How Long
The Nitty Gritty Dirt BandVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
You were on your own I was on the road
You were awful lonesome I was awful cold
You wanted love songs but that's not enough
So how long must we punish each other
For the sin of falling in love
You were on the phone I was on the floor
And the boy was staring out the kitchen door
He hears our fighting and he takes it rough
So how long must we punish each other
For the sin of falling in love
Well there's a whole lot worse that a man can do
There's greater crimes for women too
Than to give the holy power of love a place to stand
Now were looking back through a sack of wool
There's a boy with a stack of reasons to know
Why we cant forgive each other a Woman and Man
You were in the air I was in the sea
Boy was in a basket with friends on the beach
It don't take much asking to receive that stuff
So how long must we punish each other
For the sin of falling in love
Whoa how long must we punish each other
For the sin of falling in love
Source: Songsterr · Rights holder? Request removal.
Readable chord sheet for How Long by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
[C]You were on your own I was on the road You were awful l[Am]onesome I was awful co[C]ld You wanted l[Am]ove songs but that's not en[F]ough So how l[C]ong must we p[G]unish each ot[F]her For the s[C]in of fa[G]lling in l[C]ove [C]You were on the phone I was on the floor And the boy was s[Am]taring out the kitchen d[C]oor He hears our fi[Am]ghting and he takes it ro[F]ugh So how lo[C]ng must we pu[G]nish each o[F]ther For the s[C]in of fa[G]lling in l[C]ove [C]Well there's a whole lot w[F]orse that a man can do There's greater cr[C]imes for women too Than to give the h[F]oly power of lo[G]ve a place to st[C]and Now were looking b[F]ack through a sack of wool There's a boy with a st[C]ack of reasons to know Why w[F]e cant forgive each other a Woman and M[G]an You were in the a[C]ir I was in the sea Boy was in a bas[Am]ket with friends on the bea[C]ch It don't take much as[Am]king to receive that st[F]uff So how lo[C]ng must we pu[G]nish each o[F]ther For the s[C]in of fa[G]lling in l[C]ove Whoa how lo[Am]ng must we punish each ot[F]her For the s[C]in of fa[G]lling in lo[C]ve