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Ooh yeah
Oh baby
(VERSE 1)
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The warmth in your smile is the warmth that I desire,
                   A                                    D
'Cause it's cold and lonely in this place, oh yeah
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And I need to get close to the flames in a fire,
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And lose myself in yesterday, oh yeah
(CHORUS)
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It's gonna be a long, long, long time,
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'Till I can be with you again, and see your smile
(oh yeah yeah)
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It's gonna be a long, long, long time,
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'Till I hold you in my arms all through the night,
                                         A              D
It's gonna be a long, long time
A
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
D
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(VERSE 2)
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Lookin' outside and I feel so uninspired,
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And it rains all through this lonely night, oh yeah
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I'm losing my mind and my soul is feelin' tired,
D                                                       G               E
'Cause girl (oh) you are my (oh-oh) guiding light, oh yeah
(CHORUS)
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It's gonna be a long, (wooh) long, long time,
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'Till I can be with you again, and see your smile
(See you)
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It's gonna be a long, (wooh) long, long time,
(Yeah, yeah, a long, long time)
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'Till I hold you in my arms all through the night,
                                           E
It's gonna be a long, long time
(VERSE 3)
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Girl I been missin' you I never thought I'd feel this way
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All the feelings I have inside grow stronger everyday
(Stronger everyday)
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Girl I want you to know that I will never let you go
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You're the only one I really want and there's one thing
E
You've gotta know...
(CHORUS)
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It's gonna be a long, long, long time, (yeah)
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'Till I can be with you again, and see your smile
(Girl I don't know what to do, don't what to do, yeah)
D                                                       A
It's gonna be a long, long, long time,
D                                                                                         G
'Till I hold you in my arms (yeah, yeah) all through the night,
It's gonna be a long
D                                                        A
It's gonna be a long, long, long time, (yeah, ahhhhh)
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'Till I can be with you again, (oh yeah) and see your smile
Lord knows it's gonna be
D                                                               A
It's gonna be a long, (wooh) long, long time,
(It's gonna be a long, long time)
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'Till I hold you in my arms (long, long time) all through the night, (ahhhh)
                                             A
It's gonna be a long, long time
(HOOK)
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Listen girl, I need you, are you there?
                                A
There's nothing I can do about it (ooh)
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And I wanna hold you
                                                        D
And show you how much you mean to me
                                G
Yeah, that's right
                E                                A
Don't you know I want you in my life, my life, my life?