More songs by Counting Crows

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- T-rev

"A LONG DECEMBER" by Counting Crows www.countingcrows.com
From their 1996 album Recovering the Satellites
Written by Adam Duritz
Transcribed by T-rev www.t-rev.net

F   Bb2   Gm   Bb2
F   Bb2   Gm

Bb          F                  C         Gm
   A long December and there's reason to believe
         Bb                F               Bb
   Maybe this year will be better than the last
Gm            Bb         F                   C
   I can't remember the last thing that you said
                Gm               F            Bb2
   As you were leaving, now the days go by so fast

                       F               Bb            Gm
              And it's one more day up in the canyons
                        F                 Bb       Gm
              And it's one more night in Hollywood
                     F                  Bb         Gm
              If you think that I could be forgiven
                         F     Bb  Gm  Bb  F  Bb  Gm
              I wish you would

Bb               F            C             Gm
   The smell of hospitals in winter and the feeling
              Bb           F               Bb
   That it's all a lot of oysters, but no pearls
Gm         Bb              F               C
   All at once, you look across a crowded room
               Gm              F            Bb2
   To see the way that light attaches to a girl

                       F               Bb            Gm
              And it's one more day up in the canyons
                        F                 Bb       Gm
              And it's one more night in Hollywood
                            F                 Bb        Gm
              If you think you might come to California
                          F     Bb  Gm  Bb  F  Bb  Gm
              I think you should

Bb              F              C              Gm
   Drove up to Hillside Manor sometime after 2 A.M
        Bb              F               Bb
   And talked a little while about the year
Gm              Bb               F              C
   I guess the winter makes you laugh a little slower
              Gm            F
   Makes you talk a little lower
              Bb2
   About the things you could not show her and it's been a

Bb         F                  C         Gm
   Long December and there's reason to believe
         Bb                F               Bb
   Maybe this year will be better than the last
Gm            Bb             F                C
   I can't remember all the times I tried to tell my myself
       Gm               F               Bb2
   To hold on to these moments as they pass


                       F               Bb            Gm
              And it's one more day up in the canyons
                         F                 Bb       Gm
               And it's one more night in Hollywood
                          F                  Bb        Gm
               It's been so long since I've seen the ocean
                        F     Bb  Gm  Bb  F  Bb  Gm
              I guess I should

Transcribed 2024-09-23 by T-rev
More tab available at www.t-rev.net

133211 F
x13311 Bb2
355333 Gm
x32010 C

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