(intro) Harmonica tabbed for guitar 
 
   D  D/C#    D/B     A7     D  D/C#    D/B 
e | -5(hold)---7--5---------- | -5(hold)---7--5(hold)- |  
B | -----------------7-----7- | ---------------------- |  
G | --------------------7---- | ---------------------- |  
 
 
(verse) 
D               D/C# 
I came in off a dead end street 
D/B                 A7 
Walked in slow and took a back row seat 
D            D/C#          D/B         A7 
I knew I had nothing new to say 
D                      D/C#              
So many people looking so burned out  
D/B                    A               G            A 
I couldn't help feeling bad about just having to be there anyway 
 
(verse) 

A friend of a friend from work came in 

I never have known what to make of him 

He'd always seemed to be so insincere to me 

You know I've always been afraid of a 12 step crowd 

They laugh too much and talk too loud 

Like they all know where everyone should be 
 
(chorus) 
            D   D/C#   D/B 
It's been a l---o---n---g 
    A        G 
A long long year 
            D  D/C#   D/B 
Its been a l---o---n---g 
    A        G 
A long long year 
        A 
How did I get here 
 
(verse) 
They were talking in a circle I was by myself 
Everyone was telling everyone how they felt 
It felt like so long since I'd been young 
As the circle kept moving its way to the back 
I was wondering what I was going to say in fact 
I still didn't know, as it rolled off my tongue 
 
(chorus) 
 
(harmonica solo) (Not positive of the last two measures.  It definitely sounds lower.) 
 
   D  D/C#    D/B     A7     G G/F#     Em  A7   G   G/F#      Em      A7 
e | -5(hold)---7--5---------- | -5(hold)---7--5----- | ------------------------ |  
B | -----------------7-----7- | -------------------- | -7--8--7-----7--8--7--5- |  
G | --------------------7---- | -------------------- | ----------7------------- |  
 
 
(verse) 
I didn't say a word all the way to my car 
But a little later on that night at the bar 
I was telling everyone how strange my day had been 
They say brother all you need is another shot 
So I threw one down and said thanks a lot 
As I thought to myself, well here we go again