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So Long Chords

by Donots & Frank Turner
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Capo: no capo
Author Unregistered.
2 contributors total, last edit on Mar 1, 2019

Chords

Am
F
C
G
D
A
B

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DONOTS feat. Frank Turner - So Long
From the [The "Donots/Frank Turner" - Split EP]
Tabbed by: Andreas E.
Tuning: Half-Step Down
 
[Intro]
NOTE: The guitarist from Donots uses fingerpicking here.
  4x Am
eb|------------------|
Bb|------------------|
Gb|----5------5------|
Db|----7p5----5------|
Ab|--0------0--------|
Eb|------------------|
 
[Verse Tab]
    Am              F             C              G
eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-----5-----5--------5-----5--------5-----5--------5-----5--------------------|
Db|-----7p5---5--------7p5---5--------7p5---5--------7p5---5--------------------|
Ab|--0------0------8-------8----------------------5------5----------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------8-------8-------------------------------------|
 
[Verse]
 
[Intro]
Am   F   C
Shut your eyes now
    G
The world looks better
         Am     F   C
with the lights out
G           Am   F   C
This is our time now
      G               4x F
To create and invent
          Am     F   C
We can be giants now
         G            Am   F   C
So let's wait for the blackout
G           Am   F   C
This is our time now
     G            F
To believe and pretend
 
3x F
 
[Refrain]
         Am
Who's to hold up the sky
       F
if not you and I?
   C               G
So long so long so long
         Am
Who's to tame the volcanoes
   F
on mountains high?
   C               G
So long so long so long
 
    F                 G
eb|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3----------------|
Bb|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3----------------|
Gb|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4----------------|
Db|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5----------------|
Ab|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5----------------|
Eb|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3----------------|
 
2x  Am              F             C           (1) G            (2) natural Harmonics
eb|--------------------------------------------|----------------|--------12-------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------|----------------|-----12----------|
Gb|-----5-----5--------5-----5--------5-----5--|------5-----5---|--12-------------|
Db|-----7p5---5--------7p5---5--------7p5---5--|------7p5---5---|-----------------|
Ab|--0------0------8-------8-------------------|---5------5-----|-----------------|
Eb|-------------------------------8-------8----|----------------|-----------------|
 
[Verse]
        Am    F    C
Put the knife down
          G            Am    F   C
Don't you cut your own heart out
  G        Am    F   C
I need you alive now
         G             F    3x F
Learn to hold your own hand
        Am   F   C
Come to life now
      G            Am F   C
Let's leave before sundown
       G           Am   F   C
'Cause this is our time now
       G         F
Put an end to an end
 
3x F
 
[Refrain]
         Am
Who's to hold up the sky
       F
if not you and I?
   C               G
So long so long so long
         Am
Who's to tame the volcanoes
   F
on mountains high?
   C               G
So long so long so long
         Am
Just how long does it take
         F
to drink oceans dry?
   C               G
So long so long so long
       Am               F
And every storm has got its own eye
   C               G
So long so long so long, so long (so long)
 
[Bridge]
NOTE: The second guitarist plays harmonic notes (see brackets).
If you want to play them use powerchords but just the bass note and the octave.
 
Am (C)     (D)  F (A) G (B)
  Hold on, hold on
Am (C)     (D)  F (A) 2x G (B)
  Hold on, hold on
 
2x  Am              F             C           (1) G            (2) D
eb|--------------------------------------------|----------------|----------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------|----------------|----------------------------|
Gb|-----5-----5--------5-----5--------5-----5--|------5-----5---|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
Db|-----7p5---5--------7p5---5--------7p5---5--|------7p5---5---|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
Ab|--0------0------8-------8-------------------|---5------5-----|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
Eb|-------------------------------8-------8----|----------------|----------------------------|
 
[Refrain]
         Am
Who's to hold up the sky
       F
if not you and I?
   C               G
So long so long so long
         Am
Who's to tame the volcanoes
   F
on mountains high?
   C               G
So long so long so long
         Am
Just how long does it take
         F
to drink oceans dry?
   C               G
So long so long so long
    Am
And someday we'll say
        F
goodbye to goodbye
   C               G
So long so long so long, sail on
 
Am      F        C
   Hold on, hold on              G
              So long so long so long
Am      F        C
   Hold on, hold on              G
              So long so long so long (so long)
Am      F        C  G
   Hold on, hold on  
Am      F        C  G
   Hold on, hold on  
Am
 
************************************
 
| b  Bend
| p  Pull-off
 
 
************************************

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2 comments
A7E7
It's Am F C G Hold on, hold on at the End not Fm. I'm sorry but I have no idea how to change it now because I wasn't registrated at that time :P
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Gressi
This is an amazing one, thanks! I know I'm late to the party but here is a little hint for beginners who want to play this song. I recommend anyone struggling with their pinkies to translate the verse riff up the strings so it becomes: eb|------------------------------------ Bb|----1---1----1---1-----and so------- Gb|----2p0-0----2p0-0-----on...-------- Db|-----------3----3-------------0----0 Ab|--0----0------------3----3---------- Eb|------------------------------------ It's much more relaxed and sounds the same. The original isn't too hard, but I still play it this way because it has the added bonus of being able to transition to the chords more fluently on the scale.
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