{"id":2910,"date":"2021-10-06T15:48:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T15:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=2910"},"modified":"2026-01-02T22:30:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T22:30:43","slug":"so-long-its-been-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/so-long-its-been-good\/","title":{"rendered":"So long; been good to know yuh &#8211; END"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" src=\"\/images\/song-STAR.png\" \/><\/p>\n<input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='69ea4b1b2d95c2050269763' value='69ea4b1b2d95c2050269763'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-69ea4b1b2d95c2050269763' value='Show More'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-69ea4b1b2d95c2050269763' value='Show Less'><button id='bg-showmore-action-69ea4b1b2d95c2050269763' class='bg-showmore-plg-button bg-orange-button  '   style=\" color:#4a4949;\">Show More<\/button><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-69ea4b1b2d95c2050269763' ><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong>The original title to this sang was &#8220;Dusty Old Dust&#8221; but the producers thought that this was a bit too obscure.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/so-long-its-been-good-to-know-ya-wwi-version\/\">WORLD WAR 2 VERSION OF THIS SONG<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/robertandrews.net\/songpics\/Q-S\/so-long.jpg\">CLICK HERE FOR SHEET MUSIC<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900; font-family: trebuchet ms, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>I&#8217;ve [C] sung this song, but I&#8217;ll [F] sing it [G] again &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900; font-family: trebuchet ms, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Of the [C] place that I lived on the [F] wild, windy [G] plains.<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 900;\"><strong>\u00a0 In the [C] month called [C7] April, [F] county called Gray,\u00a0 [C] and here&#8217;s what all of the [G] people there say<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 900;\"><strong>{ CHORUS }\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; &#8212; &#8211; &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>A [C] dust storm hit, an&#8217; it [F] hit like [G] thunder. \u00a0 It [C] dusted us over, an&#8217; it [F] covered us [G] under.\u00a0\u00a0 [C] Blocked out the [C7] traffic an&#8217;\u00a0 [F] blocked out the sun. \u00a0 [C] Straight for home all the [G] people did run, singin&#8217;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 900;\"><strong>{ CHORUS }\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; &#8212; &#8211; &#8211;\u00a0 So long, it&#8217;s been good to know yuh.\u00a0\u00a0 [G] So long, it&#8217;s been good to [C] know yuh.\u00a0\u00a0 [C] So [C7] long, it&#8217;s [F] been good to know yuh; This [C] dusty old dust is a-[G]-gettin&#8217; my home, and I&#8217;ve got to be driftin&#8217; [C] along.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>We [C] talked of the end of the [F] world, and\u00a0 [G] then,\u00a0\u00a0 we&#8217;d [C] sing a song an&#8217; then [F] sing it [G] again. \u00a0 We&#8217;d [C] sit for an hour an&#8217;\u00a0 [C7] not say a [F] word, and\u00a0 [C] then these words would be [G] heard<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 900;\"><strong>{ CHORUS }\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; &#8212; &#8211; &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>[C] Sweethearts sat in the [F] dark and [G] sparked\u00a0 [C] They hugged and kissed in that [F] dusty old [G] dark\u00a0\u00a0 [C] They sighed and [C7] cried, hugged and [F] kissed.\u00a0 [C] Instead of marriage, they [G] talked like this.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TAP SCROLL DOWN BUTTON<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 900;\"><strong>{ CHORUS }\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; &#8212; &#8211; &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>[C] Now, the telephone rang an&#8217; it [F] jumped off the [G] wall\u00a0 [C] That was the preacher, a-[F] makin&#8217; his [G] call\u00a0 [C] He said, &#8220;Kind [C7] friend, this may be the [F] end\u00a0 [C] An&#8217; you got your last chance of [G] salvation of sin&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 900;\"><strong>{ CHORUS }\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; &#8212; &#8211; &#8211;\u00a0 So long, it&#8217;s been good to know yuh.\u00a0\u00a0 [G] So long, it&#8217;s been good to [C] know yuh.\u00a0\u00a0 [C] So [C7] long, it&#8217;s [F] been good to know yuh; This [C] dusty old dust is a-[G]-gettin&#8217; my home, and I&#8217;ve got to be driftin&#8217; [C] along.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>[C] The churches was jammed and the [F] churches was packed\u00a0 [C] An&#8217; that dusty old dust storm [F] blowed so black\u00a0 [C] Preacher could [C7] not read a word of his [F] text\u00a0 [C] An&#8217; he folded his specs an&#8217; he took up collection, said<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 900;\"><strong>{ CHORUS }\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; &#8212; &#8211; &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"western\">So Long, It&#8217;s Been Good to Know Ya<\/h1>\n<p class=\"western\">{C} I\u2019ve sung this song, but I\u2019ll {G} sing it again,<br \/>\nOf the {F} people I\u2019ve met and the {C} places I\u2019ve been.<br \/>\n{C}Of some of the troubles that {G} bothered my mind,<br \/>\n{C}And a lot of good people that {G} I\u2019ve left behind.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">CHORUS\u2013 {C} So long, it\u2019s been good to know ya,<br \/>\n{G} So long, it\u2019s {C} been good to know ya,<br \/>\n{C} So long, it\u2019s {F} been good to know ya,<br \/>\n{C}What a long time since {F} I\u2019ve been home;<br \/>\nAnd I\u2019ve {G} got to be drifting {C}along.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">{C-G-F} The sweethearts sat in the dark and they sparked;<br \/>\nThey hugged and they kissed in that dusty old dark.<br \/>\nThey sighed and they cried and they hugged and they kissed,<br \/>\nBut instead of marriage, they talked like this:<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">(Chorus)<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">{C-G-F} I went to your family and asked them for you;<br \/>\nThey all said, \u201cTake her, take her, please do.<br \/>\nShe can\u2019t cook or sew and she won\u2019t scrub your floor!\u201d<br \/>\nSo I put on my hat and tiptoed out the door, saying:<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">(Chorus)<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">{C-G-F} I walked down the street to the grocery store,<br \/>\nIt was crowded with people, both rich and the poor.<br \/>\nI asked the man how his butter was sold-<br \/>\nHe said, \u201cOne pound of butter for two pounds of gold!\u201d I said:<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">(Chorus)<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">{C-G-F} My telephone rang and it jumped off the wall,<br \/>\nThat was the preacher a-making a call;<br \/>\nHe said, \u201cWe\u2019re waiting to tie the knot-<br \/>\nYou\u2019re getting married, believe it or not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">{C-G-F} The church, it was jammed, the church it was packed.<br \/>\nThe pews were crowded from the front to the back;<br \/>\nA thousand friends waited to kiss my new bride,<br \/>\nBut I was so anxious, I rushed her outside, told them:<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">(Chorus)<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WORLD WAR 2 VERSION OF THIS SONG CLICK HERE FOR SHEET MUSIC I&#8217;ve [C] sung this song, but I&#8217;ll [F] sing it [G] again &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; Of the [C] place that I lived on the [F] wild, windy [G] plains.\u00a0 In the [C] month called [C7] April, [F] county &hellip; <span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/so-long-its-been-good\/\" class=\"more-link\">CLICK TO VIEW SONG<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">So long; been good to know yuh &#8211; END<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,133,126,116,117,115,51,74,197],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3-chords","category-baritone-bill","category-bass-guitar-night","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano","category-live-tenor","category-songpics-sheetmusic","category-end-songs","category-woody-guthrie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2910"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27855,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2910\/revisions\/27855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}