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HOW LONG - The Eagles
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Tabbed by: woega

Tuning: standard

This is my interpretation of the ENTIRE song, lyrics, chords,
tabs including the INTRO, all RIFFS, the SOLO and the OUTRO.

I've tried to be as accurate as I can, but I'm open for suggestions :)

I've included the riffs and the lyrics alternating, so the lyrics should not
be linked to the tabs directly underneath.

INTRO:
		  Chord diagramC majorC		      Chord diagramFF
e|-------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-------------|--8------8---------|--6---6--6---6---------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|----------5--|--7b9--pb9ld7-5-5--|--5h7-5--5h7-5-7p5-3---------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|------5-7----|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--3/7--------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|

              Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramFF        Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramC majorC
e|--8-8-8--|--8--8-----------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|--8-8-8--|--10-8----8----8-8--8----8-8-8-8---------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------------pb9ld7-5-5--7b9ld7-5---5---------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---------------------------------------7-----------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1 Glenn Frey
Chord diagramC majorC					Chord diagramFF
Like a bluebird with its heart removed, lonely as a train
     Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramFF       Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramFF
I've run just as far as I can run

e|----------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|----------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|--5-5-5---5--5-5-5----------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--5-5-7-5-5--5-5-5---7---5--------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-----------------------7---7\5-3--|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------------------|

Chord diagramC majorC				  Chord diagramFF
If I never see the good old days, shinin' in the sun

e|--------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-------10--------8--|
Chord diagramG+G|--------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--8/10-------10-----|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--------------------|

Chord diagramC majorC	      Chord diagramG+G			 Chord diagramC majorC
I'll be doin' fine and then some

e|-----------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|--8---8\6--5-----------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|--7h9-9\7--5------5----------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--------------5-7-5----------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--------------------7\5-3-5-3------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------------5-3--|
CHORUS:
Chord diagramA minorAm  Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramFF   Chord diagramC majorC
How long, how long
e|--8----|
Chord diagramBB|--8----|
Chord diagramG+G|--7b9--|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------|

Chord diagramC majorC	       Chord diagramG+G
Woman will you weep
e|-----------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----------------|
Chord diagramG+G|--9\7-5\4--------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----------7-5----|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--------------7--|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------|

Chord diagramA minorAm  Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramFF   Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramG+G		    Chord diagramC majorC
How long how long, rock yourself to sleep
e|--8------8------8-----------------|
Chord diagramBB|--8------8------8-----------------|
Chord diagramG+G|--7b9ld7-7b9--pb9ld7-5------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----------------------7-5--------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---------------------------7b5-3--|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------------------|


Verse 2 Don Henley
Chord diagramC majorC					  Chord diagramFF
I've been doin' time in a lonesome prison, where the sun don't shine
e|--------------------|
Chord diagramBB|--11-----11---------|
Chord diagramG+G|--10b12ld10-8h9-----|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----------------10--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--------------------|

Chord diagramC majorC			       Chord diagramG+G
Just outside the freedom river runs
e|--10----10-----10-10------------|
Chord diagramBB|--10b12-12ld10-8--8-------------|
Chord diagramG+G|---------------------9\7-5------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---------------------------7-5--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--------------------------------|

Chord diagramC majorC				    Chord diagramFF
Out there in that shiny night, with bloodhounds on your mind
e|----------------------|
Chord diagramBB|----------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|----------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|------3-5-3-5b6ld5-3--|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--3h5-----------------|

Chord diagramC majorC			Chord diagramG+G	     Chord diagramC majorC
Don't you know it's the same sad situation
e|--8---8-----8---8-------------|
Chord diagramBB|--8---8-----8---8-------------|
Chord diagramG+G|--7b9-7b9---7b9ld7-5-7-5------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-------------------------7-5--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------------|


CHORUS
Chord diagramA minorAm  Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramFF   Chord diagramC majorC
How long how long
e|--8----|
Chord diagramBB|--8----|
Chord diagramG+G|--7b9--|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------|

Chord diagramC majorC	       Chord diagramG+G
Woman will you weep
e|-----------------------|
Chord diagramBB|------8---8---8--------|
Chord diagramG+G|------7---7h9-7--------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--7h9---9-------9-7\5--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-----------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------------|

Chord diagramA minorAm  Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramFF   Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramG+G		    Chord diagramC majorC
How long how long, rock yourself to sleep


SOLO:
		        Chord diagramC majorC
e|-------------------|------8--------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-------------------|---------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------5-7-5--|--7/9-8h9---9\7-5-7-5---5--|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--7p5---5-7--------|----------------------7----|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|------7------------|---------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------|---------------------------|

    Chord diagramFF					    Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramFF	       Chord diagramC majorC
e|---------------------------------------|--------------------------10b12-8--|
Chord diagramBB|--10-10-8-8--6-x-4-x--3-x--------------|-------------------8-10-8----------|
Chord diagramG+G|--10-10-8-8--7-x-5-x--3-x-1-2----------|----------5--5-7/9-----------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|------------------------------3-1-0----|------5-7--------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|------------------------------------3--|--3/7------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

    Chord diagramG+G							      Chord diagramC majorC
e|--10----10---10---10---10-------10-----------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|--10b12-pb12-pb12-pb12-pb12ld10--8---12------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-----------------------------------pb12ld10--------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--------------------------------------------12-10\9----9/10----------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------10---------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chord diagramC majorC	  Chord diagramC7C7			    Chord diagramFF
Everybody feels allright you know I heard some poor fool say (somebody  oooh)
Chord diagramC majorC			     Chord diagramG+G
Everyone is out there on the loose
e|---------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|---------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------7--------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|------------------5-7/9---9\7-5--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--5-----------5-7----------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----7\5-3-5/7--------------------|

       Chord diagramC majorC				  Chord diagramFF
Well I wish I lived in the land of fools, no one knew my name
e|-----------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----------------|
Chord diagramG+G|--10-10-10--7\5--|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--10-10-10--7\5--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-----------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------|

Chord diagramC majorC		Chord diagramG+G		   Chord diagramC majorC
What you get is not quite what you choose
e|-----------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|--8---8---8------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|--7h9-7h9-7h9-7\5------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|------------------7h5--------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------------7h5-3--|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------------------|


CHORUS
          Chord diagramA minorAm  Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramFF   Chord diagramC majorC
(Tell me) How long how long
e|--8----|
Chord diagramBB|--8----|
Chord diagramG+G|--7b9--|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------|

Chord diagramC majorC	       Chord diagramG+G
Woman will you weep
e|--10------------------|
Chord diagramBB|----pb12ld10-8--------|
Chord diagramG+G|---------------9\7-5--|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------|

Chord diagramA minorAm  Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramFF   Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramG+G		    Chord diagramC majorC
How long how long, rock yourself to sleep
e|-----------------|
Chord diagramBB|--5-----5--------|
Chord diagramG+G|--5-----5--------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----7-5----------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------7\5-3--|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------|

Chord diagramA minorAm  Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramFF   Chord diagramC majorC
How long how long (stretched)
e|-------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--5/7\5---5--------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--------7---7\5-3--|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------|

Chord diagramA minorAm    Chord diagramD MajorD		   Chord diagramG+G
Muddy River run so deep
e|------3------5------7----5---3---|
Chord diagramBB|---------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|--2/4----4/5----5/7---/5---4-----|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|---------------------------------|

Chord diagramA minorAm  Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramFF   Chord diagramC majorC
How long how long (stretched)
e|-------------|
Chord diagramBB|-------------|
Chord diagramG+G|--9\7-5------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--------7-5--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------|

Chord diagramC majorC	     Chord diagramG+G
Goodbye baby rock yourself to sleep
Chord diagramC majorC		 Chord diagramG+G
Sleep tight baby rock yourself to sleep
      Chord diagramC majorC		   Chord diagramG+G		    Chord diagramFF
B-b-b bye bye baby rock yourself to sleep
e|-------------------------------------------------------3--|
Chord diagramBB|------1-----1-------1-----1---------1---------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|--------0-----0-------0-----0---------3p2-0---0--------3--|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--2h3-----3-----2h3-----3-------------------3---1-2----2--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--------------------------------2h3-----------------3--3--|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------|

| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| pb pre bend
| ld let down
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note

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