#research. Remember to view this file in Courier, or other monospaced font. # #See http://www.olga.net/faq/ for more information. # Subject: c/counting_crows/a_long_december.crd Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 00:20:02 -0800 From: Stefan Nijenhuis <s.nijenhuis@pi.net> A Long December - Counting Crows (from cd 'Recovering the satelites') pretty correct to me. if you have any correction, please mail them to me. grtz. STF. intro: F Bb Gm Bb F Bb Gm

^BbA long De^Fcember and there's ^Creason to bel^Gmieve Maybe ^Bbthis year will be ^Fbetter than the ^Bblast I ^Gmcan't re^Bbmember the ^Flast thing that you ^Csaid as you were ^Gmleavin' Now the ^Fdays go by so ^Bbfast And it's ^Fone more day up ^Bbin the cany^Gmons ^Bb And it's ^Fone more night in ^BbHollywood^Gm ^Bb F Bb Gm -stop- F If you think that I could be forgiven...I wish you would Bb Gm Bb .... nanananananananana..

The smell of hospitals in winter And the feeling that it's all a lot of oysters, but no pearls All at once you look across a crowded room To see the way that light attaches to a girl And it's one more day up in the conyons And it's one more night in Hollywood If you think you might come to California...I think you should Drove up to the Hillside Manor sometime after two a.m. And talked a little while about the year I guess the winter makes you laugh a little slower Makes you talk a little lower about the things you could not show her And it's been a long December and there's reason to believe Maybe this year will be better than the last I can't remember all the times I tried to tell myself To hold on to these moments as they pass And it's been one more day up in the canyon And it's one more night in Hollywood It's been so long since I've seen the ocean...I guess I should ----------------------------------- Tabbed by Stefan and Dennis Nijenhuis s.nijenhuis@pi.net Counting Crows...long december Transcribed By Hogfrog

^BbA long December ^Fand there's reason to belie^Cve ^Gm Maybe this ^Bbyear will be better tha^Fn the last ^Bb ^Gm I can't re^Bbmember the last thing y^Fou said as you were leavin' ^C ^Gm Now the ^Fdays go by so ^Bbfast

Chorus:

And it's one m^Fore day up in the can^Bbyons ^Gm And it's one m^Fore night in Hollywood^Bb ^Gm F Bb Gm | Bb.. If you think that I could be forgiven... I wish you would

^FNa na na n^Bba ^GmNa na na na ^Bbna na na na na ^FNa na na n^Bba yeah ^Gm

^BbThe smell of hospital^Fs in winter And the feeling t^Chat it's all a lot of oysters, but no pear^Bbls ^F ^BbAll at once^Gm you look across a cro^Fwded room To s^Cee the way tha^Gmt light attaches to a g^Firl ^Bb

And it's one mor^Fe day up in the canyons ^Bb ^Gm And it's one mor^Fe night in Hollywood ^Bb ^Gm F Bb Gm | Bb.. If you think you might come to California. ..I think you should

^BbDrove up to Hillside ^FManor sometime after two ^Ca.m. ^Gm And talked ^Bba little while abo^Fut the year ^Bb ^GmI guess the winter mak^Bbes you laugh a little ^Fslower, ^C Makes you talk a lit^Gmtle lower about ^Fthe things you could not ^Bb show her

^BbAnd it's been a long December and ^Fthere's reason to believe ^C ^Gm Maybe this year^Bb will be better than the^F last ^Bb ^GmI can't rememb^Bber all the times I tr^Fied to tell myself ^C To hold on t^Gmo these moments as they pass ^Bb And it's one mor^Fe day up in the canyon ^Bb ^Gm And it's one mor^Fe night in Hollywood ^Bb ^Gm F Bb Gm | Bb.. It's been so long since I've seen the ocean... I guess I should

DO THE NA NA NA THING AGAIN RIGHT HERE Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 19:59:51 EST From: Max Entropy <max_entropy@juno.com> A Long December by The Counting Crows from Recovering The Satellites brought to you by Tony Donato and Sal Ferrarello NOTE: This is A Long December in a different key than already exists in the file by Michael A. Mazur. I find this key easier to play in and it still sounds great. [C]A long [G]December and there's [D]reason to [Am]believe Maybe [C]this year will be [G]better than the [C]last [C]I can't [G]remember the last thing that you [D]said as you were [Am]leavin' Now the [C]days go [G]by so [C]fast And it's [G]one more day up [C]in the can[Am]yons And it's [G]one more night [C]in Hollywood[Am] If you [G]think that I could [C]be for[Am]given...I wish you would [Chorus: G C Am D G C Am] [C]The smell of [G]hospitals in [D]winter And the [Am]feeling that it's [C]all a lot of [G]oysters, but no [C]pearls All at [G]once you look [D]across a crowded [Am]room To see the [C]way that light [G]attaches to a [C]girl And it's [G]one more day up [C]in the can[Am]yons And it's [G]one more night [C]in Hollywood[Am] If you [G]think you might [C]come to Cali[Am]fornia...I think you should [Chorus] [C]Drove up to [G]Hillside Manor [D]sometime after [Am]two a.m. And [C]talked a little [G]while about the [C]year I guess the [G]winter makes you [D]laugh a little [Am]slower, Makes you [C]talk a little [G]lower about the [C]things you could not show her And it's been a long [G]December and there's [D]reason to [Am]believe Maybe [C]this year will be [G]better than the [C]last I can't [G]remember all the [D]times I tried to [Am]tell my myself To [C]hold on to these [G]moments as they [C]pass And it's [G]one more day up [C]in the can[Am]yons And it's [G]one more night [C]in Hollywood[Am] It's [G]been so long since I've [C]seen the ocean[Am]...I guess I should [Chorus] Any questions or comments can be sent to max_Entropy@juno.com Date: Mon, 07 Jul 1997 16:06:07 -0400 From: "Matt J. MacDonald" <rblmmacd@cnwl.igs.net> Cc: "Matt J. MacDonald" <rblmmacd@cnwl.igs.net> Subject: "A Long December" by Counting Crows Long December by Counting Crows Transcribed By Matt J. MacDonald Here is a correcction and improvment on a file posted earlier, it is easier to play it this way because there are no barre chords (because of the capo) with just one guitar accompanying yourself for instance. It probably sounds ok with a band too. Enjoy! *****CAPO 3*****(actual chords in brackets for piano purposes) INTRO: D(F) G(Bb) Em(Gm) G(Bb) D(F) G(Bb) Em(Gm)...(add7)? <-----(not too sure) right before the words come in do this: (relative to the capo) A|------------------------| E|-10\3-------------------| and on the 3 come in with the G(Bb) chord G(Bb) D(F) A(C) Em(Gm) A long December and there's reason to believe G(Bb) D(F) G(Bb) Maybe this year will be better than the last Em(Gm) G(Bb) D(F) A(C) Em(Gm) I can't remember the last thing you said as you were leavin' D(F) G(Bb) Now the days go by so fast Chorus: D(F) G(Bb) Em(Gm) And it's one more day up in the canyons D(F) G(Bb) Em(Gm) And it's one more night in Hollywood D(F) G(Bb) Em(Gm)...| If you think that I could be forgiven... I wish you would D(F) G(Bb) Na na na na Em(Gm) G(Bb) Na na na na na na na na na D(F) G(Bb) Em(Gm) Na na na na yeah G(Bb) D(F) A(C) The smell of hospitals in winter Em(Gm) G(Bb) D(F) G(Bb) And the feeling that it's all a lot of oysters, but no pearls Em(Gm) G(Bb) D(F) A(C) All at once you look across a crowded room Em(Gm) D(F) G(Bb) To see the way that light attaches to a girl D(F) G(Bb) Em(Gm) And it's one more day up in the canyons D(F) G(Bb) Em(Gm) And it's one more night in Hollywood D(F) G(Bb) Em(Gm)... | If you think you might come to California. ..I think you should D(F) G(Bb) Na na na na Em(Gm) G(Bb) Na na na na na na na na na D(F) G(Bb) Em(Gm) Na na na na yeah SOLO:(over same chords) E---|-------------------------------------------------------|-----------| B---|-------------------------------------------------------|-----------| G---|-------------------------------------------------------|-----------| D-4-|-4-4-2-4--4-4-4-4-2-4--2-4-4-2-4-4-2-4-5-5-5-5-5-4-2-0-|-2-4-4-2-4-| A---|-------------------------------------------------------|-----------| E---|-------------------------------------------------------|-----------| E|------------------------| B|------------------------| G|------------------------| D|-2-4-4-4-4-2-4-2-0-2-0--| A|------------------------| E|------------------------| G(Bb) D(F) A(C) Em(Gm) Drove up to Hillside Manor sometime after two a.m. G(Bb) D(F) G(Bb) And talked a little while about the year Em(Gm) G(Bb) D(F) A(C) I guess the winter makes you laugh a little slower, Em(Gm) D(F) G(Bb) Makes you talk a little lower about the things you could not show her G(Bb) D(F) A(C) Em(Gm) And it's been a long December and there's reason to believe G(Bb) D(F) G(Bb) Maybe this year will be better than the last Em(Gm) G(Bb) D(F) A(C) I can't remember all the times I tried to tell myself Em(Gm) D(F) G(Bb) To hold on to these moments as they pass D(F) G(Bb) Em(Gm) And it's one more day up in the canyon D(F) G(Bb) Em(Gm) And it's one more night in Hollywood D(F) G(Bb) Em(Gm)...NC | It's been so long since I've seen the ocean... I guess I should (do this next part 4X) (on 3rd time you can play the solo over, D(F) G(Bb) but it might not sound good without at least Na na na na 2 guitars.) Em(Gm) G(Bb) Na na na na na na na na na D(F) G(Bb) Em(Gm) Na na na na yeah (last time:) Em(Gm) Em(Gm) Em(Gm) yeah...yeah.....yeah

Counting Crows - A long december