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It Won’t Be Long

Source Recording: Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys (1957)

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Key B♭ Time 4/4

Verse × 3

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Chorus × 3

B♭ / /B♭ /

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/B♭ / /B♭ /

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Song Details

Songwriter

Johnny Anderson

First Release

Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys (1957)

Further reading

Secondhand Songs

Genres

Gospel Traditional Bluegrass

Themes

Faith/Praise

Jam Popularity

Source Recording

Artist

Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys

Album

Foggy Mountain Jamboree cover

Foggy Mountain Jamboree (1957)

Key B♭ Time Boom-Chuck Tempo 117 BPM Length 2:32

Musicians

Lester Flatt — Lead Vocals, Guitar
Earl Scruggs — Backup Vocals, Banjo
Josh Graves — Dobro
Bob Moore — Bass
John Ray "Curly" Seckler — Backup Vocals
Paul Warren — Backup Vocals
Chet Atkins — Guitar

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