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.