Just my take on this tab with corrections from version 1 and 2.. Used the video of
Carlile at Workplay in Birmingham, AL, 9/24/07 for reference.
Capo 7th fret
Brandi Carlile - How These Days Grow Long
Intro: Em Am D G C D Em
Verse 1:
Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1) DI (xx0232@1)left home a long, long time ago
G (320003@1) Cwith (x32010@1)a tin can for the road
Am (x02210@1) D (xx0232@1)name="chord_xx0233@1">Dsus Dwith (xx0232@1)a suitcase and some songs
Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1) DChasing (xx0232@1)miles through the nighttime making tracks
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) DDsus Dwith (xx0232@1)no time for looking back to the place where I belong
Chorus:
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) DHow (xx0232@1)these days grow long, but I'm on my way back home
G (320003@1) CIt's (x32010@1)been hard to be away
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CHow (x32010@1)I miss you and I just wanna kiss you
D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1)Dand (xx0232@1)I'm gonna love you until my dying days
Em (022000@1)D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) EmHow (022000@1)these days grow long
Verse 2
Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1) DWhen (xx0232@1)your sad, you know I wish I could be there
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) DDsus Dto (xx0232@1)make your sorrows disappear and set your troubles free
Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1) DIt's (xx0232@1)not fair for me to be this far from you
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) D (xx0232@1)Dbut (xx0232@1)I promise to stay true where ever I might be
Chours:
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) DTimes (xx0232@1)keeps burning on wheels keep on turning sometimes
G (320003@1) CFeel (x32010@1)I'm wasting my days
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CAnd (x32010@1)how I miss you and I just wanna kiss you
D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1)name="chord_xx0233@1">Dsus Dand (xx0232@1)I'm gonna love you til my dying days
Em (022000@1)D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) EmHow (022000@1)these days grow long
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1)name="chord_xx0233@1">Dsus DTime (xx0232@1)keeps burning on
Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1)G C D Em
How these days grow long
Verse 3:
Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1) DNow (xx0232@1)I'm lost in a sea of sunken dreams
G (320003@1) CWhile (x32010@1)the sound of drunken screams
Am (x02210@1) EmEchoes (022000@1)in the night
Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1) DBut (xx0232@1)I know all of this will come to past
G (320003@1) Cand (x32010@1)I'll be with you at last
Am (x02210@1) Emforever (022000@1)by your side
Chorus:
(Brandi and the twins usually just sing this(no guitar))::
How these days grow long but I'm on my way back home
It's been hard to be away
and how I miss you and I just wanna kiss you
and I'm gonna love you until my dying days
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) DTime (xx0232@1)keeps burning on wheels keep on turning sometimes
G (320003@1) Cfeel (x32010@1)I'm wasting my days
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CHow (x32010@1)I miss you and I just wanna kiss you
D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1)Dand (xx0232@1)I'm gonna love you until my dying days
Em (022000@1)D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) EmHow (022000@1)these days grow long
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) DTime (xx0232@1)keeps burning on
Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1)G C D Em
How these days grow long
