As Years Go By tab by Mashmakhan

Tabs

Song: As Years Go By
Album: Mashmakhan
Year: 1970
Tabbed by DoteStudios
Email is [email protected]

I can't believe nobody has tabbed this yet. Underrated and forgotten hit.
The guitarist usually played the keyboard riff live, so I put it in.

Key
b = bend
r = release
\ = slide up neck
/ = slide down neck
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
w = whammy bar
~ = vibrato

Organ Intro (Bass)
E-----------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------| 2x
D----------3--4----5--3-------------|
A-3--5--6----------------6--5--3----|
E-----------------------------------|

Intro
E-------------------------------------------------|
B-18------18------18------------------18----------|
G-----20------20------20--17------17------17------|
D-----------------------------20------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------|

E---------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------18--------------|
G-----17--18--17--18--17--18------18--17------|
D-20------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------|

E-----------------------------------------------------|
B-----18------18------18------------------18----------|
G-17------20------20------20--17------17------17------|
D---------------------------------20------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------|

E---------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------18--------------|
G-----17--18--17--18--17--18------18--17------|
D-20------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------|

E-----------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------18----------|
G---------17--17---20--17----------17--18--18-------20------|
D-18--20-----------------------20---------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------|

Chords:
  F minorFm Eb MajorEb C minorCm DbDb
E--8-------3-------|
B--9---8---4---6---|
G-10---8---5---6---|
D-10---8---5---6---|
A--8---6---3---4---|
E---------(3)------|

F minorFm 			F minorFm
A augmentedA child asks his mother do you love me
Eb MajorEb			F minorFm
And it really means will you protect me
F minorFm			F minorFm
His mother answers him I love you
Eb MajorEb			F minorFm
And it really means you've been a good boy
C minorCm			  DbDb	      Eb MajorEb
And as the years go by true love will never die

F minorFm 			F minorFm
At seventeen a girl says do you love me
Eb MajorEb			F minorFm
And it really means will you respect me
F minorFm 			F minorFm
The teenage boy answers I love you
Eb MajorEb			F minorFm
And it really means can I make love to you
C minorCm			  DbDb	      Eb MajorEb
And as the years go by true love will never die

"I - will love you, fore-ver
 I - will love you, fore-ver"
E-----------------------------------|
B--9----9-----------8---8-----------|
G-10---10--(ring)---8---8--(ring)---|
D-10---10-----------8---8-----------|
A--8----8-----------6---6-----------|
E-----------------------------------|

E---------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------| 6x
D----------------1----------------------|
A------------3-------5---3--5--3-----3--|
E-1----1--4-----------------------4-----|

F minorFm 			F minorFm
At sixty five his wife says Do you love me
Eb MajorEb			F minorFm
And it means I'd like to hear it again
F minorFm 			F minorFm
Her husband says to her I love you
Eb MajorEb			F minorFm
But it really means I love you till the end
C minorCm			  DbDb	      Eb MajorEb
And as the years go by true love will never die

F minorFm 			F minorFm
Now you're asking me if I love you
Eb MajorEb			F minorFm
And it really means will I marry you
F minorFm 			F minorFm
And I answer yes, I love you
Eb MajorEb			F minorFm
But it really means that I won't be untrue
C minorCm			  DbDb	      Eb MajorEb
And as the years go by true love will never die

"I - will love you, fore-ver
 I - will love you, fore-ver"
E-----------------------------------|
B--9----9-----------8---8-----------|
G-10---10--(ring)---8---8--(ring)---|
D-10---10-----------8---8-----------|
A--8----8-----------6---6-----------|
E-----------------------------------|

E---------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------| 6x
D----------------1----------------------|
A------------3-------5---3--5--3-----3--|
E-1----1--4-----------------------4-----|

Outro
E---------------------------------------------------------(1)---------(1)-|
B---------------------------------------------------------(1)---------(1)-|
G-8/10--8--10--8--10--8-------------8---------------------(1)---------(1)-|
D------------------------10--8--10-----10--6--8--6--5------3--(ring)---3--|
A------------------------------------------------------6\--3-----------3--|
E----------------------------------------------------------1-----------1--|