----------------------------------------------------------------------------- How Long? - Jarrod Gorbel ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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? 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.