Long Year chords

Todd Snider

Key: 

Simplify chords 

  			chords 
D    : xx0232 
D/C# : x40232 
D/B  : x20032 
A7   : x02020 or x02030 (Asus-somthing?) 
A    : x02220 or x0222x  (some of the A's may be A7) 
G    : 3x0003 
G/F# : 2x0003 
Em   : 022000 
 
(intro) Harmonica tabbed for guitar 
 
   D  D/C#    D/B     A7     D  D/C#    D/B 
e|-5(hold)---7--5----------|-5(hold)---7--5(hold)-| 
B|-----------------7-----7-|----------------------| 
G|--------------------7----|----------------------| 
 
 
(verse) 
D               D/C# 
I came in off a dead end street 
D/B                 A7 
Walked in slow and took a back row seat 
D            D/C#          D/B         A7 
I knew I had nothing new to say 
D                      D/C#              
So many people looking so burned out  
D/B                    A               G            A 
I couldn't help feeling bad about just having to be there anyway 
 
(verse) 
A friend of a friend from work came in 
I never have known what to make of him 
He'd always seemed to be so insincere to me 
You know I've always been afraid of a 12 step crowd 
They laugh too much and talk too loud 
Like they all know where everyone should be 
 
 
(chorus) 
            D   D/C#   D/B 
It's been a l---o---n---g 
    A        G 
A long long year 
            D  D/C#   D/B 
Its been a l---o---n---g 
    A        G 
A long long year 
        A 
How did I get here 
 
(verse) 
They were talking in a circle I was by myself 
Everyone was telling everyone how they felt 
It felt like so long since I'd been young 
As the circle kept moving its way to the back 
I was wondering what I was going to say in fact 
I still didn't know, as it rolled off my tongue 
 
(chorus) 
 
(harmonica solo) (Not positive of the last two measures.  It definitely sounds lower.) 
 
   D  D/C#    D/B     A7     G G/F#     Em  A7   G   G/F#      Em      A7 
e|-5(hold)---7--5----------|-5(hold)---7--5-----|------------------------| 
B|-----------------7-----7-|--------------------|-7--8--7-----7--8--7--5-| 
G|--------------------7----|--------------------|----------7-------------| 
 
 
(verse) 
I didn't say a word all the way to my car 
But a little later on that night at the bar 
I was telling everyone how strange my day had been 
They say brother all you need is another shot 
So I threw one down and said thanks a lot 
As I thought to myself, well here we go again 
 
---------------------------------------------------- 
My mp3 of the song ended too soon, and my CD is at work so the 
end isn't complete.   
 
The D/C# can be a difficult to play.  The pinkie is used to fret 
the C# (4th fret A string) 
 
The song could also be played using a capo at 2, then the chords would be 
 
capo at 2 chords 
| original chord | New chord | fingering | 
|   D            |  C        |  x32010   | 
|   D/C#         |  C/B      |  x20010   | 
|   D/B          |  C/A      |  x02010   | 
|   A            |  G        |  3x0003   | 
|   G            |  F        |  133211   | 
|   G/F#         |  F/E      |  033211   | 
|   Em           |  Dm       |  xx0231   |