Long Monday Intro by John Prine

Long Monday tab by John Prine

Intro

Capo on 3rd
Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: Bb

Intro/Solo:

      G
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|----3--------------3---------------0--------------0-----|
G|-------------0------------------------------0-----------|
D|-----------0----------0-------------------0----------0--|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|----3-----------3------------------3-----------3--------|

     C/G
e|---------------------------------------3-----0----------|
B|----------1--------------------1------------------------|
G|--0--------------0--------------------------------------|
D|--------2-------2----------------2--------------2-------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--3----------3------------3-------------3---------------|

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     D7/F#
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------0h1-----0-------------------|
G|--2-------2-------0------------------------2-----0-------|
D|--------0-------------------------0-----------0----------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|--2----------2---------------2----------2----------------|

    C
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------0------0----0------------------0------0---0---|
D|--------2-----------2------------------2-----------2-----|
A|---3---------------------------3-------------------------|
E|---------------3-----------------------------3-----------|

    G (final)
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------0-----0---------------------0---------------|
D|-------0-------0----------------0----------0------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|---3------3----------------3--------3-----------3-------|

continue the (final) picking pattern for singing or switch to strum


Verse:
G   C   G   G
G   C   G   G
D   C   G   G
D   C   D   D

you and me/ sittin the the back of my memory
like a honey bee / buzzin ' round a glass of sweet Chablis
Radio's on / windows rolled up and my mind rolled down
headlights shinin like silver moons rollin on the ground

G   C   G   G
G   C   G   G
D   C   G   G
D   C   D   D

we made love / in everyway love can be made
and we made time / looked like time could never fade
friday bight we both made the guitars hum
Saturday made Sunday feel like it would never come

Chorus:
G
C    G
G
D    C   G


Gonna be a looong Monday
Sittin all alone on a mountain by a river that has no end
Gonna be a looong Monday
stuck like the tick of a clock thats come unwound, again

Intro/Solo:
      G
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|----3--------------3---------------0--------------0-----|
G|-------------0------------------------------0-----------|
D|-----------0----------0-------------------0----------0--|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|----3-----------3------------------3-----------3--------|

     C/G
e|---------------------------------------3-----0-----------|
B|-----------1--------------------1------------------------|
G|--0---------------0--------------------------------------|
D|--------2-------2-----------------2--------------2-------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|--3----------3--------------3-------------3--------------|

     D7/F#
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------0h1-----0-------------------|
G|--2-------2-------0------------------------2-----0-------|
D|--------0-------------------------0-----------0----------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|--2----------2---------------2----------2----------------|

    C
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------0------0----0------------------0------0---0---|
D|--------2-----------2------------------2-----------2-----|
A|---3---------------------------3-------------------------|
E|---------------3-----------------------------3-----------|

    G
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------0-----0---------------------0---------------|
D|-------0-------0----------------0----------0------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|---3------3----------------3--------3-----------3-------|

Verse 2:
G   C   G   G
G   C   G   G
D   C   G   G
D   C   D   D

soul to soul, heart to heart, and cheek to cheek
come on baby, gimme a kiss
that'll last all week
the thought of you / leaving again / brings me down
the promise of / your sweet love brings me around

Chorus:
G
C  G
G
D  C  D
G

Gonna be a looong Monday
Sittin all alone on a mountain by a river that has no end
Gonna be a looong Monday
stuck like the tick of a clock thats come unwound, again
and again

Intro/Solo:
      G
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|----3--------------3---------------0--------------0-----|
G|-------------0------------------------------0-----------|
D|-----------0----------0-------------------0----------0--|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|----3-----------3------------------3-----------3--------|

     C/G
e|---------------------------------------3-----0-----------|
B|-----------1-------------------1-------------------------|
G|--0----------------0-------------------------------------|
D|--------2-------2-----------------2--------------2-------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|--3----------3--------------3-------------3--------------|

     D7/F#
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------0h1-----0-------------------|
G|--2-------2-------0------------------------2-----0-------|
D|--------0-------------------------0-----------0----------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|--2----------2---------------2----------2----------------|

    C
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------0------0----0------------------0------0---0---|
D|--------2-----------2------------------2-----------2-----|
A|---3---------------------------3-------------------------|
E|---------------3-----------------------------3-----------|

    G
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------0-----0---------------------0---------------|
D|-------0-------0----------------0----------0------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|---3------3----------------3--------3-----------3-------| *end strum normal/full G chord


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| x   Dead note
| h   Hammer-on

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Published: August 20, 2025

Last updated: August 20, 2025

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