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HOW LONG - The Eagles
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Tabbed by: woega
Email: woega@hotmail.com
Tuning: standard
This is my interpretation of the ENTIRE song, lyrics, chords,
tabs including the INTRO, all RIFFS, the SOLO and the OUTRO.
I've tried to be as accurate as I can, but I'm open for suggestions :)
I've included the riffs and the lyrics alternating, so the lyrics should not
be linked to the tabs directly underneath.
INTRO:
[C] [F]
e|-------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|
B|-------------|--8------8---------|--6---6--6---6---------------------------|
G|----------5--|--7b9--pb9ld7-5-5--|--5h7-5--5h7-5-7p5-3---------------------|
D|------5-7----|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|
A|--3/7--------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|
E|-------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|
[C] [F] [C] [G] [C]
e|--8-8-8--|--8--8-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|--8-8-8--|--10-8----8----8-8--8----8-8-8-8---------------------------------|
G|------------------pb9ld7-5-5--7b9ld7-5---5---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------7-----------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1 Glenn Frey
[C]Like a bluebird with its heart removed, [F]lonely as a train
I've [C]run [F]just as [C]far as [G]I can [F]run
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|--5-5-5---5--5-5-5----------------|
D|--5-5-7-5-5--5-5-5---7---5--------|
A|-----------------------7---7\5-3--|
E|----------------------------------|
[C]If I never see the good old days, [F]shinin' in the sun
e|--------------------|
B|-------10--------8--|
G|--------------------|
D|--8/10-------10-----|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|
[C]I'll be doin' [G]fine and then some[C]
e|-----------------------------------|
B|--8---8\6--5-----------------------|
G|--7h9-9\7--5------5----------------|
D|--------------5-7-5----------------|
A|--------------------7\5-3-5-3------|
E|------------------------------5-3--|
CHORUS:
[Am]How [G]long, [F]how [C]long
e|--8----|
B|--8----|
G|--7b9--|
D|-------|
A|-------|
E|-------|
[C]Woman will you [G]weep
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|--9\7-5\4--------|
D|----------7-5----|
A|--------------7--|
E|-----------------|
[Am]How [G]long [F]how [C]long, [G]rock yourself to [C]sleep
e|--8------8------8-----------------|
B|--8------8------8-----------------|
G|--7b9ld7-7b9--pb9ld7-5------------|
D|-----------------------7-5--------|
A|---------------------------7b5-3--|
E|----------------------------------|
Verse 2 Don Henley
[C]I've been doin' time in a lonesome prison,[F] where the sun don't shine
e|--------------------|
B|--11-----11---------|
G|--10b12ld10-8h9-----|
D|----------------10--|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|
[C]Just outside the freedom river [G]runs
e|--10----10-----10-10------------|
B|--10b12-12ld10-8--8-------------|
G|---------------------9\7-5------|
D|---------------------------7-5--|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
[C]Out there in that shiny night, with [F]bloodhounds on your mind
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|------3-5-3-5b6ld5-3--|
E|--3h5-----------------|
[C]Don't you know it's the [G]same sad situ[C]ation
e|--8---8-----8---8-------------|
B|--8---8-----8---8-------------|
G|--7b9-7b9---7b9ld7-5-7-5------|
D|-------------------------7-5--|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|
CHORUS
[Am]How [G]long [F]how [C]long
e|--8----|
B|--8----|
G|--7b9--|
D|-------|
A|-------|
E|-------|
[C]Woman will you [G]weep
e|-----------------------|
B|------8---8---8--------|
G|------7---7h9-7--------|
D|--7h9---9-------9-7\5--|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
[Am]How [G]long [F]how [C]long, [G]rock yourself to [C]sleep
SOLO:
[C]
e|-------------------|------8--------------------|
B|-------------------|---------------------------|
G|------------5-7-5--|--7/9-8h9---9\7-5-7-5---5--|
D|--7p5---5-7--------|----------------------7----|
A|------7------------|---------------------------|
E|-------------------|---------------------------|
[F] [C] [F] [C]
e|---------------------------------------|--------------------------10b12-8--|
B|--10-10-8-8--6-x-4-x--3-x--------------|-------------------8-10-8----------|
G|--10-10-8-8--7-x-5-x--3-x-1-2----------|----------5--5-7/9-----------------|
D|------------------------------3-1-0----|------5-7--------------------------|
A|------------------------------------3--|--3/7------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
[G] [C]
e|--10----10---10---10---10-------10-----------------------------------------|
B|--10b12-pb12-pb12-pb12-pb12ld10--8---12------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------pb12ld10--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------12-10\9----9/10----------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------10---------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[C]Everybody [C7]feels allright you know I [F]heard some poor fool say (somebody oooh)
[C]Everyone is out there on the [G]loose
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|------------------------7--------|
D|------------------5-7/9---9\7-5--|
A|--5-----------5-7----------------|
E|----7\5-3-5/7--------------------|
Well I [C]wish I lived in the land of fools, [F]no one knew my name
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|--10-10-10--7\5--|
D|--10-10-10--7\5--|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
[C]What you get is [G]not quite what you [C]choose
e|-----------------------------|
B|--8---8---8------------------|
G|--7h9-7h9-7h9-7\5------------|
D|------------------7h5--------|
A|----------------------7h5-3--|
E|-----------------------------|
CHORUS
(Tell me) [Am]How [G]long [F]how [C]long
e|--8----|
B|--8----|
G|--7b9--|
D|-------|
A|-------|
E|-------|
[C]Woman will you [G]weep
e|--10------------------|
B|----pb12ld10-8--------|
G|---------------9\7-5--|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
[Am]How [G]long [F]how [C]long, [G]rock yourself to [C]sleep
e|-----------------|
B|--5-----5--------|
G|--5-----5--------|
D|----7-5----------|
A|----------7\5-3--|
E|-----------------|
[Am]How [G]long [F]how [C]long (stretched)
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|--5/7\5---5--------|
A|--------7---7\5-3--|
E|-------------------|
[Am]Muddy [D]River run so [G]deep
e|------3------5------7----5---3---|
B|---------------------------------|
G|--2/4----4/5----5/7---/5---4-----|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
[Am]How [G]long [F]how [C]long (stretched)
e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|--9\7-5------|
D|--------7-5--|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|
[C]Goodbye baby [G]rock yourself to sleep
[C]Sleep tight baby [G]rock yourself to sleep
B-b-b [C]bye bye baby [G]rock yourself to [F]sleep
e|-------------------------------------------------------3--|
B|------1-----1-------1-----1---------1---------------------|
G|--------0-----0-------0-----0---------3p2-0---0--------3--|
D|--2h3-----3-----2h3-----3-------------------3---1-2----2--|
A|--------------------------------2h3-----------------3--3--|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| pb pre bend
| ld let down
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
