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From:   Peter Eybert [pjoe@charon.muc.de]
Sent:   Saturday, January 03, 1998 9:01 AM

Long Promised Road 

written by Carl Wilson/Jack Rieley
performed by the Beach Boys
from "Surf's up", 1971
transcribed by Peter Eybert 
        

Cmaj7 (x32000@1)           Em7
So hard to answer future's riddle
      Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)         F6 (15xxxx@1)     Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) F6When (15xxxx@1)ahead is seeming so far behind
Cmaj7 (x32000@1)            Em7
So hard to laugh a child-like giggle
         Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)        F6 (15xxxx@1)       Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) F6When (15xxxx@1)the tears start to torture my mind
G (320003@1)                 Dm7
So hard to shed the life of before
   F7 (131241@1)   F7/C     F7 (131241@1)      F7/C
To let my soul automatically soar

      C (x32010@1)             F (133211@1)              F7But (131241@1)I hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah
C (x32010@1)                F (133211@1)          F9Knock (101011@1)down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me
C (x32010@1)               Dm7               F/D#       F9 (101011@1)F6/9 (100011@1)F7 (131241@1)F7/C
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

Cmaj7 (x32000@1)              Em7
Sew up the wounds of evolution
        Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)       F6 (15xxxx@1)      Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) F6And (15xxxx@1)the now starts to get in my way
Cmaj7 (x32000@1)              Em7
So what if life's a revelation
       Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)        F6 (15xxxx@1)   Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) F6If (15xxxx@1)the mind speaks of only today
   G (320003@1)               Dm7
So real, the pain of growing in soul
   F7 (131241@1)     F7/C    F7 (131241@1)    F7/C
Of climbing up to reality's goal


But I hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah
Knock down all the roaddblocks a-stumbling me
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

F (133211@1)                 Dm7
Long promised road, trail starts at dawn
        Em7                Am (x02210@1)    Asus (x02230@1) Am (x02210@1)Am9Carries (x02413@1)on to the season's ending
F (133211@1)                 Dm7
Long promised road, flows to the source, 
       Em7          Am (x02210@1)   Asus (x02230@1) Am (x02210@1)   Em7/H
gentle force, never ending, never ending

   Cmaj7 (x32000@1) Em7
So hard to lift the jeweled sceptre
         Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)        F6 (15xxxx@1)       Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) F6When (15xxxx@1)the weight turns a smile to a frown
   Cmaj7 (x32000@1) Em7
So hard to drink of passion nectar
         Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)         F6 (15xxxx@1)       Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) F6When (15xxxx@1)the taste of life's holding me down
   G (320003@1)               Dm7
So hard to plant the seed of reform
   F7 (131241@1)   F7/C        F7 (131241@1)        F7/C
To set my sights on defeating the storm

So I hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah
Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

Am G6  Em7 F  (C H)
AmG6  F (133211@1) FF7 F6 (15xxxx@1)CHit (x32010@1)hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah
Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

Oh, yeah-eah-eah-eah

Hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah
Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down
F7I'd (131241@1)love to see you
CI'd (x32010@1)love to see you
FI'd (133211@1)love to see you
CI'd (x32010@1)love to see you
FI'd (133211@1)love to see you
CI'd (x32010@1)love to see you

-- 
pjoe@charon.muc.de