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The Longest Walk
Words & Music by Edward Pola & Fred SpeilmanRecorded by Jaye P. Morgan, 1955 (#6
G D9 G Am7 Am7-5 G D9 G Cdim G B7 I took the long - est walk in the world last night D9 G Am7 Em Em7 D7/9 From your arms to your front door; Am7 D9 Am7 D7 D7/9 Am7 D9 Am7 D7 D7/9 Am7 I heard the sad - dest words in the world last night Cdim Am7 G6 Bm7-5 Am7 Cdim Am7 D7 When you said you loved me no more. G D9 G Am7 Am7-5 G I won't be - lieve it's true; D9 G Cdim G B7 I'll keep af - ter you Gdim Em Dm D9 Dm E7 Bm7-5 Am Fdim E7 Am Till we love like we loved be - fore; Am E7 Am Cdim E7 Am Am7 Cdim Am7 G9 G/F# B7 And then the long - est walk will be the short - est walk Am Am7 Edim D7 Cdim G Back to your arms once more.
I'll be the first to say, this has to be the most over-chorded song on the entire web site -- and yes, I know, that's saying something. It's got a chord change on literally every single syllable, plus a few extra. The idea here is for the chords to carry the entire song, when played strictly as an instrumental. If you're singing along, you can honestly think of any chord at any point as strictly optional -- or better yet, eliminate virtually all of them any only change where you feel the need. Whatever chord you use, at whatever point it is shown here, will work with the melody.