[Intro]
E E7 A A7 E B7 E
E E7
How long, baby how long,
A A7
Has that evening train been gone?
E B7 E
How long, how how long, baby how long?
E E7
Went to the station, didn't see no train.
A A7
Down in my heart, I have an aching pain.
E B7 E
How long, how how long, baby how long?
E E7
I feel disgusted, I feel so bad
A A7
Thinking 'bout the good time that I once had had.
E B7 E
How long, how how long, baby how long?
E E7
I could see the green grass growing on the hill;
A A7
I ain't seen no greenback on a dollar bill.
E B7 E
How long, how how long, baby how long?
E E7
You're gonna be sorry you feel so blue.
A A7
When you want me, baby, I declare I want, want you.
E B7 E
How long, how how long, baby how long?
[Instrumental]
(verse chords)
E E7
Don't have no money for to ride the train.
A A7
I would ride the rugs, baby, to be with you again.
E B7 E
How long, how how long, baby how long?
E E7
How long, baby how long
A A7
Must I keep my, my watching point?
E B7 E
How long, how how long, baby how long?