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It Won't Be Long

Aretha Franklin

R&B / SoulAdvanced for beginners11 chords

How to play it

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

C#mDiagram coming soon
E○○○
A×○○
C×○○
D#5Diagram coming soon
Bm×
C#7Diagram coming soon
B7Diagram coming soon
F#m7Diagram coming soon
G○○○
F#7Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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                          C#m 
It won't be long Yeah (yeah) Yeah (yeah) Yeah 
             E 
It won't be long Yeah (yeah) Yeah (yeah) Yeah 
            C#m                   A            E 
It won't be long Yeah (yeah) till I belong to you 
                  C             E  
Every night when everybody has fun  
E          C                 E  
Here I am sitting all on my own  
            C#m 
It won't be long Yeah (yeah) Yeah (yeah) Yeah 
             E 
It won't be long Yeah (yeah) Yeah (yeah) Yeah 
            C#m                   A            E 
It won't be long Yeah (yeah) till I belong to you  
           E        D#5+   
Since you left me  I'm so alone   
            Bm              C#7 
Now you're coming  you're coming on home 
 A                   B7 
I'll be good like I know I should 
              F#m7                 B7 
You're coming home  you're coming home 
E                 C                      E  
Every night the tears come down from my eyes  
E          C                     E  
Every day I've done nothing but cry  
            C#m 
It won't be long Yeah (yeah) Yeah (yeah) Yeah 
             E 
It won't be long Yeah (yeah) Yeah (yeah) Yeah 
            C#m                   A            E 
It won't be long Yeah (yeah) till I belong to you  
           E        D#5+   
Since you left me  I'm so alone   
            Bm              C#7 
Now you're coming  you're coming on home 
    A                   B7 
I'll be good like I know I should 
              F#m7                 B7 
You're coming home  you're coming home 
E          C                E  
Every day we'll be happy I know  
E                C                     E  
Now I know that you won't leave me no more  
Chorus: 
            C#m 
It won't be long Yeah (yeah) Yeah (yeah) Yeah 
             E 
It won't be long Yeah (yeah) Yeah (yeah) Yeah 
            C#m                   A                                     G    F#7    F7M    E7M  
It won't be long Yeah (yeah) till I belong to you.                     Woooo

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Chord set

C#m · E · A · C · D#5 · Bm · C#7 · B7 · F#m7 · G · F#7

Practice tip

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