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It's Been A Long, Long Time

Words by Sammy Cahn,  Music by Jule Styne - 1945

Number 1 on the Hit Parade in 1945,  played for 14 weeks.

Verse:
F              F#dim	Gm             C7	Cm7            F7	Bb             Bbm
F               Dm	Gm9           C7	F                 Dm	Gm7          C7
Chorus:
F             Fmaj7	F6	-                Cdim	C9             C7
Gm            D+	Gm7           C7	Gm7           C+	F
-              Cm6	-                 D7	Gm             Bbm	-                C7
F             Fmaj7	Am7           D7	Gm7           C7	F      (C7 to chorus)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Verse:

Never thought that you would be standing here so close to me.  There's so much I feel that I should say,

But words can wait until some other day.

 

Chorus:

Just kiss me once, then kiss me twice, then kiss me once again,  Its Been a Long, Long Time.
Haven't felt like this my dear, since can't remember when,  Its Been a Long, Long Time.

You'll never know how many dreams I dreamed about you,  Or just how empty they all seemed without you.

So kiss me once, then kiss me twice, then kiss me once agin,  It's Been a Long, Long Time.

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Performer Links:

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Listen to Gene Sheldon perform "It's Been A Long, Long Time" (mp3)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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