The Longer The Waiting The Sweeter The Kiss Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Verse i

also serves as the Intro)

 Oh, the Clonger the waiting, the swFeeter the Ckiss

 It's better my dAmarling, I prFomise you Gthis

 The nD♯mext Ctime I holdF you, I'm not letting go Dm

 Will you Cwait for me darling, FI need to Amknow G/B

Verse ii

 Well, you kCnow I'm a sailor, toFmorrow we Csail

 It's a hard way of Amliving, but IF know it Gwell

 And D♯mif IC surrendeFr my life to the sea Dm

 You can Cmarry another, it's Falright with Amme

Pre-chorus

 Though we Fwon't be together agaGin 'til the sAmpring

 Just imFagine the treasures I'll Gbring

Chorus

 Come lCay with me, stay with me, soFon I'll be Cgone

 But I will remAmember you aFll winter lGong

 And D♯mwhenC I returnF to the one that I misDms

 Oh, the Clonger the waiting, the Fsweeter the Amkiss

 The Fsweeter the Ckiss

Interlude

F C Am F G D♯m C F Dm C F Am

Pre-chorus

 When the moFrnings are warm and the vaGlleys are gAmreen

 I'll come Fback from wherever I've Gbeen

Verse iii

 Oh, the loCnger the waiting, the sFweeter the Ckiss

 It's better my dAmarling, I pFromise you Gthis

 But D♯mnextC time I hold Fyou, I'm not letting go Dm

 We will gCive up the ocean forFever, I Amknow

 ForFever I Cknow.

Interlude

F C Am F G D♯m C F Dm C F Am F C

(repeat VERSE III) One strum per chord

 Oh, the loCnger the waiting, the sFweeter the Ckiss

 It's better my dAmarling, I pFromise you Gthis

 But D♯mnextC time I hold Fyou, I'm not letting go Dm

 We will gCive up the ocean forFever, I Amknow

 ForFever I Cknow.