Counting Crows - A Long December

intro –
G C Am C
G C Am

verse 1 –
C G D Am
a long december and there’s reason to believe
C G C *
maybe this year will be better than the last
Am C G D
i can’t remember the last thing that you said as you were
Am
leavin’
G C
now the days go by so fast
G C Am * *
and it’s one more day up in the canyons
G C Am
and it’s one more night in hollywood
G C Am
if you think that i could be forgiven . . . i wish you would .

chorus –
G C Am C
na , na – na , na . na , na – na , na – na , na – na , na , na .
G C Am
na , na – na , na . yeah . . .

verse 2 –
C G D
the smell of hospitals in winter
Am C G
and the feeling that it’s all a lot of oysters , but no
C
pearls
Am C G D
all at once you look across a crowded room
Am G C
to see the way that light attaches to a girl
G C Am
and it’s one more day up in the canyons
G C Am
and it’s one more night in hollywood
G C Am
if you think you might come to california . . . i think you should

chorus –
G C Am C
na , na – na , na . na , na – na , na – na , na – na , na , na .
G C Am
na , na – na , na . yeah . . .

bridge –
G C Am C
G C Am

verse 3 –
C G D Am
drove up to hillside manor sometime after two A . m .
C G C
and talked a little while about the year
Am C G D
i guess the winter makes you laugh a little slower ,
Am G C
makes you talk a little lower about the things you could not
show her
C G D Am
and it’s been a long december and there’s reason to believe
C G C
maybe this year will be better than the last
Am C G D
i can’t remember all the times i tried to tell my myself
Am G C
to hold on to these moments as they pass
G C Am
and it’s one more day up in the canyons
G C Am
and it’s one more night in hollywood
G C Am
it’s been so long since i’ve seen the ocean . . . i guess i should

chorus –
G C Am C
na , na – na , na . na , na – na , na – na , na – na , na , na .
G C Am
na , na – na , na . yeah . . .