The Longer You Wait

Merle Haggard

Key of C · Chords: I IV V ii

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Verse 1

C                      Dm
The longer you wait to leave me
    G7                           C
The longer I'll hurt when you're gone
                               Dm
And the longer it takes you to break my heart
    G7                      C
The longer the pain lingers on

Verse 2

    F             G7         C
How long will you prolong my misery
G7                       C
Wish I could leave on my own
                             Dm
Cause the longer you wait to leave me
    G7                           C
The longer I'll hurt when you're gone

Verse 3

                            Dm
We both know that you never loved me
  G7                      C
I lied to myself from the start
                                 Dm
We both know that someday you'll leave me
        G7                    C
And the knowin' just tears me apart

Verse 2

    F             G7         C
How long will you prolong my misery
G7                       C
Wish I could leave on my own
                             Dm
Cause the longer you wait to leave me
    G7                           C
The longer I'll hurt when you're gone

Verse 4

    G7                           C
The longer I'll hurt when you're gone