The Longest Time

[Chorus]
[D]   [A]   [D]  [G]
Oh, oh, oh
[A]                   [D]
For the longest time
[A]   [D]  [G]
Oh, oh, oh
[A]
For the longest time

[Verse 1]
[D]  [D/C#] [D/B] [D/A]   [G]      [D]
If you said goodbye to me tonight
[D]     [D/C#]  [D/B]  [D/A]  [E]              [A]
There would still be music left to write
[F#]              [Bm]
What else could I do
[A7]         [D]    [D7/A]
I'm so inspired by you
[G]          [Em]               [A]       [D]
That hasn't happened for the longest time

[Verse 2]
[D]  [D/C#] [D/B]  [D/A]   [G]             [D]
Once I thought my innocence was gone
[D]  [D/C#] [D/B] [D/A]  [E]              [A]
Now I know that happiness goes on
[F#]               [Bm]
That's where you found me
[A7]                [D]     [D7/A]
When you put your arms around me
[G]         [Em]                 [A]         [D]
I haven't been there for the longest time

[Chorus]
[D]   [A]   [D]  [G]
Oh, oh, oh
[A]                   [D]
For the longest time
[A]   [D]     [G]
Oh, oh, oh
[A]
For the longest

[Verse 3]
[D]   [D/C#] [D/B] [D/A]      [G]              [D]
I'm that voice you're hearing in the hall
[D]  [D/C#] [D/B] [D/A]  [E]           [A]
And the greatest miracle of all
[F#]       [Bm]
Is how I need you
[A7]           [D]     [D7/A]
And how you needed me too
[G]       [Em]                   [A]       [D]
That hasn't happened for the longest time

[Bridge 1]
[A]                [Bm]
Maybe this won't last very long
[C#7]
But you feel so right
[D]
And I could be wrong
[F#m]              [Bm]
Maybe I've been hoping too hard
[E7]
But I've gone this far
[A]  [A/G]  [A/F#]  [A/E]
And it's more than I hoped for

[Verse 4]
[D]  [D/C#]  [D/B] [D/A]   [G]               [D]
Who knows how much further we'll go on
[D] [D/C#] [D/B] [D/A]  [E]               [A]
Maybe I'll be sorry when you're gone
[F#]          [Bm]
I'll take my chances
[A7]            [D]    [D7/A]
I forgot how nice romance is
[G]         [Em]                 [A]       [D]
I haven't been there for the longest time

[Bridge 2]
[A]            [Bm]
I had second thoughts at the start
[C#7]
I said to myself
[D]
Hold on to your heart
[F#m]             [Bm]
Now I know the woman that you are
[E7]
You're wonderful so far
[A]  [A/G]  [A/F#]  [A/E]
And it's more than I hoped for

[Verse 5]
[D]  [D/C#] [D/B]  [D/A]  [G]               [D]
I don't care what consequence it brings
[D] [D/C#] [D/B] [D/A] [E]              [A]
I have been a fool for lesser things
[F#]         [Bm]
I want you so bad
[A7]          [D]        [D7]
I think you ought to know that
[G]           [Em]               [A]       [D]
I intend to hold you for the longest time

[Ending]
[D]   [A]   [D]  [G]
Oh, oh, oh
[A]                   [D]
For the longest time