To Cut A Long Story Short

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  • Tuning: Drop D
     
    Intro/Verses riff (repeated):
  • e|-----------------------------|
    B|-----------------------------|
    G|-----5-4---------------------|
  • D|---5-----7-5-----5-5---------|
    A|-0-----------7-7-----5-5-7-7-|
    D|-----------------------------|
  •  
    Verse:
    A E D
  • Soldier is turning
    A E D
    See him through white light
  • A E D
    Running from strangers
    A E D
  • See you in the valley
     
    A E D
  • War upon war
    A E D
    Heat upon heat
  • A D
    To cut a long story short
    E A
  • I lost my mind
     
    Sitting on a park bench
  • Years away from fighting
    To cut a long story short
    I lost my mind
  •  
    E(hold)
    Standing in the dark
  • F(hold)
    Oh I was waiting for man to come
    G(hold)
  • I am beautiful and clean
    C(hold)
    And so very very young
  • E(hold)
    To be standing in the street
    F(hold)
  • To be taken by someone
     
    [Bass solo]
  •  
    Standing in the dark
    Oh I was waiting for man to come
  • I am beautiful and clean
    And so very very young
    To be standing in the street
  • To be taken by someone
     
    A E D
  • Questions questions
    A E D
    Give me no answers
  • A E D
    Thats all they ever give me
    A E D
  • Questions questions
    A E D
    Oh look at the strange boy
  • A E D
    He finds it hard existing
    A E
  • To cut a long story short
    D
    I lost my mind
  • A E
    To cut a long story short
    D
  • I lost my...
     
    Outro:
  • e|-------------|
    B|-------------|
    G|-------------|
  • D|-------------|
    A|-0-----------|
    D|---5-3-5-1-0-|
  • ...three times, then this to end:
    e|---------------------------------------------|
    B|---------------------------------------------|
  • G|------------------5-4------------------------|
    D|----------------------7-5-----7-7------------|
    A|-0------------0-0---------5-5-----3-3-5-5-0~-|
  • D|---5-3-5-1-5---------------------------------|
     
    Slide on "Taken by someone":
  • e|------|
    B|------|
    G|------|
  • D|------|
    A|-3/8~-|
    D|------|
  •  
    | / slide up
    | \ slide down
  • | h hammer-on
    | p pull-off
    | ~ vibrato
  • | + harmonic
    | x Mute note
  • PLAY TOO ..
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To Cut A Long Story Short
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