A Long December
Counting Crows
| Bb | F | C | Gm |
| A long | December and there's | reason to | believe |
| Bb | F | Bb |
| Maybe this | year will be | better than the | last |
| Gm | Bb | F | C |
| I can't | remember the | last thing that you | said |
| F | Bb |
| Now the | days go by so | fast |
| Chorus |
| F | Bb | Gm | Bb |
| And it's | one more day up | in the canyons | | |
| F | Bb | Gm | Bb |
| And it's | one more night in | Hollywood | | |
| F | Bb | Gm | F |
| If you | think that I could | be forgiven... | I wish you would | |
| Gm | Bb |
| Na na na na | na na na na na |
The smell of hospitals in winter
And the feeling that it's all a lot of oysters, but no pearls
All at once you look across a crowded room
To see the way that light attaches to a girl
| Chorus... |
| If you think you might come to California... I think you should |
Drove up to Hillside Manor sometime after two a.m.
And talked a little while about the year
I guess the winter makes you laugh a little slower,
Makes you talk a little lower about the things
you could not show her
And it's been a long December and there's reason to believe
Maybe this year will be better than the last
I can't remember all the times I tried to tell myself
To hold on to these moments as they pass
| Chorus... |
| It's been so long since I've seen the ocean... I guess I should |