|----------|-------0-3-0-3-|
 
e|----------|----------|----------|---------------|
B|----------|----------|----------|---------------|
G|----------|----------|----------|---------------|
D|----------|----------|----------|---------------|
A|-0--0-0-0-|-0--0-0---|-0--0-0-0-|-0-0-0---------|
E|----------|--------0-|----------|-------0-3-0-3-|
 
 G6/A     G6/A A        A  G6/A    G6/A  A
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
 G6/A    G6/A  A        A  G6/A    G6/A  A *     Bbm7
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
 
[Chorus]
 Bm7       F#m7                Em7
 How long------- has this been going on?
(How long-------------------   going on?)
 
 Em7 F#m7 Bm7       F#m7                Em7
          How long------- has this been going on?
         (How long-------------------   going on?)
 
[Verse 1]
F#m7       G6/A                           A
Well, your friends with their fancy per - suasion,
           G6/A                    A
Don't ad - mit that it's part of a scheme,
      G6/A                         A
But I can't help but have my sus - picions,
         G6/A                     A
'Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem
 
[Verse 2]
        G6/A                    A
And you said you was never in - tending,
   G6/A                       A
To break up our scene in this way,
          G6/A                   A
But there ain't any use in pre - tending,
         G6/A             A *   Bbm7
It could happen to us any day!
 
[Chorus]
 Bm7       F#m7                Em7
 How long------- has this been going on?
(How long-------------------   going on?)
 
 Em7 F#m7 Bm7       F#m7                Em7
          How long------- has this been going on?
         (How long-------------------   going on?)
 
[Bridge - Guitar solo]
  Bm          A/B           Bm          A/B
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
  Bm          A/B           Bm          A/B
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
  Bm          A/B           Bm          A/B
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
  Bm          A/B           Bm          A/B
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
 
[Verse 3]
            G6/A                           A
Oh-oh, your friends with their fancy per - suasion,
           G6/A                    A
Don't ad - mit that it's part of a scheme,
      G6/A                         A
But I can't help but have my sus - picions,
         G6/A                     A
'Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem
 
[Verse 4]
        G6/A                    A
Oh, you said you was never in - tending,
   G6/A                       A
To break up our scene in this way,
          G6/A                   A
But there ain't any use in pre - tending,
         G6/A             A *   Bbm7
It could happen to us any day!
 
[Chorus & Coda]
 Bm7       F#m7                Em7
 How long------- has this been going on?
(How long-------------------   going on?)
 
 Em7 F#m7 Bm7       F#m7                Em7
          How long------- has this been going on?
         (How long-------------------   going on?)
 
 F#m7 Bm7      F#m7              Em7            F#m7
 Oh,  how long---- has this been going on?  How long?
     (How long----------------   going on?)
 
 Bm7       F#m7                Em7
 How long------- has this been going on?
(How long-------------------   going on?)
 
    F#m7     Bm7        F#m7               Em7
How long has this...how long has this been going on?
            (How long--------------------- going on?)
 
    F#m7  Bm7      F#m7                 Em7
How long? How long------- has this been going on?
          (How long-------------------  going on?)
 
F#m7 Bm7       F#m7                Em7
Oh,  how long------- has this been going on?
    (How long-------------------   going on?)
 
F#m7    Bm7
How---- long-----?
X