James Taylor – Long Ago And Far Away (Guitar)

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Song: Long ago(and far away) Artist: James Taylor Composer: James Taylor Album: Mudslide Slim and the blue horizon Tabbed by DJ 27th Aug 2015 James Taylor live performance at this link: James Taylor played this in A major with a capo at the 2nd fret. After the first tab version you'll find another tab below that with an alternative way of playing it, with fewer barre chords. VERSION 1: CAPO: 2nd fret (Will then sound in the recorded key of B major) IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website displays, they are generated automatically from a generic database and often don't show the best options for a particular chord progression. Just use the voicings suggested in the text column numbers. Chord names & fret positions are relative to the capo: Bm = x24432 Amaj7 = x02120 C#m7 = x46454 BmM7 = x24332 Dmaj7 = xx0222 F#m7 = 242222 Bm7 = x24232 C#m = x46654 Amaj9 = x02100 D/E = 002232 C#mM7 = x46554 Bm11/E = 020220 Please take a second to scroll down to the bottom of the page and select a star rating for my tab, thanks ===================================================== [Verse 1]
Bm       BmM7 Bm7       D/E
Long a - go a young man sits,

    Amaj7             Dmaj7
And plays his waiting game,

    C#m        C#mM7   C#m7     F#m7
But things are not the same, it seems,

   Bm7            D/E
As in such tender dreams,

Bm     BmM7    Bm7     D/E
Slowly passing sailing ships,

    Amaj7          Dmaj7
And Sunday after - noon,

     C#m    C#mM7  C#m7    F#m7 
Like people on the moon, I see,

    Bm7                 D/E
Are things not meant to be?
[Chorus]
Amaj9                 Bm11/E  
Where do those golden rainbows end?  

Amaj9               Bm11/E
       Why is this song so sad?

             Amaj9                    Bm11/E
             Dreaming the dreams I've dreamed,
(Why is this song so sad?)
          Amaj9            Bm11/E Amaj7
My friend,   ...loving the love I love to...
[Verse 2]
Bm      BmM7   Bm7       D/E
Love is just a word I've heard,

     Amaj7            Dmaj7
When things are being said,

C#m     C#mM7   C#m7     F#m7
Stories my poor head has told me... 

Bm7              D/E
Cannot stand the cold,

    Bm       BmM7      Bm7        D/E
And in bet - ween what might have been,

    Amaj7            Dmaj7
And what has come to pass,

  C#m     C#mM7  C#m7       F#m7
A misbe - gotten guess, a - las, 

    Bm7            D/E
And bits of broken glass
[Chorus]
Amaj9                 Bm11/D
Where do those golden rainbows end?

              Amaj9              Bm11/D
              Why is this song I sing so sad?
(Where do the rainbows end-----?)
Amaj9                    Bm11/D
Dreaming the dreams I've dreamed, my friend,

              Amaj9                  Bm11/D
                          Loving the love...
(Dreaming the dreams I've dreamed!)
          Amaj9                  Bm11/D
I love to love... to love, ...to love,
(To love... to love, ...to love!)
     Amaj9              Bm11/D
Woh, no, no, no, now!
[Coda]
   Amaj9          Bm11/E        
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  / |

   Amaj9          Bm11/E        Amaj7
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  ||
***************************************************** ***************************************************** VERSION 2: Here's another way of playing it to sound in the same key... CAPO: 4th fret (Will then sound in the recorded key of B) IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website displays, they are generated automatically from a generic database and often don't show the best options for a particular chord progression. Just use the voicings suggested in the text column numbers. Chord names & fret positions are relative to the capo: Am = x02210 Gmaj7 = 320002 Bm7 = x24232 AmM7 = x02110 Cmaj7 = x32000 Em7 = 020030 Am7 = x02010 Bm = x24432 Gmaj9 = 300002 C/D = xx0010 BmM7 = x24332 Am11/D = x00010 ===================================================== [Verse 1]
Am       AmM7 Am7       C/D
Long a - go a young man sits,

    Gmaj7             Cmaj7
And plays his waiting game,

    Bm         BmM7    Bm7      Em7
But things are not the same, it seems,

   Am7            C/D
As in such tender dreams,

Am     AmM7    Am7     C/D
Slowly passing sailing ships,

    Gmaj7          Cmaj7
And Sunday after - noon,

     Bm     BmM7   Bm7     Em7
Like people on the moon, I see,

    Am7                 C/D
Are things not meant to be?
[Chorus]
Gmaj9                 Am11/D
Where do those golden rainbows end?

Gmaj9              Am11/D
       Why is this song so sad?

             Gmaj9                    Am11/D
             Dreaming the dreams I've dreamed,
(Why is this song so sad?)
          Gmaj9            Am11/D  Gmaj7
My friend,   ...loving the love I  love to...
[Verse 2]
Am      AmM7   Am7       C/D
Love is just a word I've heard,

     Gmaj7            Cmaj7
When things are being said,

Bm      BmM7    Bm7      Em7
Stories my poor head has told me...

Am7              C/D
Cannot stand the cold,

    Am       AmM7      Am7        C/D
And in bet - ween what might have been,

    Gmaj7            Cmaj7
And what has come to pass,

 Bm       BmM7   Bm7        Em7
A misbe - gotten guess, a - las,

    Am7            C/D
And bits of broken glass
[Chorus]
Gmaj9                 Am11/D
Where do those golden rainbows end?

              Gmaj9              Am11/D
              Why is this song I sing so sad?
(Where do the rainbows end-----?)
Gmaj9                    Am11/D
Dreaming the dreams I've dreamed, my friend,

              Gmaj9                  Am11/D
                          Loving the love...
(Dreaming the dreams I've dreamed!)
          Gmaj9                  Am11/D
I love to love... to love, ...to love,
(To love... to love, ...to love!)
     Gmaj9              Am11/D
Woh, no, no, no, now!
[Coda]
   Gmaj9          Am11/D
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |

  Gmaj9          Am11/D         Gmaj7
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |   /   ||