A Long Time Ago Tabs & Lyrics by Dr. Dog

A Long Time Ago

guitar tabs lyrics

Dr. Dog

Artist: Dr. Dog
Song: A Long Time Ago
Tabbed By: Andy Demczuk ([email protected])

Intro
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Amaj

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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 F#m C#m
a long time ago, 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
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