Bob Schneider – The Long Black Road (Guitar)

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ARTIST: Bob Schneider & Mitch Watkins TITLE: "The Long Black Road" ALBUM: "Underneath The Onion Trees" Transcribed by Connor Roberts [email protected] ORDER: Intro, Verse 1, Interlude 1, Verse 2, Interlude 2, Verse 3, Interlude 2, Interlude 2

CHORDS:
 G       C       F#4     Bb4      G4      A7sus4  D2
e--3--   --3--   --6--   --10--   --7--   --3--   --3--
B--3--   --3--   --6--   --10--   --7--   --3--   --3--
G--0--   --0--   --0--   ---0--   --0--   --0--   --0--
D--0--   --2--   --0--   ---0--   --0--   --0--   --0--
A--2--   --3--   --5--   ---9--   --6--   --0--   --0--
E--3--   --x--   --6--   --10--   --7--   --0--   --2--

INTRO: G, C, G, G (x2) VERSE PROGRESSION:

G            C              G      C             G
   There's a big black heart, in a big black hole

        C            G                   C            G     
   In a big black box, a the bottom, of the big black sea

F#4              G          F#4   G
   And there's a long black road ahead

A7sus4, D2 (Intro Riff, then Interlude #) Waiting for me... INTERLUDE 1: (used after verse 1) G, C, G, G G, C, G, G F#4, G, F#4, G A7sus4, D2, G (play all lines again, then go to 2nd verse) INTERLUDE 2: (used after verses 2 & 3 and also repeated for ending) G, C, G, G G, C, G, G F#4, G, Bb4, G4 A7sus4, D2, G (play all lines again, then go to 3rd verse -or- repeat 2 more times for ending and fade out)

PICKING PROGRESSION: (example of where to finger for each chord during song)
   For "C" Only    For "G"/"A7sus4"/"D2"   For "F#4"/"Bb4"/"G4"
e-------x--------||----------x----------||----x-----x-----------||
B--x-------x-----||----x--------x-------||-------------x--------||
G----x--------x--||----x--x--------x----||----------------------||
D----------------||---------------------||----------------------||
A--x-------------||---------------------||----------------------||
E----------------||----x----------------||----x--x--------------||

NOTES: *For the intro and first two lines of the verses and interludes, you are NOT going to play: G, C, G, C, but it is G, C, G, G...do not play a second "C" in there, there is only 1 "C" note in that progression, it does not alternate back to "C" again on the 4th note, just G, C, G, G (you may want to try a variation on the finger picking in the last G to kind of give and audible cue as to an end to the riff, or moving on to the verses, etc...) *Although this is played on two guitars, it is written this way for one guitar...the notes: "F#4", "Bb4", "G4", and "A7sus4" are all played by the second guitar whenever applicable in the song, while the first guitar keeps playing the intro riff...but since both parts are so minor I combined them, because this song can be played on one guitar, and still sound great. *Even though the song fades out, I like playing the end gradually slowing down interlude 2 the final repetition, and ending with one downward strum on the G chord after picking the last G; just a thought to make the end sound good while not ending too abruptly.