Artist: Dr. Dog Song: A Long Time Ago Tabbed By: Andy Demczuk (ajd831@yahoo.com) Intro |----------------------------------------------------------------0--------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------2------2----------0-----------| |-------------2-------------------------2-----1--------1----------------1---------1------1--| |--------2--------2-----4---------4---------------2-------------------------2---------2-----| |---/4------------------------4-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------2------------2----0------------------------------------------------| |---2-----------------------2------------------2---------2\---3----------------------3-----| |-------1--------1--------------2------------------2--------------2---------------2-----2--| |-----------3-----------------------------------------------------------0--2---3-----------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Amaj |-----------------------------------------------------------|---| |---2-----------------------2------------------------------|----| |-------2---------------2-------2----------2---------2----|-----|Or a garbage truckā |-----------2---3---4-----------------0---------0---------|-----| |------------------------------------------------------------|--| |------------------------------------------------------------|--| A F# C# I'm on loan, Like a christmas tree, Emaj Fdim F#m Emaj Dmaj chop me down, and dress me up Dm A F#m what if i wind up in the gutter D Emaj or a garbage truck Verse progression again: A F#m | C#m | E Fdim | F#m E | Dmaj Dm | A F#m | D E | E A F#m C#m Turn the clocks back to a memory, Emaj Fdim F#m Emaj Dmaj Turn the memory to stone Dm A F#m D Skip that stone across the brandywine E EEEEEE and go back home play the notes (Amaj scale) A G# F# E D C# B E Cuz the biiiiiiiiiiiiiiird you named he left your shoulder a long time ago A G# F# E D C# B E and the baaaaaaaaaaallllll you threw it hit the ground (then quietly play)vvvv F#m a long time ago E a long time ago, F#m C#m a lo-ong time, ago Riff on A then bass line (EE C# B E EE C# B) Ahhhh Ahhhh Ahhhh Ahhh Let me go Then a 4 bar Interlude- Arpegios between A C#m A C#m A F#m C#m I woke up from a fairy tale E Fdim F#m E D Washing curtains in the sink Dm A F#m Living ever after happily D E EEEEEE build up What would mother think? A (note only, on beats 1 and 3) I say goodbye to you G# You and your mother to F# And when the train arrives G# and everybody cries A I'll ride the winded air G# that blows your stormy hair F# and blows your cares away G# and waits for yesterday, to say, I'm coming home Outro A C#m |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------2--------------2-------------------1----------------1-------------| |----------2---------------2-------2----------2-------2--------2-------2----------| |------4----------------4----------------4-----------------4----------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------2----------2----5--3--2----3--2---------| |--------2------2---------2---------2------------------2--------------------4------4----2--| |----------- 4-----------------4--------------4--------------------------------------------| |---0---------- ------0--------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|