Chord/Tab song: To Cut a Long Story Short

Tabbed By: Belavista Man
On: 28/02/08
E-mail: anthonybentley@hotmail.co.uk

Tuning: Drop D

Intro/Verses riff (repeated):

e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----5-4---------------------|
D|---5-----7-5-----5-5---------|
A|-0-----------7-7-----5-5-7-7-|
D|-----------------------------|

Verse:
[A]Soldier is turning[E][D]
[A]See him through white l[E]igh[D]t
[A]Running from strange[E]rs[D]
[A]See you in the valle[E]y[D]

[A]War upon wa[E]r[D]
[A]Heat upon he[E]at[D]
To [A]cut a long story [D]short
I [E]lost my [A]mind

Sitting on a park bench
Years away from fighting
To cut a long story short
I lost my mind

E(hold)
Standing in the dark
F(hold)
Oh I was waiting for man to come
G(hold)
I am beautiful and clean
C(hold)
And so very very young
E(hold)
To be standing in the street
F(hold)
To be taken by someone

(Bass solo)

Standing in the dark
Oh I was waiting for man to come
I am beautiful and clean
And so very very young
To be standing in the street
To be taken by someone

[A]Questions question[E]s[D]
[A]Give me no answers[E][D]
[A]Thats all they ever give m[E]e[D]
[A]Questions question[E]s[D]
Oh [A]look at the strange boy[E][D]
He [A]finds it hard existing[E][D]
To [A]cut a long story s[E]hort
I [D]lost my mind
To [A]cut a long story s[E]hort
I [D]lost my...

Outro:

e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|-------------|
A|-0-----------|
D|---5-3-5-1-0-|

...three times, then this to end:

e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|------------------5-4------------------------|
D|----------------------7-5-----7-7------------|
A|-0------------0-0---------5-5-----3-3-5-5-0~-|
D|---5-3-5-1-5---------------------------------|

Slide on "Taken by someone":

e|------|
B|------|
G|------|
D|------|

A|-3/8~-|

D|------|

There, enjoy it peeps! If you want any songs from the 80s tabbing, just ask me!

| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note