The Long Night
Standard Tuning
Bar chords work really well for this song!
While you can certainly strum the chords, it will sound more like the
original if you adapt a finger picking pattern such as:
BCAb
E----------------- ------------------------------|
G--------2-----2-- -------6----------------------|
B----3-----3------ ---6-----6---6--------5-------|
D------3-----3----(x2)-----6-----6------6-----6---6-| Repeat
A--1-------------- -4------------------6-----6---|
E----------------- ----------------4-------------|
Introduction:
DCADCAb
VERSE 1
Bbm
There's a chill upon the air
C# Ab
And days are down and dire
Bbm
And all our doubt grows wings
C# Ab
And our wickedness conspires
Bb C#
No one will sleep soundly
Ab
In this tangled web of spite
D#m Ab Bbm
We're in for a lo-o-o-ong night
VERSE 2
Bbm
The relentless beat of time
C# Ab
Will take its heavy-handed toll
Bbm
Til the hurt runs through your veins
C# Ab
From pole to icy pole
Bbm C#
And the ones you love so well
Ab
Have all been lost from sight
D#m Ab Bbm
Into the lo-o-o-ong night
SOLO
F# C# Ab Bbm F# C# Ab F# C# Ab F# C# Ab F#
(Listen to the song to get timing right)
Bbm
Until the hand no longer holds
C# Ab
Fast the man-made blade
Bbm
And blood for blood our debt
C# Ab
In hollow ground is laid
Bbm C#
We'll greet each other blindly
Ab
In the absence of all light
D#m Ab Bbm
Afraid of the lo-o-o-ong night
D#m Ab Bbm
Afraid of the lo-o-o-ong night