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Long Promised Road

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The Beach Boys is an iconic American rock band, frequently cited as one of the most influential and commercially successful groups in the history of popular music due to their intricate vocal harmonies, studio experiments, and novel approaches to pop songwriting. Rooted in doo-wop and rock and roll, their early string of vocal surf hits defined the '60s California Sound. For a period afterward, they notably delved into progressive pop styles. often combining elements from classical and jazz in innovative ways.

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From: Peter Eybert [[email protected]]
Sent: Saturday, January 03, 1998 9:01 AM

Long Promised Road

written by Carl Wilson/Jack Rieley
performed by the Beach Boys
from "Surf's up", 1971
transcribed by Peter Eybert

Cmaj7 Em7
So hard to answer future's riddle
Fmaj7 F6 Fmaj7 F6
When ahead is seeming so far behind
Cmaj7 Em7
So hard to laugh a child-like giggle
Fmaj7 F6 Fmaj7 F6
When the tears start to torture my mind
G Dm7
So hard to shed the life of before
F7 F7/C F7 F7/C
To let my soul automatically soar

C F F7
But I hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah
C F F9
Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me
C Dm7 F/D# F9 F6/9 F7 F7/C
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

Cmaj7 Em7
Sew up the wounds of evolution
Fmaj7 F6 Fmaj7 F6
And the now starts to get in my way
Cmaj7 Em7
So what if life's a revelation
Fmaj7 F6 Fmaj7 F6
If the mind speaks of only today
G Dm7
So real, the pain of growing in soul
F7 F7/C F7 F7/C
Of climbing up to reality's goal

But I hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah
Knock down all the roaddblocks a-stumbling me
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

F Dm7
Long promised road, trail starts at dawn
Em7 Am Asus Am Am9
Carries on to the season's ending
F Dm7
Long promised road, flows to the source,
Em7 Am Asus Am Em7/H
gentle force, never ending, never ending

Cmaj7 Em7
So hard to lift the jeweled sceptre
Fmaj7 F6 Fmaj7 F6
When the weight turns a smile to a frown
Cmaj7 Em7
So hard to drink of passion nectar
Fmaj7 F6 Fmaj7 F6
When the taste of life's holding me down
G Dm7
So hard to plant the seed of reform
F7 F7/C F7 F7/C
To set my sights on defeating the storm

So I hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah
Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

Am G6 Em7 F (C H)
Am G6 F F F7 F6

C
Hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah
Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

Oh, yeah-eah-eah-eah

Hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah
Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down
F7
I'd love to see you
C
I'd love to see you
F
I'd love to see you
C
I'd love to see you
F
I'd love to see you
C
I'd love to see you

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