{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":606345,"song":"A Long December","artist":"Counting Crows","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/606345-a-long-december-chords-by-counting-crows/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/606345?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":2837,"content":"-------------------Author's Note------------------\r\nStandard Tuning\r\nCapo 3rd Fret\r\n\r\nIntro:\r\n1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOn the second G, he plays G Em G as eighth notes.[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus \"-stop-\" goes 2 quarter notes and then two quick staccato eighth notes.\r\n--------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n| [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  | [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  | [ch]Em[/ch]    |\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nA long December and there's reason to believe[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMaybe this year will be better than the last[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\n   I can't remember the last thing that you said[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nas you were leavin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow the days go by so fast[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]    \r\nAnd it's one more day up in the canyons[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd it's one more night in Hollywood[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch] -stop-           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf you think that I could be forgiven...I wish you would[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nnanananananananana.. yeah[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe smell of hospitals in winter[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the feeling that it's all a lot of oysters, but no pearls[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\n   All at once you look across a crowded room[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo see the way that light attaches to a girl[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]    \r\nAnd it's one more day up in the canyons[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd it's one more night in Hollywood[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch] -stop-         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf you think you might come to California...I think you should[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nnanananananananana.. yeah[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Break]\r\n| [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  | [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  | [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  | [ch]Em[/ch]    |\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDrove up to the Hillside Manor sometime after two a.m.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd talked a little while about the year[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI guess the winter makes you laugh a little slower[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMakes you talk a little lower about[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthe things you could not show her[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd it's been a long December and there's reason to believe[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMaybe this year will be better than the last[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\n  I can't remember all the times I tried to tell myself[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo hold on to these moments as they pass[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]    \r\nAnd it's one more day up in the canyon[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd it's one more night in Hollywood[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch] -stop-           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt's been so long since I've seen the ocean...I guess I should[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nnanananananananana.... yeah[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nnanananananananana.... yeah[/tab]","plain_text":"-------------------Author's Note------------------\nStandard Tuning\nCapo 3rd Fret\n\nIntro:\n1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4\n\n\nChorus \"-stop-\" goes 2 quarter notes and then two quick staccato eighth notes.\n--------------------------------------------------\n\n\n[Intro]\n| D  G  | Em  G | D  G  | Em    |\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Break]\n| D  G  | Em  G  | D  G  | Em    |\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["D","G","Em","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}