Title:    How Long Will Be Too Long
Artist:   Michael W. Smith
Album:    Go West Young Man
Author:   Music by Michael W. Smith; Words by Wayne Kirkpatrick and Amy Grant
Copyright 1990 O'Ryan Music, Inc. (ASCAP) / Emily Boothe, Inc. (BMI) /
          Age to Age Music, Inc. (ASCAP)


Intro:
A/E - E - A/E - E - A/C# - C#m - A/C# - C#m - E/G# - A - B - C#m
E/G# - F#m/A - E/B - B - A/E - E - A/E - E


Verse 1:
        A/E  E            A/E           E                  A/C#  C#m  A/C#  C#m
Tell me, how long will we grovel at the feet of wealth and power
        E/G#      A                     B         C#m
Tell me, how long will we bow down to that golden calf
             E/G#     F#m/A E/B B    A/E  E  A/E  E
Tell me now, how long will  be  too long
        A/E  E            A/E           E              A/C#  C#m  A/C#
Tell me, how long will we curtsy to the whims of new religion
 C#m        E/G#       A              B
Oh, how long will we water down the truth
 C#m
'Til truth is no more
E/G#     F#m/A E/B B    A/E  E  A/E  E
How long will  be  too long


Chorus 1:
    B/D# E    E/G#  A
The pow--er of faith and love
B/D# E               A
 Can change the stuff we're made of
    B            C#m
But still we wait
         E/G#     F#m/A E/B B    A/E  E  A/E  E
Tell me, how long will  be  too long


Verse 2:
        A/E  E            A/E          E              A/C#      C#m  A/C#  C#m
Tell me, how long will we drink from the chalice of indifference
E/G#     A             B
 Neither be hot or be cold
C#m
Can a sober soul know
E/G#     F#m/A E/B B    A/E  E  A/E  E
How long will  be  too long


Chorus 2 (same as chorus 1):
Is there not more to us
Than cursed dust to dust
I feel my heart fading
How long will be too long


              D/A A     D/A  A  B  C#m
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh
E/G#     F#m/A E/B B    A/E  E  A/E  E
How long will  be  too long    oooooo


Verse 3 (same as verse 2):
Tell me, how long will we travel from the ways that God intended
Won't it all tumble down
If His holy wrath comes
How long will be too long


Chorus 3:
    B/D# E    E/G#  A
The pow--er of faith and love
B/D# E               A
 Can change the stuff we're made of
B            C#m
When will it be too late
E/G#     F#m/A E/B B    A/E  E
How long will  be  too long
E/G#     F#m/A E/B B    A/E  E
How long will  be  too long
E/G#     F#m/A E/B B    A/E  E  A/E  E  Esus
How long will  be  too long


Outro:
A/C# - C#m - A/C# - C#m - E/G# - A - B - C#m
E/G# - F#m/A - E/B - B - A/E - E - A/E - E
(repeat, ad lib and fade to end)