How Long chords by Ace (Official Version)

GuitarPianoUkulele

Bb5
Ab/Bb
Bb
Bm7
Fm/C
Cm7
Gm7
Fm7
F/C

Intro 1

Bb5

Ab/Bb

Bm7

Chorus 1
Fm/C 
Cm7 
Gm7 
How    long
Fm7 
Bb 
has this been going on?
Fm/C 
Cm7 
Gm7 
How    long
Fm7 
has this been going on?
Bb 
Well, if  friends

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Verse 1

Ab/Bb

with their fancy persuasion

Ab/Bb

Don't admit that it's part of a scheme

Ab/Bb

Then I can't help but have my suspicions

Ab/Bb

'Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem

Ab/Bb

And you

Verse 2

said you was never intending

Ab/Bb

To break up our singing this way

Ab/Bb

But there ain't any use in pretending

Ab/Bb

Bm7

It could happen to us any day

Chorus 2

Fm/C

Cm7

Gm7

How long

Fm7

has this been going on?

Fm/C

Cm7

Gm7

How long

Fm7

has this been going on?

Solo 1

Cm7

F/C

Cm7

F/C

Cm7

F/C

Cm7

F/C

Cm7

F/C

Cm7

F/C

Cm7

F/C

Cm7

F/C

Verse 3
Ab/Bb 
Bb 
Oh, your friends with their fancy persuasion
Ab/Bb 
Bb 
Don't admit      that it's part of a scheme
Ab/Bb 
Bb 
But I can't    help but have my suspicions
Ab/Bb 
Bb 
'Cause I ain't    quite as dumb as I   seem
Ab/Bb 
Oh, you

Verse 4

said you was never intending

Ab/Bb

To break up our singing this way

Ab/Bb

But there ain't any use in pretending

Ab/Bb

Bm7

It could happen to us any day

Outro 1
Fm/C 
Cm7 
Gm7 
And how    long
Fm7 
Bb 
has this been going on?
Fm/C 
Cm7 
Gm7 
How    long
Fm7 
has this been going on?
Bb 
How long?
[Repeat and fade]

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Bb5
Ab/Bb
Bb
Bm7
Fm/C
Cm7
Gm7
Fm7
F/C

Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: IntermediateKey: C minorBPM: 123

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

Bb5: x-1-3-x-x-x
Ab/Bb: 6-x-6-5-4-x
Bb: x-1-3-3-3-x
Bm7: x-2-4-2-3-x
Fm/C: x-3-3-1-1-x
Cm7: x-3-5-3-4-x
Gm7: 3-5-3-3-3-3
Fm7: 1-3-1-1-1-1
F/C: x-3-3-2-1-x

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This is the definitive original version of How Long by Ace, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of C minor. It is designed for guitarists ready to move past the basics and capture the true feel of Ace's performance.