How Long Blues chords by Doc Watson

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Verse 1
C 
G 
F 
C 
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Em 
C 
How  (C major) long,  (G major)  (F major)  (C major)  (G major)  (E minor)  (C major) how long
F 
Ab 
must I  (F major) keep my old watchin'  (A flat major) pond?
C 
G 
How  (C major) long, how  (G major) long, honey,
F 
C 
G 
 (F major) tell me how  (C major) long?  (G major) 
C 
I got no  (C major) money to ride the train
F 
But I'll walk a thou (F major) sand miles
C 
Ab 
to see that  (C major) wo man again  (A flat major) 
C 
G 
How  (C major) long, how  (G major) long, honey,
F 
C 
G 
C 
Cm 
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Ab 
C 
G 
 (F major) tell me how  (C major) long  (G major)  (C major)  (C minor)  (F major)  (A flat major)  (C major)  (G major) 
F 
C 
F 
G 
 (F major)  (C major)  (F major)  (G major) 
C 
If I could  (C major) holler like old Mountain Jack
F 
I'd go up on the  (F major) mountain
and I'd call my baby
Ab 
C 
G 
But  (A flat major) for how  (C major) long, how  (G major) long,
F 
C 
G 
honey,  (F major) tell me, how  (C major) long?  (G major) 
C 
How long,  (C major) how long
F 
Ab 
must I  (F major) keep my old watchin'  (A flat major) pond?
C 
F 
G 
How  (C major) long, how  (F major)  (G major) long, honey,
F 
C 
G 
C 
F 
Ab 
C 
G 
 (F major) tell me how  (C major) long  (G major)  (C major)  (F major)  (A flat major)  (C major)  (G major) 
F 
C 
G 
 (F major)  (C major)  (G major) 
C 
You spent the  (C major) money all I've ever made
F 
I'm so broke a dol (F major) lar bill
Ab 
look big as a window  (A flat major) 
C 
G 
And for how  (C major) long, yeah,  (G major) mama,
F 
C 
G 
won't you  (F major) tell me how long?  (C major)  (G major) 
C 
If I  (C major) ever have money again,
F 
I'll squeeze every dol (F major) lar
Bb 
C 
Ab 
until I  (B flat major) make that old  (C major) eagle grin  (A flat major) 
C 
G 
How  (C major) long, how  (G major) long, honey,
F 
C 
 (F major) tell me how  (C major) long?
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