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Version 1
Key: G
Tuning: E A D G B e
Capo: 0 or 1
Paul plays two version - one acoustically with no capo in the
key of G and with a capo on the 1st fret in the key G#; the
latter being the more commonly used key. Regardless, the chord
structures remain the same.
INTRO
Gadd2/A A Bbm7 Bm7
e|--––x–––-|----0----|----6----|----7----|
B|--––3–––-|----5----|----6----|----7----|
G|---–4-–--|----6----|----6----|----7----|
D|–---5----|-–--7----|----6----|----7----|
A|----0----|----0----|----x----|----x----|
E|---–x-–-–|----x----|----6----|----7----|
VERSE
Gadd2/A A1 Bbm7 Gadd2/A A
e|--––x–––-|----x----|----6----| |--––x–––-|----0----|
B|--––3–––-|----5----|----6----| |--––3–––-|----5----|
G|---–4-–--|----6----|----6----| or |---–4-–--|----6----|
D|–---5----|-–--7----|----6----| |–---5----|-–--7----|
A|----0----|----0----|----x----| |----0----|----0----|
E|---–x-–-–|----x----|----6----| |---–x-–-–|----x----|
CHORUS
Bm7 F#m7 Em7 F#m7 E#m7 F#m7
e|---7---|---2---|---0---|---2---| |---7---|---9---|
B|---7---|---2---|---3---|---2---| |---8---|---10--|
G|---7---|---2---|---0---|---2---| or |---7---|---9---|
D|---7---|---2---|---0---|---2---| |---9---|---11--|
A|---x---|---x---|---2---|---x---| |---7---|---9---|
E|---7---|---2---|---0---|---2---| |---7---|---9---|
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INTRO: | Gadd2/A | A | Gadd2/A | A |
| Gadd2/A | A | Gadd2/A | A Bbm7 |
CHORUS:
Bm7 F#m7 Em7 F#m7
How long has this been going on?
Bm7 F#m7 Em7 F#m7
How long has this been going on?
VERSE 1
Gadd2/A A1
Well, your friends with their fancy persuasion
Gadd2/A A1
Don't admit that it's part of a scheme
Gadd2/A A1
And I can't help but have my suspicions
Gadd2/A A1
Ain't quite as dumb as I seem
VERSE 2
Gadd2/A A1
You know you said you was never intended
Gadd2/A A1
To break up our scene this way
Gadd2/A A1
There ain't any use in pretending
Gadd2/A A1 Bbm7
It could happen to us any day
CHORUS:
Bm7 F#m7 Em7 F#m7
How long has this been going on?
Bm7 F#m7 Em7 F#m7
How long has this been going on?
GUITAR SOLO
| Bm7 | F#m7 | Bm7 | F#m7 |
| Bm7 | F#m7 | Bm7 | F#m7 |
| Bm7 | F#m7 | Bm7 | F#m7 |
| Bm7 | F#m7 | Bm7 | F#m7 |
VERSE 3
Gadd2/A A1
Well, your friends with their fancy persuasion
Gadd2/A A1
Don't admit that it's part of a scheme
Gadd2/A A1
And I can't help but have my suspicions
Gadd2/A A1
Ain't quite as dumb as I seem
VERSE 4
Gadd2/A A1
You know you said you was never intended
Gadd2/A A1
To break up our scene this way
Gadd2/A A1
There ain't any use in pretending
Gadd2/A A1 Bbm7
It could happen to us any day
CHORUS:
Bm7 F#m7 Em7 F#m7
And how long has this been going on?
Bm7 F#m7 Em7 F#m7
How long has this been going on? Tell me babe
Bm7 F#m7 Em7 F#m7
And how long has this been going on?
Bm7 F#m7 Em7 F#m7
How long has this been going on?
REPEAT TO TASTE...