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The Long Black Road

Biography:

Bob Schneider (born October 12, 1965) is an American musician based in Austin, TX. He is the former lead-singer of Ugly Americans.

For nearly ten years, Schneider has performed a Monday night residency at the Saxon Pub, an intimate and legendary venue on South Lamar, Austin, Texas. Schneider and the members of Lonelyland, the band name that he uses to keep these shows “underground,” are seated on stage as they work through a “live rehearsal” of songs that Schneider calls up from his repertoire of over four hundred songs.

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ARTIST: Bob Schneider & Mitch Watkins
TITLE: "The Long Black Road"
ALBUM: "Underneath The Onion Trees"

~Transcribed by Connor Roberts
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ORDER: Intro, Verse 1, Interlude 1, Verse 2, Interlude 2, Verse 3, Interlude 2, Interlude 2

CHORDS:
G C F#4 Bb4 G4 A7sus4 D2
e--3-- --3-- --6-- --10-- --7-- --3-- --3--
B--3-- --3-- --6-- --10-- --7-- --3-- --3--
G--0-- --0-- --0-- ---0-- --0-- --0-- --0--
D--0-- --2-- --0-- ---0-- --0-- --0-- --0--
A--2-- --3-- --5-- ---9-- --6-- --0-- --0--
E--3-- --x-- --6-- --10-- --7-- --0-- --2--

INTRO:
G, C, G, G (x2)

VERSE PROGRESSION:
G C G C G
There's a big black heart, in a big black hole
C G C G
In a big black box, a the bottom, of the big black sea
F#4 G F#4 G
And there's a long black road ahead
A7sus4, D2 (Intro Riff, then Interlude #)
Waiting for me...

INTERLUDE 1: (used after verse 1)
G, C, G, G
G, C, G, G
F#4, G, F#4, G
A7sus4, D2, G
(play all lines again, then go to 2nd verse)

INTERLUDE 2: (used after verses 2 & 3 and also repeated for ending)
G, C, G, G
G, C, G, G
F#4, G, Bb4, G4
A7sus4, D2, G
(play all lines again, then go to 3rd verse -or- repeat 2 more times for ending and fade out)

PICKING PROGRESSION: (example of where to finger for each chord during song)
For "C" Only For "G"/"A7sus4"/"D2" For "F#4"/"Bb4"/"G4"
e-------x--------||----------x----------||----x-----x-----------||
B--x-------x-----||----x--------x-------||-------------x--------||
G----x--------x--||----x--x--------x----||----------------------||
D----------------||---------------------||----------------------||
A--x-------------||---------------------||----------------------||
E----------------||----x----------------||----x--x--------------||

NOTES:
*For the intro and first two lines of the verses and interludes, you are NOT
going to play: G, C, G, C, but it is G, C, G, G...do not play a second "C" in
there, there is only 1 "C" note in that progression, it does not alternate back
to "C" again on the 4th note, just G, C, G, G (you may want to try a variation on
the finger picking in the last G to kind of give and audible cue as to an end to
the riff, or moving on to the verses, etc...)

*Although this is played on two guitars, it is written this way for one
guitar...the notes: "F#4", "Bb4", "G4", and "A7sus4" are all played by the second
guitar whenever applicable in the song, while the first guitar keeps playing the
intro riff...but since both parts are so minor I combined them, because this song
can be played on one guitar, and still sound great.

*Even though the song fades out, I like playing the end gradually slowing down
interlude 2 the final repetition, and ending with one downward strum on the G
chord after picking the last G; just a thought to make the end sound good while
not ending too abruptly.