Tabbed by: adslam3
Tuning: standard with CAPO on 6
READ THIS FIRST, please:
This song is mainly finger picked but I'll give you the chords and you can
figure out the picking pattern - it's pretty simple. Also I'll show you
some of the little embellishment that Jarrod plays as well as the riffs
that you hear throughout the song (Located at the end of the tab).
CHORD CHART - RELATIVE TO CAPO
E A D G B e
A5 : - 0 2 2 2 0
E5 : 0 2 0 2 0 0
E5 : 0 2 2 1 0 0
B5 : - 2 4 4 3 2
D5 : - 5 7 7 7 5 or - - 0 2 3 2
C#5 : - 4 6 6 5 4
All riffs are tabbed at the bottom.
INTRO
A5 - E5 - E5 - RIFF 1
VERSE 1
A5
You can take it all
E5
The gifts you gave
E5
Even rip the pictures off the wall
A5
They're yours now, cause I know you need them
A5
The one thing that I wanted
E5
Was just to take good care of you
E5 A5
A job I'm underqualified to do
A5
But you keep asking me
E5
How long will it be?
E5 A5
And how long, how long has it been?
CHORUS
A5 E5
How long, how long
E5 A5
How long until we meet again?
A5 E5
How long, how long,
E5 A5
How long until I see you again?
VERSE 2 - Use RIFF 1 to lead into second verse.
A5
So you're selling all your clothes
E5 E5
Your records and anything of value that you might own
A5
To help you buy a ticket out of here
A5
The one thing that I wanted
E5 E5
Was just to take good care of you
A5
A job I'm underqualified to do
A5
But you keep asking me
E5
How long will it be?
E5 A5
And how long, how long has it been?
CHORUS
A5 E5
How long, how long
E5 A5
How long until we, til we meet again?
A5 E5
How long, how long
E5 A5
How long until I, til I see you again?
RIFF 2 at 3:11
VERSE 3
A5
Tell me what's the matter
And I can't explain
B5
This won't go on forever
I'll see you again
D5 C#5 B5 E5
As long as I remember the way it all started
The way it all
ENDING
A5
How long
B5
Oh, how long
E5 A5
How long until we, until we meet again?
RIFF 3 (or keep playing an A chord)
It won't be long, it won't be long
A5
How long
B5
Oh, how long
E5 A5
Oh, How long until we, until we meet again?
It won't be long, it won't be long
Here are the chords and the embellishments Jarrod plays on them.
A5
e | -0---0-0--0-0---------- |
B | -2---2-2--2-2---------- |
G | -2---2-2--2-2---------- |
D | -2---0h2--0h2---------- |
A | -0---0----0-0---------- |
E | ----------------------- |
E5 -
e | -0--0-0--0-0-0---0-0-0-- |
B | -0--0-0--3p0---0h2p0-- | This one is the most common as you hear it
G | -2--2-2--2-2-2---2-2-2-- | almost every time he plays it. The notes on
D | -0--0-0--0-0-0---0-0-0-- | the B string are most obvious. In the first
A | -2--0h2--2-2-2---2-2-2-- | two choruses, sometimes he'll just play this
E | -0--0-0--0-0-0---0-0-0-- | as 020230. It's up to you.
E5
e | -0---0-0--- |
B | -0---0-0--- |
G | -1---1-1--- |
D | -2---2-2--- |
A | -2---0h2--- |
E | -0---0-0--- |
RIFFS -This is a few of the riffs you hear and I put the time when
you first hear them.
RIFF 1 - 0:13 RIFF 2 - 3:11 RIFF 3 - 4:05
e | -------------- | ------------------- | ------------------------- |
B | -------------- | ------------------- | ------------------------- |
G | -------------- | ------------------- | ------------------------- |
D | -----2-------- | -------2----------- | -------2---------2------- |
A | -2/4---4p2p0-- | -0-2h4---4-2-0-0h2- | -0-2h4---4-0-2h4---4p2p0- |
E | -------------- | ------------------- | ------------------------- |
NOTE: RIFF 3 can also be played during the singing of "it won't be long,
it won't be long" from 4:06-4:08 and 4:32-4:35.
