Biography:
Mayer Hawthorne (real name Andrew Mayer Cohen) grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and vividly remembers, as a child, driving with his father and tuning the car radio in to the rich soul and jazz history the region provided. “Most of the best music ever made came out of Detroit,” claims the singer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, who counts Isaac Hayes, Leroy Hutson, Mike Terry, and Barry White among his influences, but draws the most inspiration from the music of Smokey Robinson
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A Long Time (6)
Mayer Hawthorne
[Intro]
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
[Verse 1]
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7
Oh, Henry was a renegade
Gm7 Cm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
Never liked to play it safe
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7
One component at a time
Gm7 Cm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
There's got to be a better way
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7
Oh people came from miles around
Gm7 Cm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
Searching for a steady job
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7
Welcome to the Motor Town
Gm7 Cm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
Boomin' like an atom bomb
[Pre-Chorus]
Ab
Oh, Henry was the end of the
Cm
story,
Ab Bb
Then everything went wrong
Ab
And we'll return it to its
Cm
former glory
Ab Bb
But it just takes so long
[Chorus]
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7
It's gonna take a long time
Gm7 Cm7 Gm7
It's gonna take it but we'll make
Fm7 Gm7
it one day
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7
It's gonna take a long time
Gm7 Cm7 Gm7
It's gonna take it but we'll make
Fm7 Gm7
it one day
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
[Verse 2]
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7
Oh, Barry had a record store
Gm7 Cm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
Started up a studio
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7
Oh, West Grand Boulevard
Gm7 Cm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
Turned it into solid gold
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7
Oh, people all around the world
Gm7 Cm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
Tunin' into radios
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7
Welcome to the Motor Town
Gm7 Cm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
Buckle up 'cause here we go
[Pre-Chorus]
Ab
Oh, Barry was the end of the
Cm
story,
Ab Bb
Then everything went wrong
Ab
And we'll return it to its
Cm
former glory
Ab Bb
But it just takes so long
[Chorus]
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7
It's gonna take a long time
Gm7 Cm7
It's gonna take it but we'll
Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
make it one day
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7
It's gonna take a long time
Gm7 Cm7
It's gonna take it but we'll
Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
make it one day
[Instrumental]
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7 x8
[Outro]
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7
Wherever we're going
Gm7 Cm7 Gm7
It's gonna take it but we'll make
Fm7 Gm7
it one day
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7
Whatever we're doing
Gm7 Cm7 Gm7
It's gonna take it but we'll make
Fm7 Gm7
it one day
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7
However you want it
Gm7 Cm7 Gm7
It's gonna take it but we'll make
Fm7 Gm7
it one day
Mayer Hawthorne
[Intro]
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
[Verse 1]
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7
Oh, Henry was a renegade
Gm7 Cm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
Never liked to play it safe
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7
One component at a time
Gm7 Cm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
There's got to be a better way
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7
Oh people came from miles around
Gm7 Cm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
Searching for a steady job
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7
Welcome to the Motor Town
Gm7 Cm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
Boomin' like an atom bomb
[Pre-Chorus]
Ab
Oh, Henry was the end of the
Cm
story,
Ab Bb
Then everything went wrong
Ab
And we'll return it to its
Cm
former glory
Ab Bb
But it just takes so long
[Chorus]
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7
It's gonna take a long time
Gm7 Cm7 Gm7
It's gonna take it but we'll make
Fm7 Gm7
it one day
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7
It's gonna take a long time
Gm7 Cm7 Gm7
It's gonna take it but we'll make
Fm7 Gm7
it one day
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
[Verse 2]
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7
Oh, Barry had a record store
Gm7 Cm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
Started up a studio
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7
Oh, West Grand Boulevard
Gm7 Cm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
Turned it into solid gold
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7
Oh, people all around the world
Gm7 Cm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
Tunin' into radios
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7
Welcome to the Motor Town
Gm7 Cm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
Buckle up 'cause here we go
[Pre-Chorus]
Ab
Oh, Barry was the end of the
Cm
story,
Ab Bb
Then everything went wrong
Ab
And we'll return it to its
Cm
former glory
Ab Bb
But it just takes so long
[Chorus]
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7
It's gonna take a long time
Gm7 Cm7
It's gonna take it but we'll
Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
make it one day
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7
It's gonna take a long time
Gm7 Cm7
It's gonna take it but we'll
Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
make it one day
[Instrumental]
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7 x8
[Outro]
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7
Wherever we're going
Gm7 Cm7 Gm7
It's gonna take it but we'll make
Fm7 Gm7
it one day
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7
Whatever we're doing
Gm7 Cm7 Gm7
It's gonna take it but we'll make
Fm7 Gm7
it one day
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7
However you want it
Gm7 Cm7 Gm7
It's gonna take it but we'll make
Fm7 Gm7
it one day
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