A Long December tab by Counting Crows

Tabs

Tab: "A Long December," Counting Crows
Transcribed by Michael A. Mazur ([email protected])

Intro: FF Bb majorBb G minorGm Bb majorBb
    FF Bb majorBb G minorGm

Verse:
Bb majorBb   FF          C majorC     G minorGm
A augmentedA long December ...
      Bb majorBb      FF        Bb majorBb *(Gtr plays fill 1)
Maybe this ...
G minorGm   Bb majorBb      FF          C majorC        G minorGm
I can't remember ...
    FF       Bb majorBb
Now the days ...

Chorus:

Guitar plays this over the chorus
|--------1-----------1-----|--------3----------3--|
|--1--1-----1--1--1-----1--|--3--3-----3----------|
|--2-----------1-----------|--3-----------3/5-----|
|--3-----------3-----------|--5-------------------|
|--3-----------3-----------|--5-------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
                     ^^^^^^^
                     These notes played 1st
                     time only
     FF        Bb majorBb      G minorGm
And it's ...
     FF         Bb majorBb     G minorGm
And it's ...
    FF         Bb majorBb     G minorGm
If you think       ... I wish you would

FF   Bb majorBb
Na na na na
G minorGm     Bb majorBb
Na na na na na na na na na
FF   Bb majorBb  G minorGm
Na na na na yeah

Verse 2
The smell ...(w/ fill 1, then fill 2 here)
And the feeling ...*
All at once ...
To see the way ...*(and fill 3 here)

chorus

Solo: (same chords as intro)
---|--------------------------------------|
---|--------------------------------------|
2--|--2--2--2--0--2-----2--2--2--2--0--2--|
---|--------------------------------------|
---|--------------------------------------|
---|--------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--0--2--2--0--2--2--0--2--3--3--3--3--3--2--0--|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|


|--------------------------------------------------|-----|
|--------------------------------------------------|-----|
|--0--2--2--0--2-----0--2--2--2--2--0--2--0-----0--|-----|
|--------------------------------------------3-----|--3--|
|--------------------------------------------------|-----|
|--------------------------------------------------|-----|

Verse 3

verse 4
And it's ...
Maybe this ...*(fill 2)
I can't remember ...
To hold on ...*(fill 4)


chorus:
And it's one ...*(fill 5, played w/ a slide)
And it's one ...
It's been so ...

 Fills: 1    2      3       4     5
|----------|-|---------|-|--------10--|-|-----6--|-|--------|
|----------|-|--3/4\3--|-|------------|-|-----6--|-|--8/10--|
|-------3--|-|--3/5\3--|-|--7/10------|-|-----7--|-|--8/10--|
|-------3--|-|---------|-|------------|-|--8--8--|-|--------|
|--1/3-----|-|---------|-|------------|-|--------|-|--------|
|----------|-|---------|-|------------|-|--------|-|--------|


Repeat guitar solo, except for last measure, then continue with:
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------6-------6--8--6--|--10--10----10------------|
|-----5/7-----5/7-----------|--12b(14)--(14)r12p10h12--|
|--3------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|


|-------------------------------------------|----------------13--|
|--10--10---13--13-------10-----------------|---------10/13------|
|--12b(14)------12b(14)--12b(14)--12p10h12--|--10~~~-------------|
|-------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|--------------------|


|---------17b(19)r17--|
|--13/15--------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|

End on FF

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