C           C/B             Am
  Oh it’s like a storm at sea
C     E             Am      Am/G
  And everything is lost,
F                 C       Am                Em
  And the fretful sailors calling out their woes,
F           Am            Em      Em7
  As to the waves they’re tossed.

[Verse 2]
C         C/B          Am
  Oh they are all gentlemen
C     E     Am            Am/G
  And never will they know
F               C      Am                 Em
  If there is a reason each of them must go
F             Am    Em     Em7
  To join the cruel flow.

[Chorus 1]
          D      Dmaj7      G
And it’ll take a long, long time.
      D      Dmaj7      G
It’ll take a long, long time.
       D     Dmaj7      G
It’ll take a long, long time.
         D           Dmaj7      G
Oh it’ll take such a long, long time.

[Guitar Solo]
C    C/B   Am
C    E     Am    Am/G
F    C     Am    Em
F    Am    Em    Em7
D    Dmaj7 G    x4

[Verse 3]
C       C/B            Am
  There is no need for rules,
C            E                Am     Am/G
  There’s no-one to score the game
F              C      Am             Em
  And there is nobody living in this town
F        Am        Em   Em7
 As even knows its name.

[Chorus 2]
         D    Dmaj7              G
Oh it’ll take such a long, long time.
      D      Dmaj7      G
It’ll take a long, long time.
      D      Dmaj7      G
It’ll take a long, long time.
D     Dmaj7      G
     A long, long time.