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A Long December

Counting Crows
ChordsKeyFCapoFret 3beginner71 BPM
4.9(3k)

Chords in this song4

capo 3 — sounds 3 semitones higher

Song

-------------------Author's Note------------------
Standard Tuning
Capo 3rd Fret
Intro:
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
On the second G, he plays G Em G as eighth notes.
Chorus "-stop-" goes 2 quarter notes and then two quick staccato eighth notes.
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Intro

| D G | Em G | D G | Em |

Verse

A long December and there's reason to believe 
Maybe this year will be better than the last
I can't remember the last thing that you said 
as you were leavin'
Now the days go by so fast

Chorus

And it's one more day up in the canyons
And it's one more night in Hollywood
D G Em -stop- D
If you think that I could be forgiven...I wish you would
nanananananananana.. yeah 

Verse

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

Chorus

And it's one more day up in the canyons
And it's one more night in Hollywood
D G Em -stop- D
If you think you might come to California...I think you should
nanananananananana.. yeah

Break

| D G | Em G | D G | Em |

Verse

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

Chorus

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

Outro

And it's one more day up in the canyon
And it's one more night in Hollywood
D G Em -stop- D
It's been so long since I've seen the ocean...I guess I should
nanananananananana.... yeah  
nanananananananana.... yeah 

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