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		             ALong (x02220@1)December - Counting Crows
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Tabbed by: Sean Hummer
Email: allstar21369@hotmail.com

A Long December is one of my favorite songs ever and I find this playing of
the song sounds fuller and more like the album version.

I've included a few tab riffs which include certain melody and lead parts to
give a more satisfying sound which resembles the album version of the song.


Tuning- A full step down or D Tuning

This riff is played at various parts after certain C chords which I
noted with an asterisk *
e|----------|
B|----------|
G|------0~--|
D|--0h2-----|
A|3---------|
E|----------|

This riff is played at various parts after certain Am chords which I
noted with two asterisks **
e|------3~--|
B|--0h1-----|
G|2---------|
D|----------|
A|----------|
E|----------|


Intro-
G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)  Am (x02210@1)  C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G    C (x32010@1)  Am (x02210@1)
Verse 1-
C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)         Am (x02210@1) A long December and there's reason to believe
      C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)             C* (x32010@1)Maybe this year will be better than the last
 Am (x02210@1)           C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)                 D (xx0232@1)  I can't remember the last thing that you said as you were
Amleavin' (x02210@1)        G (320003@1)           CNow (x32010@1)the days go by so fast
         G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)       Am** (x02210@1)And it's one more day up in the canyons
         G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)        AmAnd (x02210@1)it's one more night in Hollywood
       G (320003@1)                C (x32010@1)   AmIf (x02210@1)you think that I could be forgiven... I wish you would.


Chorus-
G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)  Am (x02210@1)          C (x32010@1)  Na, na-na, na. Na, na-na, na-na, na-na, na, na.
G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)  Am (x02210@1)  Na, na-na, na. Yeah...

Or to play it with a little lead...

  G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)           Am (x02210@1)          Ce|----3--3^3--------3--3^3--------3--3^3--------3--3^3----| (x32010@1)B|0h1-3--3^3----0h1-3--3^3----0h1-3--3^3----0h1-3--3^3----|
G|0---0--0^0----0---0--0^0----0---0--0^0----0---0--0^0----|
D|----0--0^0--------0--0^0--------2--2^2--------0--0^0----|
A|----x---------3---3---------0---0---------3---3---------|
E|3---3---------------------------------------------------|

  G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)     Ame|----------------3~----| (x02210@1)B|0~--0x--1~--3---1~----|
G|0~--0x--0~--0~--0~----|
D|0~--0x--0~--0~--2~----|
A|x-------3~--3~--0~----|
E|3~--------------------|


Verse 2-
 C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)  The smell of hospitals in winter
        Am (x02210@1)              C (x32010@1)          GAnd (320003@1)the feeling that it's all a lot of oysters, but no
 Cpearls (x32010@1)Am (x02210@1)      C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)  All at once you look across a crowded room
           Am (x02210@1)             G (320003@1)         CTo (x32010@1)see the way that light attaches to a girl
         G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)       AmAnd (x02210@1)it's one more day up in the canyons
         G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)     AmAnd (x02210@1)it's one more night in Hollywood
       G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)         AmIf (x02210@1)you think you might come to California... I think you should


Chorus-
G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)  Am (x02210@1)          C (x32010@1)  Na, na-na, na. Na, na-na, na-na, na-na, na, na.
G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)  Am (x02210@1)  Na, na-na, na. Yeah...

With lead...

  G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)           Am (x02210@1)          Ce|----3--3^3--------3--3^3--------3--3^3--------3--3^3----| (x32010@1)B|0h1-3--3^3----0h1-3--3^3----0h1-3--3^3----0h1-3--3^3----|
G|0---0--0^0----0---0--0^0----0---0--0^0----0---0--0^0----|
D|----0--0^0--------0--0^0--------2--2^2--------0--0^0----|
A|----x---------3---3---------0---0---------3---3---------|
E|3---3---------------------------------------------------|

  G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)     Ame|----------------3~----| (x02210@1)B|0~--0x--1~--3---1~----|
G|0~--0x--0~--0~--0~----|
D|0~--0x--0~--0~--2~----|
A|x-------3~--3~--0~----|
E|3~--------------------|


Bridge-
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G   C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1)With lead...

  G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)                 Ame|------------------------------------------------------| (x02210@1)B|------------------0v0--0v0--0--0----0-0--0^0--0--0----|
G|2--4v4--2--4----2-2v2--4v4--2--4----2-2--4^4--2--4----|
D|0--0v0--0--0----0-x-x--x-x--x--x----x-x--x-x--x--x----|
A|x--x-x--x--x----x-3v3--3v3--3--3----3-0--0^0--0--0----|
E|3--3v3--3--3----3-------------------------------------|

  Ce|------------------------| (x32010@1)B|------------------------|
G|5^5--5-5--5^5--4-2-0----|
D|x-x--x-x--x-x--x-x-x----|
A|3^3--3^3--3^3--3-3-3----|
E|------------------------|

  G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)                Ame|-------------------------------------------| (x02210@1)B|------------------0--0--0-0-0-0-0----------|
G|2--4v4--2--4----2-4--4--2-4-2-0-2----0~----|
D|0--0v0--0--0----0-x--x--x-x-x-x-x----2~----|
A|x--x-x--x--x----x-3--3--3-3-3-3-3----0~----|
E|3--3v3--3--3----3--------------------------|


Verse 3-
 C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)            Am (x02210@1)  Drove up to Hillside Manor sometime after two a.m.
    C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)             CAnd (x32010@1)talked a little while about the year
Am (x02210@1)           C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)  I guess the winter makes you laugh a little slower,
           Am (x02210@1)          G (320003@1)             CMakes (x32010@1)you talk a little lower about the things you could not
show her
                C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)                  D (xx0232@1)         AmAnd (x02210@1)it's been a long December and there's reason to believe
      C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)             CMaybe (x32010@1)this year will be better than the last
Am (x02210@1)         C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)  I can't remember all the times I tried to tell my myself
   Am (x02210@1)             G (320003@1)             CTo (x32010@1)hold on to these moments as they pass
         G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)       AmAnd (x02210@1)it's one more day up in the canyons
         G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)        AmAnd (x02210@1)it's one more night in Hollywood
     G (320003@1)                     C (x32010@1)          AmIt's (x02210@1)been so long since I've seen the ocean... I guess I should


Chorus-
G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)  Am (x02210@1)          C (x32010@1)  Na, na-na, na. Na, na-na, na-na, na-na, na, na.
G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)  Am (x02210@1)  Na, na-na, na. Yeah...

With lead...

  G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)           Am (x02210@1)          Ce|----3--3^3--------3--3^3--------3--3^3--------3--3^3----| (x32010@1)B|0h1-3--3^3----0h1-3--3^3----0h1-3--3^3----0h1-3--3^3----|
G|0---0--0^0----0---0--0^0----0---0--0^0----0---0--0^0----|
D|----0--0^0--------0--0^0--------2--2^2--------0--0^0----|
A|----x---------3---3---------0---0---------3---3---------|
E|3---3---------------------------------------------------|

  G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)     Ame|----------------3~----| (x02210@1)B|0~--0x--1~--3---1~----|
G|0~--0x--0~--0~--0~----|
D|0~--0x--0~--0~--2~----|
A|x-------3~--3~--0~----|
E|3~--------------------|

E-mail me any suggestions or corretions and I'll update it.
Enjoy!


| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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