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Woody Guthrie - So Long It's Been Good To Know You Fingerpick alternating bass strings IF YOU LIKE IT, RATE IT! Verse 1

^CI've sung this song , but I'll s^Fing it ag^G7ain ^COf the people I've met and the p^Flaces I've ^G7seen ^COf some of the ^C7troubles that ^Fbothered my ^F#dim7mind And a ^Clot of good people that ^G7I've left behind, saying:

Chorus

^CSo long, it's been good to know you ^G7So long, it's been good to know you ^CSo ^C7long, it's ^Fbeen good to ^F#dim7know you What a ^Clong t^Amime since ^G7I've been home And I've got to be drifting alon^Cg

Verse 2

^CThe sweethearts they sat in the ^Fdark and they ^G7sparked They ^Chugged and they kissed in that ^Fdusty old d^G7ark They ^Csighed and they ^C7cried and they ^Fhugged and they ^F#dim7kissed But i^Cnstead of marriage they ^G7talked like this:

Chorus Verse 3

^CI went to your family and ^Fasked them for ^G7you ^CThey all said "Take her, oh ^Ftake her, please ^G7do! She ^Ccan't cook or ^C7sew and she w^Fon't scrub your ^F#dim7floor" So I ^Cput on my hat and t^G7ip-toed out the door, saying:

Chorus Verse 4

^CI walked down the street to the ^Fgrocery ^G7store It was c^Crowded with people both ^Frich and both ^G7poor ^CI asked the ^C7man how his ^Fbutter was ^F#dim7sold He said "^COne pound of butter for ^G7two pounds of gold" so I said:

Chorus Verse 5

My ^Ctelephone rang and it ^Fjumped off the ^G7wall ^CThat was the preacher a ^Fmaking a c^G7all ^CHe said "We're w^C7aiting to ^Ftie the ^F#dim7knot ^CYou're getting married, bel^G7ieve it or not"

Chorus Verse 6

The ^Cchurch it was jammed, the ^Fchurch it was ^G7packed The ^Cpews were so crowded from ^Ffront to the ^G7back A ^Cthousand friends ^C7waited to ^Fkiss my new ^F#dim7bride But ^CI was so anxious, I r^G7ushed her outside, told them:

Chorus

Woody Guthrie - So long its been good to know you