Artist: Dr. Dog
Song: A Long Time Ago
Tabbed By: Andy Demczuk (ajd831@yahoo.com)

Intro
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A (x02220@1)    F# (244322@1)          C#I'm (x43121@1)on loan, Like a christmas tree,
Emaj (022100@1)   Fdim (1201xx@1)             F#m (244222@1)    Emaj (022100@1) Dmaj (xx0232@1)  chop me down, and dress me up
        Dm (xx0231@1)                  A (x02220@1)       F#mwhat (244222@1)if i wind up in the gutter
 D (xx0232@1)          Emaj (022100@1)       or agarbage (x02210@1)truck

Verse progression again:

A F#m | C#m | E Fdim | F#m E | Dmaj Dm | A F#m | D E | E

A (x02220@1)           F#m (244222@1)              C#m (x13321@4)  Turn the clocks back to a memory,
Emaj (022100@1)         Fdim (1201xx@1)        F#m (244222@1)   Emaj (022100@1) Dmaj (xx0232@1)   Turn the memory to stone
              Dm (xx0231@1)                    A (x02220@1)             F#m (244222@1)  DSkip (xx0232@1)that stone across the brandywine
       E (022100@1)                    EEEEEE
and go back home

play the notes                       (Amaj scale)

                 A (x02220@1)name="chord_xx1114@1">G#  F# (244322@1)       E (022100@1)   D (xx0232@1) C# (x43121@1)       B (x2444x@1)    ECuz (022100@1)the    biiiiiiiiiiiiiiird    you named he left your shoulder
 a long time ago
                  A (x02220@1)name="chord_xx1114@1">G#  F# (244322@1)        E (022100@1)   D (xx0232@1)C# (x43121@1)  B (x2444x@1)   Eand (022100@1)the baaaaaaaaaaallllll you threw it hit the ground
 (then quietly play)vvvv
   F#ma (244222@1)long time ago
    Ea (022100@1)long time ago,
    F#m (244222@1)      C#ma (x13321@4)lo-ong time, ago

    Riff on A (x02220@1) then   bass line (EE C# (x43121@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">B EEE (022100@1)C#B) (x43121@1)Ahhhh Ahhhh Ahhhh Ahhh Let me go

Then a 4 bar Interlude- Arpegios between A C#m A C#m


A (x02220@1)     F#m (244222@1)           C#mI (x13321@4)woke up from a fairy tale
 E (022100@1)             Fdim (1201xx@1)          F#m (244222@1)  E (022100@1)  D (xx0232@1)   Washing curtains in the sink
         Dm (xx0231@1)                 A (x02220@1) F#mLiving (244222@1)ever after happily
D (xx0232@1)               E (022100@1)             EEEEEE build up
What would mother think?

            A(note (x02220@1)only, on beats 1 and 3)
I say goodbye to you
            G#You (xx1114@1)and your mother to
            F#And (244322@1)when the train arrives
            G#and (xx1114@1)everybody cries
             AI'll (x02220@1)ride the winded air
            G#that (xx1114@1)blows your stormy hair
             F#and (244322@1)blows your cares away
             G#and (xx1114@1)waits for yesterday, to say,
I'm coming home

Outro
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