The Longer You Wait 
By Merle Haggard
Tabbed By Larry Mofle
rmofle at satx.rr.com
11/14/2004


Capo 4  
(Or Capo 1 and play 

D = F
Em = Gm
A = Bb
G = C
 



    D                  Em
The longer you wait to leave me
    A                            D
The longer I'll hurt when you’re gone
        D                          Em
And the longer it takes for you to break my heart
    A                       D 
The longer the pain lingers on


Chorus:
    G             A          D
How long will you prolong my misery
A                        D 
Wish I could leave on my own
          D                  Em 
Cause the longer you wait to leave me
    A                            D
The longer I'll hurt when you’re gone

Solo

We both know that you never loved me
I lied to myself from the start
And we both know that some day you'll leave me
And the knowing just tears me apart

Chorus