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Long Away

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---------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Long Away – Queen
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Written by: Brian May
From: “A Day at the Races” (1976)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro] / [Verse] / [Chorus]
On the recording this is played on a 12-string. This tab is adapted for
a 6-string, so the voicings sound a little different.
  A     D/A     A  A   E      E6 E    D            A  A
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4  +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------10---9-|9---------------|
B|2-----3-3-----2-|2---0-------2-0-|--7---10--10---10|10--------------|
G|2-----2-2-----2-|2---1-------1-1-|--7---11--11---9-|9---------------|
D|2-----4-4-----2-|2---2-------2-2-|--7---12-------11|11--------------|
A|0-----0-0-----0-|0---2-----------|---------------0-|0---------------|
E|----------------|----0-----------|-----------------|----------------|
  A    Asus4    A      Asus2 A
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|0-0-------0-----|--0-------------|
B|2-----3-------2-|------0---------|
G|2-----2-------2-|------2---2---2-|
D|2---------------|----------2---2-|
A|0---------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
[Chorus 1 and 2] line 3                 [Chorus 1] last line ("Look for the day")
  D                C#m/D Bm/D             C/D      G/D  D    E   A A
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +        1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|5-5---5---5---5-|--4---2---------|    e|3-----3---3---2-|--0---0-0-------|
B|7-7---7---7---7-|--5---3---------|    B|5-----5---3---3-|--0---2-2-------|
G|7-7---7---7---7-|--6---4---------|    G|5-----5---4---2-|--1---2-2-------|
D|0---------------|--0---0---------|    D|0-----0---0---0-|--2---2-2-------|
A|----------------|----------------|    A|----------------|------0-0-------|
E|----------------|----------------|    E|----------------|----------------|
 (Who knows when now, who knows where) 
 (Leave it for some hopeless  lane)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHORDS (alphabetically)
         E-A-D-G-B-e
A*       x-0-7-6-5-5
A7       x-0-2-2-2-3
Asus2    x-0-2-2-0-0
Asus4    x-0-2-2-3-0
Esus4    0-2-2-2-0-0
Bm/D     x-x-0-4-3-2
C/D      x-x-0-5-5-3
C#m/A    x-0-6-6-5-4
C#m/D    x-x-0-6-5-4
D        x-x-0-7-7-5 (chorus)
D6       x-x-0-2-0-2
D/A      x-0-4-2-3-x
D/E      0-2-2-2-3-2
Dm/F     x-x-3-2-3-1
E9/D     x-x-0-1-0-2
Fmaj7    x-x-3-2-1-0
F6       x-x-3-2-3-1
G/D      x-x-0-4-3-3
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Intro]
  AD/AAE   E6E  D  A
|   |        |  |  |
  AAsus4AAsus2AAsus4AAsus2
|   |   |   |   |
[Verse 1]
    A        D/A     A  E
You might believe in heaven
  D                  A E
                  |      |
I would not care to say
    A     D/A     A  E
For every star in heaven
          D               A
                       |    |
There's a sad soul here today
D                             Bm
Wake up in the morning with a good face
E            Esus4 E   A
Stare at the moon  all day
D                        Bm
Lonely as a whisper on a star chase
     D/E    E
Does anyone care anyway
    A       D/A        A  E
For all the prayers in heaven
   D                   Fmaj7F6
                    |        |
So much of life's this way
[Interlude 1]
  AD/AAE     D6 E9/D
|   |      |  |  |
  AAsus4AAsus2
|   |   |
[Chorus 1]
A       Asus4     A     Asus2
 Did we leave our way behind us
A       Asus4     A     Asus2
 Such a long long way behind us
D                   D   C#m/D Bm/D
Who knows when now, who knows where
A          Asus4    A        Asus2
 Where the light of day will find us
C/D            G/DDE  A
                  | 
Look for the day
[Solo] = verse
  AD/AAE     D  A
|   |      |  |  |
  AD/AAE     D  A
|   |      |  |  |
  D  Bm Esus4E  A
|  |  |   |  |
  D  Bm  D/E  D/E
|  |  |    |    |  %  |  %  |
          (break) (break, let ring)
[Verse 2]
     A        D/A       A    E
Take heart my friend we love you
          D                  A E
                          |      |
Though it seems like you're alone
  A       D/A     A    E
A million lights above you
      D               A
                   |    |
Smile down upon your home
D                            Bm
Hurry put your troubles in a suitcase
E            Esus4 E     A
Come let the new   child play
D                        Bm
Lonely as a whisper on a star chase
     D/E             E
I'm leaving here, I'm long away
    A       D/A      A  E
For all the stars in heaven
  D               Fmaj7     F6    A
                               |    |  %  |  %  |
I would not live I could not live this way
                                      (break, let ring)
[Interlude 2]
  AAsus4AAsus2
|   |   |
[Chorus 2] + coda
A       Asus4     A     Asus2
 Did we leave our way behind us
A       Asus4     A     Asus2
 Such a long long way behind us
D                 D   C#m/D Bm/D
Leave it for some hopeless  lane
A                A                    C#m/A
                 *                    
 Such a long long way, such a long long way
                 A7
Such a long long way
    D                  Dm/F             A
I'm looking for, still looking for that day

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---------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Long Away – Queen
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Written by: Brian May
From: “A Day at the Races” (1976)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Intro]
| A D/A | A E    E6 E | D | A |
| A Asus4 | A Asus2 | A Asus4 | A Asus2 |
[Verse 1]
[Interlude 1]
| A D/A | A E    | D6 | E9/D |
| A Asus4 | A Asus2 |
[Chorus 1]
[Solo] = verse
| A D/A | A E    | D | A |
| A D/A | A E    | D | A |
| D | Bm | Esus4 E | A |
[Verse 2]
                                      (break, let ring)
[Interlude 2]
| A Asus4 | A Asus2 |
[Chorus 2] + coda

Long Away Chords by Queen

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