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Did You Know? A Long December is about singer Adam Duritz visiting a female friend in hospital who was hit by a car every day for a winter then leaving to record the album in the late afternoons and evenings.
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Difficulty Level Of Original Recorded Song: Yellow Belt
Most Advanced Rhythm: White Belt
Most Advanced Chord Change: Yellow Belt (White Belt when played with Django chords only)
White Pick Level
Counting Crows, A Long December Chords
Chords:
Capo 3rd Fret
Django G Chord
Django Em Chord
Django D Chord
Django A Chord
Key: F
Tempo: 142 bpm
Strumming Patterns:
"The Miss 2 Rhythm":
|D (miss) D D U |
Chorus bar 8:
|D D (rest) (rest) |
Quiet Chorus:
|D (miss) D (miss) |
Intro -
|D - - - |G - - - |Em - - - |G - - - |
|D - - - |G - - - |Em - (rest) |(rest)|
Verse -
|G - - - |D - - - |A - - - |Em - - - |
|G - - - |D - - - |G - - - |G - - - |
|Em - - - |G - - - |D - - - |A - - - |
|Em - - - |D - - - |G (let ring) |G - - - |
(G)A long De(D)cember and there's (A)reason to be(Em)lieve
Maybe (G)this year will be (D)better than the (Gx2)last
(Em) I can't re(G)member the (D)last thing that you (A)said
as you were (Em)leaving now the (D)days go by so (Gx2)fast
Chorus -
||D - - - |G - - - |Em - - - |Em - - - || x2
|D - - - |G - - - |Em - - - |Em - (rest) |
|D - - - |G - - - |Em - - - |G - - - |
|D - - - |G - - - |Em - - - |Em - - - |
And it's (D)one more day up (G)in the canyons (Emx2)
And it's (D)one more night in (G)Hollywood (Emx2)
If you (D)think that I could (G)be forgiven...(Emx2) I wish you (D)would. Nana(G)nana(Em)nanana(G)nanana
(D) Nana(G)nana(Emx2)yeah
Verse 2 -
|G - - - |D - - - |A - - - |Em - - - |
|G - - - |D - - - |G - - - |G - - - |
|Em - - - |G - - - |D - - - |A - - - |
|Em - - - |D - - - |G (rest) | (rest) |
(G) The smell of (D)hospitals in (A)winter
And the (Em)feeling that it's (G)all a lot of (D)oysters, but no (Gx2)pearls
(Em) All at (G)once you look (D)across a crowded (A)room
To see the (Em)way that light at(D)taches to a (Gx2)girl
Chorus -
||D - - - |G - - - |Em - - - |Em - - - || x2
|D - - - |G - - - |Em - - - |Em - (rest) |
|D - - - |G - - - |Em - - - |G - - - |
|D - - - |G - - - |Em - - - |Em - - - |
And it's (D)one more day up (G)in the canyons (Emx2)
And it's (D)one more night in (G)Hollywood (Emx2)
If you (D)think you might come to (G)California..(Emx22) I think you (D)should. Nana(G)nana(Em)nanana(G)nanana
(D) Nana(G)nana(Emx2)yeah
Middle 8 - (With Solo)
|D - - - |G - - - |Em - - - |G - - - |
|D - - - |G - - - |Em - - - |Em - - - |
Verse 3 -
|G - - - |D - - - |A - - - |Em - - - |
|G - - - |D - - - |G - - - |G - - - |
|Em - - - |G - - - |D - - - |A - - - |
|Em - - - |D - - - |G - - - |G - - - |
(G) Drove up to (D)Hillside Manor (A)sometime after (Em)two a.m. And (G)talked a little (D)while about the (Gx2)year
(Em) I guess the (G)winter makes you (D)laugh a little (A)slower makes you (Em)talk a little (D)lower about
the (Gx2)things you could not show her
Verse 4 -
|G - - - |D - - - |A - - - |Em - - - |
|G - - - |D - - - |G - - - |G - - - |
|Em - - - |G - - - |D - - - |A - - - |
|Em - - - |D - - - |G (let ring) | rest | rest | rest |
And it's been a (G)long De(D)cember and there's (A)reason to (Em)believe maybe (G)this year will be (D)better than the (Gx2)last
(Em) I can't re(G)member all the (D)times I tried to (A)tell myself to hold (Em)on to these (D)moments as they (G)pass
Chorus (quiet) -
|D - - - |G - - - |Em - - - |Em - - - | x 2
|D - - - |G - - - |Em (let ring)|(rest) |
|D - - - |G - - - |Em - - - |G - - - |
|D - - - |G - - - |Em - - - |Em - - - |
And it's one (D)more day up (G)in the can(Emx2)yon
And it's (D)one more night in (G)Hollywood (Emx2)
It's (D)so long since I've (G)seen the oc(Emx2)ean...guess I (D)should. Nana(G)nana(Em)nanana(G)nanana
(D) Nana(G)nana(Emx2)yeah
Ending -
|D - - - |G - - - |Em - - - |G - - - |
|D - - - |G - - - |Em - - - |Em - - - |
(D) Nana(G)nana(Em)nanana(G)nanana
(D) Nana(G)nana(Emx2)yeah
Final Chord Strum: Em
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Yellow Pick Level
Counting Crows, A Long December Chords
Chords:
Capo 3rd Fret
Open G Chord
Open Em Chord
Open D Chord
Open A Chord
Key: F
Tempo: 142 bpm
Strumming Patterns:
"The Miss 2 Rhythm":
|D (miss) D D U |
Chorus bar 8:
|D D (rest) (rest) |
Quiet Chorus:
|D (miss) D (miss) |
Intro -
|D - - - |G - - - |Em - - - |G - - - |
|D - - - |G - - - |Em - (rest) |(rest)|
Verse -
|G - - - |D - - - |A - - - |Em - - - |
|G - - - |D - - - |G - - - |G - - - |
|Em - - -|G - - - |D - - -|A - - - |
|Em - - - |D - - - |G (let ring) |G - - - |
(G)A long De(D)cember and there's (A)reason to be(Em)lieve
Maybe (G)this year will be (D)better than the (Gx2)last
(Em) I can't re(G)member the (D)last thing that you (A)said
as you were (Em)leaving now the (D)days go by so (Gx2)fast
Chorus -
||D - - - |G - - - |Em - - - |Em - - - || x2
|D - - - |G - - - |Em - - - |Em - (rest) |
|D - - - |G - - - |Em - - - |G - - - |
|D - - - |G - - - |Em - - - |Em - - - |
And it's (D)one more day up (G)in the canyons (Emx2)
And it's (D)one more night in (G)Hollywood (Emx2)
If you (D)think that I could (G)be forgiven...(Emx2) I wish you (D)would. Nana(G)nana(Em)nanana(G)nanana
(D) Nana(G)nana(Emx2)yeah
Verse 2 -
|G - - - |D - - - |A - - - |Em - - - |
|G - - - |D - - - |G - - - |G - - - |
|Em - - - |G - - - |D - - - |A - - - |
|Em - - - |D - - - |G (rest) | (rest) |
(G) The smell of (D)hospitals in (A)winter
And the (Em)feeling that it's (G)all a lot of (D)oysters, but no (Gx2)pearls
(Em) All at (G)once you look (D)across a crowded (A)room
To see the (Em)way that light at(D)taches to a (Gx2)girl
Chorus -
||D - - - |G - - - |Em - - - |Em - - - || x2
|D - - - |G - - - |Em - - - |Em - (rest) |
|D - - - |G - - - |Em - - - |G - - - |
|D - - - |G - - - |Em - - - |Em - - - |
And it's (D)one more day up (G)in the canyons (Emx2)
And it's (D)one more night in (G)Hollywood (Emx2)
If you (D)think you might come to (G)California..(Emx22) I think you (D)should. Nana(G)nana(Em)nanana(G)nanana
(D) Nana(G)nana(Emx2)yeah
Middle 8 - (With Solo)
|D - - - |G - - - |Em - - - |G - - - |
|D - - - |G - - - |Em - - - |Em - - - |
Verse 3 -
|G - - - |D - - - |A - - - |Em - - - |
|G - - - |D - - - |G - - - |G - - - |
|Em - - - |G - - - |D - - - |A - - - |
|Em - - - |D - - - |G - - - |G - - - |
(G) Drove up to (D)Hillside Manor (A)sometime after (Em)two a.m. And (G)talked a little (D)while about the (Gx2)year
(Em) I guess the (G)winter makes you (D)laugh a little (A)slower makes you (Em)talk a little (D)lower about
the (Gx2)things you could not show her
Verse 4 -
|G - - - |D - - - |A - - - |Em - - - |
|G - - - |D - - - |G - - - |G - - - |
|Em - - - |G - - - |D - - - |A - - - |
|Em - - - |D - - - |G (let ring) | rest | rest | rest |
And it's been a (G)long De(D)cember and there's (A)reason to (Em)believe maybe (G)this year will be (D)better than the (Gx2)last
(Em) I can't re(G)member all the (D)times I tried to (A)tell myself to hold (Em)on to these (D)moments as they (G)pass
Chorus (quiet) -
|D - - - |G - - - |Em - - - |Em - - - | x 2
|D - - - |G - - - |Em (let ring)|(rest) |
|D - - - |G - - - |Em - - - |G - - - |
|D - - - |G - - - |Em - - - |Em - - - |
And it's one (D)more day up (G)in the can(Emx2)yon
And it's (D)one more night in (G)Hollywood (Emx2)
It's (D)so long since I've (G)seen the oc(Emx2)ean...guess I (D)should. Nana(G)nana(Em)nanana(G)nanana
(D) Nana(G)nana(Emx2)yeah
Ending -
|D - - - |G - - - |Em - - - |G - - - |
|D - - - |G - - - |Em - - - |Em - - - |
(D) Nana(G)nana(Em)nanana(G)nanana
(D) Nana(G)nana(Emx2)yeah
Final Chord Strum: Em
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