One long day chords by Cold Chisel

SimplifiedD · Em · B · A · Asus4 …

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D
Em
B
A
Asus4
Bb
F#m
C
Bm
G
Esus4
Ebdim
C#
C#m
E
G#m
D#dim
Am
F
Dm
G#
D#

Intro 1

Verse 1

City life is closing

Asus4

in on me

The way things go, thirty years,

Bus timetable'll be my elegy

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Verse 2

Up at seven every working day

Asus4

Pay comes in, pay goes out

It's a week- by- week charade

Verse 3

F#m

General panic in the marketplace

Boss found hung in office

Could not stand the pace

Verse 4
Em 
B 
Bm 
And as the peak- hour traffic
F#m 
B 
Em 
jams below
C 
Someone gets the story,
B 
D 
Em 
someone spreads the rumour

Verse 5
People come and go
Em 
You go to move
You got to go
A 
Em 
You go  to be somebody
And you've got to roll
A 
Em 
You got to stop
G 
Em 
You got to change
A 
Em 
You got to make a little money
A 
And be a little strange

Verse 6
Em 
A 
I wandered down along the river last night
Call me romantic,
Em 
Bb 
I say I couldn't sleep
Asus4 
D 
Em 
'Til the first- light struck me down
D 
Esus4 
D 
Em 

Verse 7
A 
Em 
Padding homeward on the
A 
D 
A 
Asus4 
inside lane
Em 
Bb 
A 
Early morning, the freeway's cool and quiet
D 
Em 
Dodging rubber stains
Esus4 
D 
Em 
Bm 

Verse 8

F#m

People talking in a seaside bar

I ain't sentimental, but Lord

Sometimes I get that gypsy urge to travel far

Verse 9
B 
You know I'll disappear
some long weekend
C 
Find a mangrove landscape
B 
D 
Stretch out along some busted jetty
Em 
Forget who I am
D 
Em 

Verse 10
You go to move
You got to go
A 
D 
Em 
You go to be somebody
Bm 
Em 
And you got to roll
A 
Em 
You got to stop
You got to change
A 
Em 
You got to make a little money
A 
F#m 
And be a little strange

Interlude 1

Ebdim

F#m

C#m

F#m

Verse 11
B 
One long day
A 
C 
B 
Em 
Is all it takes to steal her heart away
F#m 
One long night
E 
D 
It's all right,
C# 
G#m 
you've done it again
F#m 
And soft, low words
E 
D 
The slender ladies,
D#dim 
E 
Bb 
Am 
beneath the cafe fans
One long day
F 
E 
Dm 
C# 

Verse 12
F#m 
B 
Layed by dreams
A 
Cotton dresses,
C 
B 
Em 
a Spanish border town
F#m 
Dreams so far
E 
D 
From the subways,
C# 
G#m 
the crowds heading home
F#m 
Close each day
E 
D 
D#dim 
In technicolor, a million
E 
Bb 
Am 
miles away
F 
E 
One long night and you're
Am 
alone

Verse 13
C# 
G# 
Meanwhile
B 
A 
City ways
D# 
G#m 
G# 
Life goes creeping on
C# 
G# 
Sometimes
B 
I get the blues
A 
D# 
Lord I get the blues so bad
G#m 
C#m 
C# 
G# 
Meanwhile
B 
City ways,
A 
D# 
Lonely life goes creeping
G#m 
G# 
on
C# 
G# 
Sometimes
B 
I get the blues
A 
D# 
Lord I get the blues so bad
G#m 
C#m 
C# 
Know I get the blues so bad
C# 
G# 
And meanwhile
B 
A 
City ways, lonely life goes
D# 
G#m 
creeping on
G#m 
C# 
C# 
And on and on, on and on
G# 
B 
Sometimes, I get the blues
A 
D# 
G#m 
Lord, Lord I get the blues so    bad
C#m 
So bad, so bad
So bad