E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||THE LONGER THE WAITING (THE SWEETER THE KISS) by Josh Turner
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Very similar to the version by Anna Ternheim, but transposed a couple of
half-steps higher, which Josh then drops a whole octave. The Ebm chord was
just obnoxious to try to play, so if you wish you can just sub in the C
chord. Changes the mood a little bit, but it's much easier to play.
Standard tuning
[Verse]
CFC
Oh, the longer the waiting, the sweeter the kiss
AmFG
It's better my darling, I promise you this
EmFCDm
The next time I hold you, I'm not letting go
CFAmG/B
Will you wait for me darling, I need to know
[Verse]
CAmFC
Well, you know I'm a sailor, tomorrow we sail
AmFG
It's a hard way of living, but I know it well
EmFCDm
And if I surrender my life to the sea
CFAm
You can marry another, it's alright with me
[Pre-Chorus]
FCGAm
Though we won't be together again 'til the spring
FG
Just imagine the treasures I'll bring
[Chorus]
CFC
Come lay with me, stay with me, soon I'll be gone
AmFG
But I will remember you all winter long
Ebm/CFDm
And when I return to the one that I miss
CFAm
Oh, the longer the waiting, the sweeter the kiss
FC
The sweeter the kiss
[Interlude]
FCAmFGEbm/CFDmCFAm
[Pre-Chorus]
FGAm
When the mornings are warm and the valleys are green
FG
I'll come back from wherever I've been
[Verse]
CFC
Oh, the longer the waiting, the sweeter the kiss
AmFG
It's better my darling, I promise you this
EmFCDm
But next time I hold you, I'm not letting go
CFAm
We will give up the ocean forever, I know
FC
Forever I know.
[Interlude]
...FCAmFGEbm/CFDmCFAmFC
(repeat VERSE III) One strum per chord
CFC
Oh, the longer the waiting, the sweeter the kiss
AmFG
It's better my darling, I promise you this
EmFCDm
But next time I hold you, I'm not letting go
CFAm
We will give up the ocean forever, I know
FC
Forever I know.