A Long December tab by Counting Crows

Tab: "A Long December," Counting Crows
Transcribed by Michael A. Mazur (mmazur@wpi.edu)

Intro: F Bb Gm Bb
    F Bb Gm

Verse:
Bb   F          C     Gm
A long December ...
      Bb      F        Bb *(Gtr plays fill 1)
Maybe this ...
Gm   Bb      F          C        Gm
I can't remember ...
    F       Bb
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
     F        Bb      Gm
And it's ...
     F         Bb     Gm
And it's ...
    F         Bb     Gm
If you think       ... I wish you would

F   Bb
Na na na na
Gm     Bb
Na na na na na na na na na
F   Bb  Gm
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)
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2--|--2--2--2--0--2-----2--2--2--2--0--2--|
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|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--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--------------|
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End on F