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A Long December - Counting Crows
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Tabbed by: Sean Hummer
Email: [email protected]
A Long December is one of my favorite songs ever and I find this playing of
the song sounds fuller and more like the album version.
I've included a few tab riffs which include certain melody and lead parts to
give a more satisfying sound which resembles the album version of the song.
Tuning- A full step down or D Tuning
This riff is played at various parts after certain C chords which I
noted with an asterisk *
e|----------|
B|----------|
G|------0~--|
D|--0h2-----|
A|3---------|
E|----------|
This riff is played at various parts after certain Am chords which I
noted with two asterisks **
e|------3~--|
B|--0h1-----|
G|2---------|
D|----------|
A|----------|
E|----------|
[Intro]
G C Am C
G C Am
[Verse 1]
C G D Am
A long December and there's reason to believe
C G C *
Maybe this year will be better than the last
Am C G D
I can't remember the last thing that you said as you were
Am
leavin'
G C
Now the days go by so fast
G C Am **
And it's one more day up in the canyons
G C Am
And it's one more night in Hollywood
G C Am
If you think that I could be forgiven... I wish you would.
[Chorus]
G C Am C
Na, na-na, na. Na, na-na, na-na, na-na, na, na.
G C Am
Na, na-na, na. Yeah...
Or to play it with a little lead...
G C Am C
e|----3--3^3--------3--3^3--------3--3^3--------3--3^3----|
B|0h1-3--3^3----0h1-3--3^3----0h1-3--3^3----0h1-3--3^3----|
G|0---0--0^0----0---0--0^0----0---0--0^0----0---0--0^0----|
D|----0--0^0--------0--0^0--------2--2^2--------0--0^0----|
A|----x---------3---3---------0---0---------3---3---------|
E|3---3---------------------------------------------------|
G C Am
e|----------------3~----|
B|0~--0x--1~--3---1~----|
G|0~--0x--0~--0~--0~----|
D|0~--0x--0~--0~--2~----|
A|x-------3~--3~--0~----|
E|3~--------------------|
[Verse 2]
C G D
The smell of hospitals in winter
Am C G
And the feeling that it's all a lot of oysters, but no
C
pearls
Am C G D
All at once you look across a crowded room
Am G C
To see the way that light attaches to a girl
G C Am
And it's one more day up in the canyons
G C Am
And it's one more night in Hollywood
G C Am
If you think you might come to California... I think you should
[Chorus]
G C Am C
Na, na-na, na. Na, na-na, na-na, na-na, na, na.
G C Am
Na, na-na, na. Yeah...
With lead...
G C Am C
e|----3--3^3--------3--3^3--------3--3^3--------3--3^3----|
B|0h1-3--3^3----0h1-3--3^3----0h1-3--3^3----0h1-3--3^3----|
G|0---0--0^0----0---0--0^0----0---0--0^0----0---0--0^0----|
D|----0--0^0--------0--0^0--------2--2^2--------0--0^0----|
A|----x---------3---3---------0---0---------3---3---------|
E|3---3---------------------------------------------------|
G C Am
e|----------------3~----|
B|0~--0x--1~--3---1~----|
G|0~--0x--0~--0~--0~----|
D|0~--0x--0~--0~--2~----|
A|x-------3~--3~--0~----|
E|3~--------------------|
[Bridge]
G C Am C
G C Am
With lead...
G C Am
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------0v0--0v0--0--0----0-0--0^0--0--0----|
G|2--4v4--2--4----2-2v2--4v4--2--4----2-2--4^4--2--4----|
D|0--0v0--0--0----0-x-x--x-x--x--x----x-x--x-x--x--x----|
A|x--x-x--x--x----x-3v3--3v3--3--3----3-0--0^0--0--0----|
E|3--3v3--3--3----3-------------------------------------|
C
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|5^5--5-5--5^5--4-2-0----|
D|x-x--x-x--x-x--x-x-x----|
A|3^3--3^3--3^3--3-3-3----|
E|------------------------|
G C Am
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|------------------0--0--0-0-0-0-0----------|
G|2--4v4--2--4----2-4--4--2-4-2-0-2----0~----|
D|0--0v0--0--0----0-x--x--x-x-x-x-x----2~----|
A|x--x-x--x--x----x-3--3--3-3-3-3-3----0~----|
E|3--3v3--3--3----3--------------------------|
[Verse 3]
C G D Am
Drove up to Hillside Manor sometime after two a.m.
C G C
And talked a little while about the year
Am C G D
I guess the winter makes you laugh a little slower,
Am G C
Makes you talk a little lower about the things you could not
show her
C G D Am
And it's been a long December and there's reason to believe
C G C
Maybe this year will be better than the last
Am C G D
I can't remember all the times I tried to tell my myself
Am G C
To hold on to these moments as they pass
G C Am
And it's one more day up in the canyons
G C Am
And it's one more night in Hollywood
G C Am
It's been so long since I've seen the ocean... I guess I should
[Chorus]
G C Am C
Na, na-na, na. Na, na-na, na-na, na-na, na, na.
G C Am
Na, na-na, na. Yeah...
With lead...
G C Am C
e|----3--3^3--------3--3^3--------3--3^3--------3--3^3----|
B|0h1-3--3^3----0h1-3--3^3----0h1-3--3^3----0h1-3--3^3----|
G|0---0--0^0----0---0--0^0----0---0--0^0----0---0--0^0----|
D|----0--0^0--------0--0^0--------2--2^2--------0--0^0----|
A|----x---------3---3---------0---0---------3---3---------|
E|3---3---------------------------------------------------|
G C Am
e|----------------3~----|
B|0~--0x--1~--3---1~----|
G|0~--0x--0~--0~--0~----|
D|0~--0x--0~--0~--2~----|
A|x-------3~--3~--0~----|
E|3~--------------------|
E-mail me any suggestions or corretions and I'll update it.
Enjoy!
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| H hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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