A Long December

Counting Crows

F  B  Gm  B  F  B  Gm

   B       F                  C            Gm
1. A long December and there's reason to believe
         B                F               B
   Maybe this year will be better than the last
     Gm      B         F                   C
   I can't remember the last thing that you said
               Gm
   as you were leavin'
           F             B
   Now the days go by so fast

            F               B     Gm    B
R: And it's one more day up in the canyons
            F                 B  Gm  B
   And it's one more night in Hollywood
          F                  B        Gm                 F
   If you think that I could be forgiven...I wish you would
     B   Gm  B  
   nanananananananana..

2. The smell of hospitals in winter
   And the feeling that it's all a lot of oysters, but no pearls
   All at once you look across a crowded room
   To see the way that light attaches to a girl

R: And it's one more day up in the conyons
   And it's one more night in Hollywood
   If you think you might come to California...I think you should

3. Drove up to the Hillside Manor sometime after two a.m.
   And talked a little while about the year
   I guess the winter makes you laugh a little slower
   Makes you talk a little lower about
   the things you could not show her

   And it's been a long December and there's reason to believe
   Maybe this year will be better than the last
   I can't remember all the times I tried to tell myself
   To hold on to these moments as they pass

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