Long Time Tabs & Lyrics by Boston

Long Time

guitar tabs lyrics

Boston

"Foreplay"
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|--------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------|-3-5-6-5-3----------5-6-3-8-10---3-5-6---6---6---3------|
|-8-8-8--|-1-3-4-3-1---6-5-3--3-4-1-6--8---1-3-4-6-4-6-4-6-1-3-4--|
|-6-6-6--|-------------4-3-1---------------------4---4---4---1-2--|

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-6-8-10--3-5-6-----3-5-6-----3-5-6-----3-5-6----3-5-6-8-10--3--|
|-4-6--8--1-3-4--6--1-3-4--6--1-3-4--6--1-3-4-6--1-3-4-6--8--1--|
|----------------4---------4---------4--------4-----------------|
repeat this one more time then do this:
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|-------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-etc--|
|-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3 etc--|
|-------------------------|

"Long Time"
|-11b13-11b13----------13-15p13-15b17-15b17-15b17r15-15-13-15----13--|
|-------------13-13h15----------------------------------------15-----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-15-17-18-20-21b22--19-17(18)--18-17--13-------13----13-15b17-15b17-|
|-----------------------------------------13-13----13----------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Rythym Figure 1
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|------------------------|------------|
|------------------------|------------|
|-------8-8-8--10-10-10--|----10------|
|-8-8-8-6-6-6---8--8--8--|-10--8-10-8-|
|-6-6-6------------------|--8-----8-6-|

Rhythym Figure 2(Played on acoustic or clean electric)
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|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-10-10-x-x-x-x-8-8-x-x-x-x-8---x-x-----x-x-x-x--|
|--8--8-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x-6-8-x-x-8-8-x-x-x-x--|
|-------x-x-x-x-----x-x-x-x---6-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x--|
repeat that four times and then do this
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|-----------------------------|
|-10-10-x-x-x-x-8-8-x-x-x-x-7-|
|--8--8-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x-5-|
|-----------------------------|

Rythym Figure 3
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|-------------|
|-------------|
|-0-2---------|
|-0-2-3-5--8--|
|---0-1-3--6--|

Then repeat rythym figures 1,2,3, and then do this:
|-----|---------|
|-----|---------|
|-----|---------|
|-----|---------|repeat this once then do this:
|-3-3-|-5-5-8-5-|
|-1-1-|-3-3-6-3-|

Rythym Figure 4(Played over guitar solo)
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|------------------------|repeat this 3 times
|------------------------|
|-----10-10---------8----|
|-3-3--8--8--10-10--6-8--|
|-1-1---------8--8----6--|


|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------1(3)---6-6-5-6-6----------|
|----------------------------------------1------------------3-5-3-5-5|
|--------------------------------------3-----------------------------|
|---------------------5/8--------------------------------------------|
|-5-6-4vvvv---5/8-8\5-----5-6-4vvvv--1-------------------------------|

|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|--x-x-6--x-x-8--x-x-10--|
|--x-x-6--x-x-8--x-x-10--|
|--x-x-4--x-x-6--x-x--8--|

repeat Rythym Figure 1
then do this on distorted electric

Rythym Figure 5
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|-10-10-x-x-x-x--8-8-x-x-x-x--8--|
|-10-10-x-x-x-x--8-8-x-x-x-x--8-8|
|--8--8-x-x-x-x--6-6-x-x-x-x--6-8|
|-------x-x-x-x------x-x-x-x----6|

this lick repeats through the end of the song but
after about 5 times they play this rideout solo
over it:
|-18(20)--20b21-20b21-20b21-20b220--|
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Repeat Rythym Figure 5 through the fadeout