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The Long Race

Bruce Hornsby

RockMedium for beginners7 chords

How to play it

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

Asus2Diagram coming soon
E
D××
F#mDiagram coming soon
Bm×
A×
G

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro: Asus2 E D  |4x 
 
Asus2                    
It's a hazy winter's day 
F#m                         D 
And I'm staring out on the southland 
Asus2                                 
In the twilight distance on the bay 
F#m                           D 
My mind sees you running through the marshland 
 
Bm         D              A           E 
All these years I've been waiting for you 
Bm               D              A          E 
Through the high tides and the low tides too 
Bm             D   A        E               G 
But if I stop now how could I ever be with you? 
 
        A     E    D    A E 
It's a long long race 
A    E           D       A E 
If I try I will surely finish 
        A    E    D    A E 
It's a long long race 
A    E           D       A E 
If I try I will surely win it 
D         G 
One day, one night with you 
 
Asus2 E D  |2x 
 
Asus2                                   
There's a village on the lower eastern shore 
F#m                                 D 
Where the watermen's boats are anchored 
Asus2                           
And they work so hard all day long 
F#m                              D 
Showing me what you want to go after 
 
Bm        D               A         E 
All these years I've been pushing so hard 
Bm               D              A        E 
Through the high times and the low times too 
Bm            D   A           E                 G 
But if I stop now how could I know what I could do? 
 
        A     E    D    A E 
It's a long long race 
A    E           D       A E 
If I try I will surely finish 
        A    E    D    A E 
It's a long long race 
A    E           D       A E 
If I try I will surely win it 
D         G 
One day, one night with you 
          
 

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Chord set

Asus2 · E · D · F#m · Bm · A · G

Practice tip

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