Jun82023

Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver – How Long Have I Been Waiting Piano, Ukulele

ChordsD G C G7

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[Intro]
D     G     C    D
G  G    G    G

[Chorus]
              G G
How long have I
              G       G7
been waiting for you,
              C   D
how long have you   been
         G         G
 on your way?
             G   G
How long has our   love
        G       G7
 been decided,
        C
only forever,
           D        G    G
don't you ever go away?

[Verse]
G            G
Waiting is a game that
 C             G
I was getting good at,
D             D
  sitting and watching was
   C               G    G
becoming my style.
      G          D
But today I have found
       C
I can love again and
  G
will you'll be
D             D
staying in my heart for
   C          G        G
 a long, long while.

[Chorus]
              G G
How long have I   been
         G       G7
 waiting for you,
              C   D
how long have you   been
         G         G
 on your way?
             G   G
How long has our   love
        G       G7
 been decided,
        C
only forever, don't
     D        G      G
 you ever go away?

[Verse] (Reprise)
G            G
Waiting is a game that
 C             G
 I was getting good at,
D             D
  sitting and watching was
   C               G    G
 becoming my style.
      G          D
But today I have found
I can
 C              G
 love again and will
you'll be
D             D
staying in my heart
       C          G      G
for a long, long while.

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[Solo]
  G     G     C   G
 D      D
  C    G     G

[Solo] (Violin)
 G     D      C     G
 D      D    C    G   G

[Solo] (Banjo)
 G     G    G    G
C     D   G      G
G      G   G   G
 C    D    G     G

[Verse]
G            G
Waiting is a game that
 C             G
 I was getting good at,
D             D
  sitting and watching was
   C               G    G
 becoming my style.
      G          D
But today I have found
       C              G
 I can love again and will
 you'll be
D             D
staying in my heart for
   C          G     G
a long, long while.

[End-Chorus]
              G G
How long have I   been
         G       G7
waiting for you,
              C   D
how long have you   been
         G         G
 on your way?
             G   G
How long has our   love
        G       G7
been decided,
        C
only forever, don't
     D        G    G
 you ever go away,
        C
only forever, don't
     D    D   G     G
 you ever go away?

[Outro]
C    D     G    G

How to play How Long Have I Been Waiting: key, chords and progression

These are How Long Have I Been Waiting chords by Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

How Long Have I Been Waiting by Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver is centred on G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 4 chords: D, G, C and G7.

Listen for C – G – D – C (IV – I – V – IV in G major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is fah – doh – soh – fah. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.