Intro: F Bb Gm Bb F Bb 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 as you were leavin' F Bb Now the days go by so fast F Bb Gm Bb And it's one more day up in the canyons F Bb Gm Bb And it's one more night in Hollywood F Bb Gm -stop- F If you think that I could be forgiven...I wish you would Bb Gm Bb .... nanananananananana.. The smell of hospitals in winter And the feeling that it's all a lot of oysters, but no pearls All at once you look across a crowded room To see the way that light attaches to a girl And it's one more day up in the conyons And it's one more night in Hollywood If you think you might come to California...I think you should Drove up to the Hillside Manor sometime after two a.m. And talked a little while about the year I guess the winter makes you laugh a little slower Makes you talk a little lower about the things you could not show her And it's been a long December and there's reason to believe Maybe this year will be better than the last I can't remember all the times I tried to tell myself To hold on to these moments as they pass And it's been one more day up in the canyon And it's one more night in Hollywood It's been so long since I've seen the ocean...I guess I should ----------------------------------- Counting Crows...long december 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 Gm I can't remember the last thing you said as you were leavin' F Bb Now the days go by so fast Chorus: 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 | Bb.. If you think that I could be forgiven... I wish you would F Bb Na na na na Gm Bb Na na na na na na na na na F Bb Gm Na na na na yeah Bb F The smell of hospitals in winter C Bb F And the feeling that it's all a lot of oysters, but no pearls Bb Gm F All at once you look across a crowded room C Gm F Bb 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 | Bb.. If you think you might come to California. ..I think you should Bb F C Gm Drove up to Hillside Manor sometime after two 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 Bb Makes you talk a little lower about the things you could not show her Bb F C Gm And it's been 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 all the times I tried to tell myself Gm Bb To hold on to these moments as they pass F Bb Gm And it's one more day up in the canyon F Bb Gm And it's one more night in Hollywood F Bb Gm | Bb.. It's been so long since I've seen the ocean... I guess I should DO THE NA NA NA THING AGAIN RIGHT HERE Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 19:59:51 EST From: Max Entropy A Long December by The Counting Crows from Recovering The Satellites brought to you by Tony Donato and Sal Ferrarello NOTE: This is A Long December in a different key than already exists in the file by Michael A. Mazur. I find this key easier to play in and it still sounds great. [C]A long [G]December and there's [D]reason to [Am]believe Maybe [C]this year will be [G]better than the [C]last [C]I can't [G]remember the last thing that you [D]said as you were [Am]leavin' Now the [C]days go [G]by so [C]fast And it's [G]one more day up [C]in the can[Am]yons And it's [G]one more night [C]in Hollywood[Am] If you [G]think that I could [C]be for[Am]given...I wish you would [Chorus: G C Am D G C Am] [C]The smell of [G]hospitals in [D]winter And the [Am]feeling that it's [C]all a lot of [G]oysters, but no [C]pearls All at [G]once you look [D]across a crowded [Am]room To see the [C]way that light [G]attaches to a [C]girl And it's [G]one more day up [C]in the can[Am]yons And it's [G]one more night [C]in Hollywood[Am] If you [G]think you might [C]come to Cali[Am]fornia...I think you should [Chorus] [C]Drove up to [G]Hillside Manor [D]sometime after [Am]two a.m. And [C]talked a little [G]while about the [C]year I guess the [G]winter makes you [D]laugh a little [Am]slower, Makes you [C]talk a little [G]lower about the [C]things you could not show her And it's been a long [G]December and there's [D]reason to [Am]believe Maybe [C]this year will be [G]better than the [C]last I can't [G]remember all the [D]times I tried to [Am]tell my myself To [C]hold on to these [G]moments as they [C]pass And it's [G]one more day up [C]in the can[Am]yons And it's [G]one more night [C]in Hollywood[Am] It's [G]been so long since I've [C]seen the ocean[Am]...I guess I should [Chorus]