A Long December

Intro: A D Bm D A D Bm 


D              A               A/E         Bm 
   A long December and there's reason to believe 
           D         A                  D 
Maybe this year will be better than the last 
Bm              D       A                   A/E 
   I can't remember the last thing that you said 
            Bm 
As you were leaving 
        A            D 
Now the days go by so fast 


         A               D         Bm 
And it's one more day up in the canyons 
         A                 D         Bm 
And it's one more night in Hollywood 
       A                  D           Bm 
If you think that I could be forgiven 
           A      D Bm D A D Bm 
I wish you would 

 
D               A                A/E 
   The smell of hospitals in winter 
        Bm                D            A 
And the feeling that it's all a lot of oysters 
      D 
But no pearls 
Bm            D             A                E 
   And all at once you look across a crowded room 
           Bm                 A          D 
To see the way that light attaches to a girl 


         A               D         Bm 
And it's one more day up in the canyon 
         A                 D         Bm 
And it's one more night in Hollywood 
             A                 D        Bm 
If you think you might come to California 
            A       D Bm D A D Bm 
I think you should 
A        D   Bm          D           A 
   Na na na, na na na na na na na na na 
      D   Bm 
Na na na, na 


D              A 
   Drove up to Hillside Manor 
   E               Bm 
Sometime after two a.m. 
    D               A               D 
And talked a little while about the year 
Bm                D             A                 E 
   I guess the winter makes you laugh a little slower 
          Bm              A 
Makes you talk a little lower 
                D 
About the things you could not show her 
                D       A 
And it's been a long December 
                        Bm 
And there's reason to believe 
          D            A                D 
Maybe this year will be better than the last 
Bm              D           A                E 
   I can't remember all the times I tried to tell myself 
        Bm          A              D 
To hold on to these moments as they pass 

 
         A               D         Bm 
And it's one more day up in the canyon 
         A                 D         Bm 
And it's one more night in Hollywood 
           A                 D              Bm 
It's been so long since I've seen the ocean 
          A      D Bm D 
I guess I should 

Outro: 
A        D   Bm 
   Na na na, na 
A        D   Bm          D           A 
   Na na na, na na na na na na na na na 
      D   Bm 
Na na na, yeah 
A        D   Bm          D           A 
   Na na na, na na na na na na na na na 
      D   Bm 
Na na na, yeah 
A        D   Bm          D           A 
   Mm mm mm, mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm 
      D   Bm 
Mm mm mm, mm