The Longest Time (Billy Joel)

One part of this tab doesn't match the song that well, but I'm
working to fix that.

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For      the      long-      est      time                                    
                                                            
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woooo-      ohhhh-      oh                                                
                                                            
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For      the      long-      est                                          
                                                            
                                                            
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If      you      say      good      bye      to      me      to-      night            
                                                            
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there      will      still      be      mu-      sic      left       to      right            
                                                            
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What      else      could      i      do?                                    
                                                            
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I'm      so      in-      spi-      red      by      you                        
                                                            
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This      has-      n't      hap-      pened      for      the      long-      est      time      
                                                            
                                                            
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Once      I      thoguht      my      in-      no      cense      was      gone            
                                                            
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Now      I      Know      that      hap-      pi-      ness      goes      on            
                                                            
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That's      where      you       found      me                                    
                                                            
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When      you      put      your      arms      around      me                        
                                                            
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I      have-      n't      been      there      for      the      long-      est      time      
                                                                                                                        
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woooo-      ohhhh-      ohhhh      ohh                                          
                                                            
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For      the      long-      est      time                                    
                                                            
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woooo-      ohhhh-      oh                                                
                                                            
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For      the      long-      est                                          

                                                            
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I'm      that      voice      you're      hear-      ing      in      the      hall            
                                                            
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And      the      grea-      test      mi-      ra-      cle      of      all            
                                                            
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Is      how      I      need      you                                    
                                                            
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And      how      you      nee-      ded      me      too                        
                                                            
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That      has-      n't      hap-      pened      for      the      long-      est      time      
                                                      
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May-      be      this      won't      last      ve-      ry      long                  
                                                            
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but      you      feel      so      right                                    
                                                            
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and      i      could      be      wrong                                    
                                                            
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May-      be      I've      been      ho-      ping      to       hard                  
                                                            
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But      I've      gone      this      far                                    
                                                            
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and      it's      more      then      i      hoped      for                        
                                                            
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Who      knows      how      much      fur-      ther      we'll      go      on            
                                                            
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May-      be      I'll      be      sor-      ry      when      you're      gone            
                                                            
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I'll      take      my      chan-      ces                                    
                                                            
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I      for-      got      our      nice      ro-      mances                        
                                                            
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I      have-      n't      been      there      for      the      long-      est      time      

                                                            
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I      had      se-      cond      thoughts      at      the      start                  
                                                            
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I       said      to      my-      self                                    
                                                            
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hold      on      to      your      heart                                    
                                                            
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Now      I      know      the      wo-      man      that      you      are            
                                                            
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You're      won-      der-      ful      so      far                              
                                                            
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And      it's      more      then      i      hoped      for                        

                                                            
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I      don't      care      what      con-      se-      quence      it      brings            
                                                            
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I      have      been      a      fool      for      less-      er      things            
                                                            
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I      want      you      so      bad                                    
                                                            
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I       think      you      ought      to      know      that                        
                                                            
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I      in-      tend      to      hold      you      for      the      long-      est      time

      
                                                      
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woooo-      ohhhh-      ohhhh      ohh                                          
                                                            
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For      the      long-      est      time                  
                                          
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woooo-      ohhhh-      oh                                                
                                                            
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For      the      long-      est