Key: C
Introduction:
C G F G
I keep thinking any minute you’ll be coming home, honey,
C G F G
I ain’t seen nothing of you in a month of Sundays, tell me,
C G F G C G F G
how long gone are you gonna be?
C G F G
All you said was, you had to get going,
C G F G
ah, but baby, I wouldn’t mind knowing, just
C G F G C G F C
how long gone are you gonna be?
Am G
How’m I supposed to make any plans,
Am G
when I still don’t even understand,
F Em Dm C G
if you’re ever gonna come back home to me ?
G C G F G C G F G
Tell me, ple..ase ! How long gone are you gonna be ?
C G F G
Maybe I didn’t pay enough attention,
C G F G
but I do believe you forgot to mention, just
C G F G C G F G
how long gone are you gonna be?
C G F G
The phone ain’t ringing, 'cause you ain’t calling,
C G F G
I ain’t been hearing your footsteps falling, tell me,
C G F G C G F C
how long gone are you gonna be?
Am G
How’m I supposed to make any plans,
Am G
when I still don’t even understand,
F Em Dm C G
if you’re ever gonna come back home to me?
G7 C G F G C G F G
Tell me, ple..ase ! How long gone are you gonna be?
Am G
How’m I supposed to make any plans,
Am G
when I still don’t even understand,
F Em Dm C G
if you’re ever gonna come back home to me?
G7 C G F G C G F G
Tell me, ple..ase ! How long gone are you gonna be?
Tell me !
C G F G C G F G C G F G(3x)
How long gone are you gonna be?