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How Long? - Jarrod Gorbel
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Tabbed by: adslam3
Tuning: standard with CAPO on 6
READ THIS FIRST, please:
This song is mainly finger picked but I'll give you the chords and you can
figure out the picking pattern - it's pretty simple. Also I'll show you
some of the little embellishment that Jarrod plays as well as the riffs
that you hear throughout the song (Located at the end of the tab).
CHORD CHART - RELATIVE TO CAPO
E A D G B E
A: - 0 2 2 2 0
E7sus4: 0 2 0 2 0 0
E: 0 2 2 1 0 0
Bm: - 2 4 4 3 2
D: - 5 7 7 7 5 or - - 0 2 3 2
C#m: - 4 6 6 5 4
All riffs are tabbed at the bottom.
INTRO
A - E7sus4 - E - RIFF 1
VERSE 1
A
You can take it all
E7sus4
The gifts you gave
E
Even rip the pictures off the wall
A
They're yours now, cause I know you need them
A
The one thing that I wanted
E7sus4
Was just to take good care of you
E A
A job I'm underqualified to do
A
But you keep asking me
E7sus4
How long will it be?
E A
And how long, how long has it been?
CHORUS
A E7sus4
How long, how long
E A
How long until we meet again?
A E7sus4
How long, how long,
E A
How long until I see you again?
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jarrod_gorbel/how_long_crd.html ]
VERSE 2 - Use RIFF 1 to lead into second verse.
A
So you're selling all your clothes
E7sus4 E
Your records and anything of value that you might own
A
To help you buy a ticket out of here
A
The one thing that I wanted
E7sus4 E
Was just to take good care of you
A
A job I'm underqualified to do
A
But you keep asking me
E7sus4
How long will it be?
E A
And how long, how long has it been?
CHORUS
A E7sus4
How long, how long
E A
How long until we, til we meet again?
A E7sus4
How long, how long
E A
How long until I, til I see you again?
RIFF 2 at 3:11
VERSE 3
A
Tell me what's the matter
And I can't explain
Bm
This won't go on forever
I'll see you again
D C#m Bm E
As long as I remember the way it all started
The way it all
ENDING
A
How long
Bm
Oh, how long
E A
How long until we, until we meet again?
RIFF 3 (or keep playing an A chord)
It won't be long, it won't be long
A
How long
Bm
Oh, how long
E A
Oh, How long until we, until we meet again?
It won't be long, it won't be long
Here are the chords and the embellishments Jarrod plays on them.
A
e|-0---0-0--0-0----------|
B|-2---2-2--2-2----------|
G|-2---2-2--2-2----------|
D|-2---0h2--0h2----------|
A|-0---0----0-0----------|
E|-----------------------|
E7sus4 -
e|-0--0-0--0-0-0---0-0-0--|
B|-0--0-0--3\2p0---0h2p0--| This one is the most common as you hear it
G|-2--2-2--2-2-2---2-2-2--| almost every time he plays it. The notes on
D|-0--0-0--0-0-0---0-0-0--| the B string are most obvious. In the first
A|-2--0h2--2-2-2---2-2-2--| two choruses, sometimes he'll just play this
E|-0--0-0--0-0-0---0-0-0--| as 020230. It's up to you.
E
e|-0---0-0---|
B|-0---0-0---|
G|-1---1-1---|
D|-2---2-2---|
A|-2---0h2---|
E|-0---0-0---|
RIFFS -This is a few of the riffs you hear and I put the time when
you first hear them.
RIFF 1 - 0:13 RIFF 2 - 3:11 RIFF 3 - 4:05
e|--------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
B|--------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
G|--------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
D|-----2--------|-------2-----------|-------2---------2-------|
A|-2/4---4p2p0--|-0-2h4---4-2-0-0h2-|-0-2h4---4-0-2h4---4p2p0-|
E|--------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
NOTE: RIFF 3 can also be played during the singing of "it won't be long,
it won't be long" from 4:06-4:08 and 4:32-4:35.
