#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: sennet@haas.berkeley.edu (Sennet Williams) Date: 8 Jun 1995 08:48:25 GMT This song was entered on an old editor, and this one only supports 75 columns, so you'll have to edit it a little! THE LONGEST TIME -Billy Joel C G C F G7 C G C F G7 . .. Oh, oh oh oh For the longest time. oh oh oh. For the longest... .C F C D7 G If you said goodbye to me tonight. There would still be music left to write. E7 Am G7 C C7 What else could I do? I'm so inspired by you. F Dm G C That hasn't happened for the longest time. C F C D7 G Once I thought my innocence was gone. Now I know that happiness goes on. E7 Am G7 C C7 That's where you found me, when you put your arms around me. F Dm G C .I haven't been there for the longest time. C G C F G7 C G C F G7 Oh! oh oh oh For the longest time. Oh! oh oh. For the longest.. C F C D7 G I'm that voice you're hearing in the hall. And the greatest miracle of all, E7 Am G7 C C7 . is how I need you. And how you needed me too. F Dm G C That hasn't happened for the longest time. G Am B7 C Maybe this won't last very long, but you feel so right, and I could be wrong. Em Am Maybe I've been hoping too hard, . D D7 G G7 but I've gone this far and it's more than I hoped for C F C D7 G Who knows how much further we'll go on. Maybe I'll be sorry when you're gone. E7 Am G7 C C7 . I'll take my chances, I forgot how nice romance is. F Dm G C .I haven't been there for the longest time. G Am B7 C I had second thoughts at the start. I said to myself hold on to your heart. .Em Am .Now I know the woman that you are. . D D7 G G7 You're wonderful so far and it's more than I hoped for. C F C D7 G I don't care what consequence it brings. I have been a fool for lesser things. E7 Am G7 C C7 . I want you so bad, I think you ought to know that F Dm G C I intend to hold you for the longest time. C G C F G7 C ||: G C F G7 C :|| Oh, oh, oh, oh. For the longest time. Oh oh oh For the longest.time. . (repeat) Chord chart: (from ameen@swi.psy.uva.nl -minor changes from Sennet) string: E A D G B e E A D G B e Am - 0 2 2 1 0 B7 x 2 1 2 0 2 C - 3 2 0 1 0 C7 x 3 2 3 1 0 D x - 0 2 3 2 D7 x - 0 2 1 2 Dm x - 0 2 3 1 Em 0 2 2 0 0 0 F - - 3 2 1 1 G 3 2 0 0 0 3 G7 3 2 0 0 0 1 Request: I kissed a girl sennet@haas.berkeley.edu