Beach Boys

Beach Boys - Long Promised Road guitar tab

Sent: Saturday, January 03, 1998 9:01 AM

Long Promised Road

written by Carl Wilson/Jack Rieley

performed by the Beach Boys

from "Surf's up", 1971

transcribed by Peter Eybert

Cmaj7 Em7

So hard to answer future's riddle

Fmaj7 F6 Fmaj7 F6

When ahead is seeming so far behind

Cmaj7 Em7

So hard to laugh a child-like giggle

Fmaj7 F6 Fmaj7 F6

When the tears start to torture my mind

G Dm7

So hard to shed the life of before

F7 F7/C F7 F7/C

To let my soul automatically soar

C F F7

But I hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah

C F F9

Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me

C Dm7 F/D# F9 F6/9 F7 F7/C

Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

Cmaj7 Em7

Sew up the wounds of evolution

Fmaj7 F6 Fmaj7 F6

And the now starts to get in my way

Cmaj7 Em7

So what if life's a revelation

Fmaj7 F6 Fmaj7 F6

If the mind speaks of only today

G Dm7

So real, the pain of growing in soul

F7 F7/C F7 F7/C

Of climbing up to reality's goal

But I hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah

Knock down all the roaddblocks a-stumbling me

Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

F Dm7

Long promised road, trail starts at dawn

Em7 Am Asus Am Am9

Carries on to the season's ending

F Dm7

Long promised road, flows to the source,

Em7 Am Asus Am Em7/H

gentle force, never ending, never ending

Cmaj7 Em7

So hard to lift the jeweled sceptre

Fmaj7 F6 Fmaj7 F6

When the weight turns a smile to a frown

Cmaj7 Em7

So hard to drink of passion nectar

Fmaj7 F6 Fmaj7 F6

When the taste of life's holding me down

G Dm7

So hard to plant the seed of reform

F7 F7/C F7 F7/C

To set my sights on defeating the storm

So I hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah

Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me

Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

Am G6 Em7 F (c h)

Am G6 F F F7 F6

C

Hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah

Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me

Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

Oh, yeah-eah-eah-eah

Hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah

Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me

Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

F7

I'd love to see you

C

I'd love to see you

F

I'd love to see you

C

I'd love to see you

F

I'd love to see you

C

I'd love to see you

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