How Long Will My Baby Be Gone

Buck Owens

RockMedium for beginners6 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              C           F       G7                 C 
How long is forever how soon is now or never 
 
    A7                         F 
How long will these heartaches linger on  
 
    G7                        C 
And how long will my baby  be gone 
 
 
               F     G7              C 
How wide is an ocean how deep is a devotion 
 
    A7                      F 
How long do these sleepless nights go on 
  
    G7                        C 
And how long will my baby  be gone 
 
 
    F             Em         D7                    G7 
For I could never understand how she could turn to another man 
 
C               F          G7            C 
How much does a heart ache how deep is a heartbreak 
 
    A7                      F 
How long do these sleepless nights go on 
  
    G7                        C 
And how long will my baby  be gone 
 
 
    F             Em         D7                    G7 
For I could never understand how she could turn to another man 
 
C               F          G7            C 
How much does a heart ache how deep is a heartbreak 
 
    A7                      F 
How long do these sleepless nights go on 
  
    G7                        C 
And how long will my baby  be gone

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Chord set

C · F · G7 · A7 · Em · D7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.