I’ve Been This Way Too Long chords by Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner

SimplifiedG · D · C · Ab · Eb …

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Verse 1
G 
 (G major) Oh, ain't he cute?
Well, I don't like to get up
D 
G 
if  (D major) I  feel like  (G major) sleeping.
No, and I don't like to
sweep my floors
D 
G 
 (D major) if I don't feel like  (G major) sweeping.
If you don't like the way I am,
C 
G 
then  (C major) you can move  (G major) along.
C 
G 
You can't change the  (C major) way I  (G major) am
D 
G 
I've  (D major) been this way too  (G major) long
C 
I've  (C major) been this way too long
G 
And you can't ever change  (G major) me now
C 
Don't  (C major) waste your time trying
D 
Cause I am just what I  (D major) am
C 
I've  (C major) got my way of doing things
G 
And who can say I'm  (G major) wrong
C 
G 
You can't change the  (C major) way I  (G major) am.
D 
G 
Ab 
I've  (D major) been this way too  (G major) long.  (A flat major) 
Oh, and I don't like to make my bed
Eb 
Ab 
 (E flat major) if I don't feel like  (A flat major) making it.
No, and I don't like to bake no bread
Eb 
Ab 
if  (E flat major) I don't feel like  (A flat major) baking it.
You don't like the way I am,
Db 
Ab 
then  (D flat major) you can move  (A flat major) along,
you cute little thing.
Db 
Ab 
Cause you can't change  (D flat major) the way I  (A flat major) am.
Eb 
Ab 
I've  (E flat major) been this way too  (A flat major) long.
Well, I don't like to hoe no corn
Eb 
Ab 
if  (E flat major) I don't feel like  (A flat major) hoeing it.
You should, you're corny.
And I don't like to mow no grass
Eb 
Ab 
 (E flat major) if I don't feel like  (A flat major) mow ing
I know it's coming
through the upstairs window.
If you don't like the way I am,
Db 
Ab 
then  (D flat major) you can move  (A flat major) along
Db 
Ab 
You can't change the  (D flat major) way I  (A flat major) am
Eb 
Ab 
I've  (E flat major) been this way too  (A flat major) long
Db 
I've  (D flat major) been this way too long,
Ab 
and you can't ever change  (A flat major) me now
Db 
Don't  (D flat major) waste your time trying,
Eb 
cause I am just what I  (E flat major) am
Db 
I've  (D flat major) got my way of doing things,
Ab 
and who can say I'm  (A flat major) wrong?
Db 
Ab 
You can't change the  (D flat major) way I  (A flat major) am.
Eb 
Ab 
I've  (E flat major) been this way too  (A flat major) long.
As far as I can remember back,
you have been that way.
as you remember, I will be,
honey.
When third grade,
you was that same way.
just went to the second.
You swiped pencils.
What did I swipe?
Pencils?
What pencils
I scattered paper all over the desk.
Oh, that's real cute,
you're making up stuff,
man, it's the big Q -day.