SO LONG
by rilo kiley
from their album 'the execution of all things'
tabbed by drew (iamdrew@gmail.com)
this is such an adorable song. i wish he'd sing more on this album.
i spent so long thinking there was a chord in between Em and G for the chorus "lo~ng"s. but there's not.
it's nice to add a F#/G in there if you're playing acoustic, but i promise it's not in the bass track
anyways, hope you enjoy.
(capo 5, key of F)
E A D G B e
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Cmaj7 x 3 2 0 0 x
G6 3 2 0 0 x x
Am x 0 2 2 1 0
D x x 0 2 3 2
Em 0 2 2 0 0 0
F#/G 2 0 0 0 3 x
Em7 0 2 2 0 3 0
fill
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play this wherever you see a (*) after a G6.
e-|----------------------|-
B-|----1p0-------1p0-----|-
G-|---------0---------0--|-
D-|----------------------|-
A-|----------------------|-
E-|----------------------|-
intro: Cmaj7 G6(*)
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verse:
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Cmaj7 G6(*)
watch me fly away
Cmaj7 G6(*)
through the night sky yeah
Am
now that all you touched
D Cmaj7 G6(*)
has finally turned to gray
Cmaj7 G6(*)
and roads can't hold us down
Cmaj7 G6(*)
winds will move us around
Am D
with no need to return
Cmaj7 G6(*)
to this gray town
chorus:
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Em Am
want to bet? i can tell
Cmaj7 D Em G
you've been in bed for too lo~ng
Cmaj7 D G(*)
so let's just say so long
verse:
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Cmaj7 G6(*)
and i watched you at the cove
Cmaj7 G6(*)
you read on rocks below
Am
and i turned home
D Cmaj7 G6(*)
without so much as a hello
chorus:
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Em Am
want to know where i go
Cmaj7 D Em G
i've been away for too lo~ng
Cmaj7 D
and it's hard to leave
G F#/G Em7
when i haven't seen
Cmaj7 D G6(*)
you in so long
bridge:
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D G
and if we
Em F#/G Cmaj7
had just held out for tomorrow
D G
we might have seen
Em F#/G Cmaj7
what seemed so far away
Em F#/G Cmaj7 / / / / (etc, then) -> Cmaj7 (hold)
we didn't even bother to stay
interlude / solo: Cmaj7 G6(*) Cmaj7 G6(*)
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Cmaj7 G6(*) Cmaj7 G(*)
e-|--0----0--2--0---------------------0----0--2-------3-3--------7--------|-
B-|------------------0----------------------------------------------7--8--|-
G-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-
D-|-----------------------4--5--------------------------------------------|-
A-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-
E-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-
Am D Cmaj7 G6
e-|----------------------0-------------------0------------------------7--------|-
B-|----0--3--0--3--0--3-----3----0--3--0--3-----3--0---------------------7--8--|-
G-|---------------------------------------------------0----------4-------------|-
D-|--------------------------------------------------------4--5----------------|-
A-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-
E-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-
chorus:
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Em Am
there it goes i can tell
Cmaj7 D
you're going to keep
Em G
your eyes to the ground
Cmaj7 D
waiting for something
G F#/G Em
to finally come around
Cmaj7 D
and tell you what you knew
G F#/G Em
that you weren't wrong
Cmaj7 D Cmaj7 G6(*)
and it's finally time for so-
outro: Cmaj7 G6(*)
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