Long, long time

D     E    F#m   D      E        A 
Love will abide. Take things in stride.   
 
D        E7        F#m               B7            E 
Sounds like good advice, but there's no one at my side; 
 
     D     E     F#m   D      E        A 
And time washes clean love's wounds unseen;  
 
   D   E7           F#m   F#m7      B7                 E7 
That's what someone told me, but I don't know what it means. 
 
 
Refrain: 
 
       D    E7         A              F#m     F#m7     D 
Cause I've done everything I know to try and make you mine, 
 
       A        E     F#m      D        A     E    A        
And I think I'm gonna love you   for a long, long time. 
 
 
 
D      E      F#m     D       E         A 
Caught in my fears, blinking back the tears;   
 
    D    E7     F#m F#m7          B7           E 
I can't say you hurt me when you never let me near. 
 
    D E     F#m  D         E         A 
And I never drew   one response from you,  
 
 D       E7       F#m  F#m7  B7             E7 
All the while you fell over girls you never knew.  
 
 
Repeat Refrain: 
 
 
D    E       F#m D     E    A 
Wait for the day   you go away,   
 
 D       E7       F#m  F#m7        B7                E 
knowing that you warned me of the price I'd have to pay; 
 
    D       E      F#m  D      E         A 
And life's full of loss,  who knows the cost,  
 
D      E7     F#m       F#m7       B7             E7 
Living in the mem - o - ry of the love that never was. 
 
        D        E        A              F#m      F#m7        D 
'Cause I've done    everything I know to try and change your mind, 
 
       A        E       F#m      F#m7      A      E   A    F#m 
And I think I'm   gonna miss you    for a long, long time. 
   
 
Coda: 
 
        D       E      A 
'Cause I've done everything I know  
 
    A7                 D - Dm7 
To try and make you mine, 
 
        A       E       F#m       D        A     E     A 
And I think I'm   gonna love you    for a long, long time.