"How Long" by Ace
from "Five-A-Side" (1974)
duration 3:23
INTRO:
bass, pedal riff on Bb, 4 measures
add drums, 4 measures
add keyboards (to play on rhythm guitar, barre 1st fret and play...)
Ab/Bb Bb x4
Bm7
CHORUS:
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7 Fm7 Gm7
How long has this been goin' on?
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7 Fm7 Gm7
How long has this been goin' on?
REFRAIN:
Ab/Bb Bb
Well, your friends with their fancy persuasion
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/ace/how_long_crd.html ]
Ab/Bb Bb
don't admit that it's part of a scheme,
Ab/Bb Bb
but I can't help but have my suspicion
Ab/Bb Bb
'cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem.
Ab/Bb Bb
And you said you was never intendin'
Ab/Bb Bb
to break up our scene in this way,
Ab/Bb Bb
but there ain't any use in pretendin'
Ab/Bb Bb Bm7
it could happen to us any day.
REPEAT CHORUS
SOLO BRIDGE: (rhythm guitar, barre 3rd fret)
Cm Bb/C x8
REPEAT REFRAIN
REPEAT CHORUS, FADE OUT
