The Longest Time Chords by Billy Joel

[Start]

[Verse]
Eb Ab Bb7                      Eb  
■  ■  Whoaohoh For the longest time
Ab       Bb      Eb     
Whoaohoh For the longest
            Ab                   
If you said goodbye to me tonight
Eb                   Am    F7      Bb   
There would still be music left to write
G7                 C      D        Eb          Ab 
■  What else could ■ I do ■ I'm so inspired by you
            F                Bb7     Eb  
That hasn't happened for the longest time


[Chorus]
       Cm      Ab               Eb  
Once I thought my innocence was gone
Eb                               
Now I know that happiness goes on
G7                           D7                Eb          Ab
■  That's where you found me when you put your arms around me
          F7                 Bb7     Eb  
I haven't been there for the longest time
Bb7      Ab7 Bb7             Eb  
Whoaohoh ■   For the longest time
Bb7      Ab Bb7                 
Whoaohoh ■  For the longest time


[Verse]
         Cm           Ab             Eb  
I'm that voice you're hearing in the hall
        Cm       Eb Am      F     
And the greatest ■  miracle of all
G          C        D                       Ab 
■ Is how I need you ■ and how you needed me too
            F7               Bb7     Eb  
That hasn't happened for the longest time


[Chorus]
Bb               Cm            
Maybe this won't last very long
D                         Eb                 
But you feel so right and ■  I could be wrong
Gm              Cm             
Maybe I've been hoping too hard
F                  F7           Bb                   
But I've gone this far and it's more than I hoped for


[Verse]
    Eb                        Ab       Eb   
Who ■  knows how much further we'll go ■  on
                    F7              
Maybe I'll be sorry when you're gone
             C       D7                        Ab
I'll take my chances I forgot how nice romance is
          F7   F             Bb      Eb  
I haven't been there for the longest time


[Chorus]
Bb              Cm                   
■  I had second thoughts at the start
D                     Eb                 
I said to myself Hold ■  on to your heart
      G7       Cm    C           
Now I know the woman that you are
F                                Bb                   
You're wonderful so far and it's more than I hoped for
Eb         Cm   Bb   Ab             Eb    
■  I don't care what consequence it brings
              Am       F7     Bb    
I have been a fool for lesser things
G                   D                           Ab  
■ I want you so bad ■ I think you ought to know that
            F7               Bb          
I intend to hold you for the longest time
Eb7      Ab Bb7             Eb  
Whoaohoh ■  For the longest time
Ab       Bb7             Eb  
Whoaohoh For the longest time
Bb7  Eb Bb7 Ab  
Whoa ■  ■   ohoh
Bb7             Eb  
For the longest time
Bb7      Ab Bb7             Eb  
Whoaohoh ■  For the longest time


[Outro]
N.C.     
Whoa ohoh
N.C.                
For the longest time