A Long December Counting Crows

A Long December

Counting Crows

Mitchell

1360
0:00 4:37
Tuning Standard (E A D G B E)
Beat 4/4
Key: F
Capo:
No capo
Strumming 1

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Lyrics

[Intro]
| F Bb | Gm Bb | F Bb | Gm - |

[Verse 1]
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 as you were
leaving
Gm            F        Bb
  Now the days go by so  fast

[Chorus]
           F             Bb
And it's one more day up in the canyons
Gm            F                 Bb
  And it's one more night in Hollywood
Gm            F               Bb
  If you think that I could be  forgiven
Gm                F Bb Gm Bb F Bb
  I wish you would
Gm

[Verse 2]
Bb                F               C           Gm
  The smell of hospitals in winter And the fee
                  Bb            F
ling that it's all  a lot of oysters,
      Bb
but no  pearls
Gm
  All at once,
Bb               F              C
  you look across a crowded room
              Gm               F             Bb
To see the way  that light attaches to a girl

[Chorus]
           F             Bb
And it's one more day up in the canyons
Gm            F                 Bb
  And it's one more night in Hollywood
Gm                F                Bb
  If you think you might come to California
Gm                  F Bb Gm Bb F Bb
  I think you should
Gm

[Bridge]
| F Bb | Gm Bb | F Bb | Gm - |

[Verse 3]
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
Makes you talk  a little lower
                Bb
About the things  you could not show her
             Bb            F                  C
And it's been  a long December and there's reason to
       Gm
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            F            Bb
To hold on to these moments as they  pass

[Chorus]
           F             Bb
And it's one more day up in the canyons
Gm            F                 Bb
  And it's one more night in Hollywood
Gm            F                    Bb         Gm
  It's been so long since I've seen  the ocean
I guess I should

[Outro]
                      | F Bb |
| Gm Bb | F Bb | Gm - | F Bb |
| Gm Bb | F Bb | Gm - | F Bb |
| Gm Bb | F Bb | Gm - | F Bb |
| Gm Bb | F Bb | Gm - |

Bars

[Intro]
| F Bb | Gm Bb | F Bb | Gm - |

[Verse 1]
| Bb F  | C Gm | Bb F | Bb - |
| Gm Bb | F C  | Gm F | Bb - |

A long December and there's reason to believe
Maybe this  year will be better than the last
I can't remember the last thing that you said as you were
leaving
Now the days go by so  fast

[Chorus]
| F Bb | Gm - | F Bb | Gm -  |
| F Bb | Gm - | F Bb | Gm Bb |
| F Bb | Gm - |

And it's one more day up in the canyons
And it's one more night in Hollywood
If you think that I could be  forgiven
I wish you would

[Verse 2]
              | Bb F  | C Gm |
| Bb F | Bb - | Gm Bb | F C  |
| Gm F | Bb - |

The smell of hospitals in winter And the fee
ling 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

[Chorus]
               | F Bb | Gm - |
| F Bb | Gm -  | F Bb | Gm - |
| F Bb | Gm Bb | F Bb | Gm - |

And it's one more day up in the canyons
And it's one more night in Hollywood
If you think you might come to California
I think you should

[Bridge]
| F Bb | Gm Bb | F Bb | Gm - |

[Verse 3]
| Bb F  | C Gm | Bb F | Bb - |
| Gm Bb | F C  | Gm F | Bb - |
| Bb F  | C Gm | Bb F | Bb - |
| Gm Bb | F C  | Gm F | Bb - |
| -  -  |

Drove up to 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

[Chorus]
       | F Bb | Gm - | F Bb |
| Gm - | F Bb | Gm - |

And it's one more day up in the canyons
And it's one more night in Hollywood
It's been so long since I've seen  the ocean
I guess I should

[Outro]
                      | F Bb |
| Gm Bb | F Bb | Gm - | F Bb |
| Gm Bb | F Bb | Gm - | F Bb |
| Gm Bb | F Bb | Gm - | F Bb |
| Gm Bb | F Bb | Gm - |

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