The Beatles – The Long And Winding Road (Guitar Acoustic Tab)

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Title: The Long And Winding Road Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.) Time: 4/4, Tempo: Q=75, Beats on eignths are marked "+", on sixteenths "s". Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert melody/harmony notes. Use thumb-fretting. Let ring. The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position. "!" marks chords with bar/half-bar shape.

[Upbeat]
   Em7        +
E|------------2--|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|---------0-----|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|

[Verse]     (2x)
   Em7    +     +        C      +     +     +    G      +     +   C +           +  G  +     +
E|-3a--2---------------|-0a-----------0--3-p0--|-----------0-h1-----0a-|-----8-----7-----3-----|
B|-0a--------3-p0------|-1a--------------1-----|-3a-----------------1a-|-----------------------|
G|-0a-----0------------|-0a--0--0--------------|-0a-----0-----------0a-|--------0-----0-----0--|
D|-----0-----------0---|-----2--2--------0-----|-----0-----------0-----|-----------------0-----|
A|-----------2---------|-3a--------3-----------|-----------2-----------|-3---------------------|
E|-0a------------------|-----------------------|-3a--------------------|-----8-----7-----------|
The long and winding     road            That    leads     to your  door
The wild   and windy     night          That the rain      washed a-way

    C     +  G  +       Em7 +     +     +       Am7 +     +  D9 +     +    G      +  G7 +
E|-0a-----0--2-/3------|-------0---------------|-------------------0-----|---------------------|
B|-1a------------------|-3-p0------------------|----1--1--1--3--------0--|---------------------|
G|-0a------------------|-0--------0-----0------|----0--0--0-----2--------|-----2-p0-----0------|
D|-----2-----------0---|-------0-----------0---|-------2-----------0-----|-----0-----------3---|
A|-3a------------------|-------------2---------|-0-----------------------|-----------2---------|
E|-----------2-/3------|-0---------------------|-------------2-----------|-3-------------------|
        Will never       disappear                 I've seen that road before
        Has left a       pool of tears                Crying for the day

   C      +     +        G  +     +     +       Am7 +     +  D7 +     +    G      +     +     +
E|-----0-----5-\3------|-2-/3------------------|-------0--0--2--------3--|-3a-----------------2--|
B|-----1---------------|----------3------------|-------1--1--1--------1--|-0a--------------------|
G|--------0------------|----------------0------|----0-----------2--------|-0a-----0-----0--------|
D|-----2-----------0---|-------0-----------0---|-------2-----------0-----|-----0-----------0-----|
A|-3-------------------|-------------2---------|-0-----------------------|-----------2-----------|
E|-----------5-\3------|-2-/3------------------|-------------2-----------|-3a--------------------|
       It    always      leads me here                 Lead me to    your  door
       Why   leave me    standing here                 Let me know   the   way

[Bridge]    (2x)
   G  s  +       +   C  s  +       +     G  s  +       +   Am7 +   D7  +
E|-3a-3--3-------3---5-\3--0-----------|-------------------0a------2-------|
B|-0a----------------------------------|-0-h3----------3---1a--------------|
G|-0a------------------------------0---|-------0---------------0-------2---|
D|-----------0-----------------2-------|-----------0---------------0-------|
A|-------------------3-----------------|-------------------0a--------------|
E|-3a----------------------------------|-3---------------------------------|
   Many times    I've been alone   And   many times    I've cried      
   Any   way    you'll always know The   many ways     Ive tried

[Verse] (1x) ... as above ... But still they lead me back To the long winding road You left me standing here A long long time ago Dont leave me waiting here Lead me to your door

[Instrumental] (2x)
   G   +       +   D   +       +     G   +       +   C   +   D   +
E|-3a----------3---5a----------5---|-7a----------7---8a------10a-----|
B|-0a------0-------3a------3-------|-5a------5-------5a------0a------|
G|-0a--0-----------0a--0-----------|-0a--0-----------0a--0-------0---|
D|---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0a------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-3a--------------5a--------------|-7a--------------8a--------------|

[Verse] (1x) ... as above Verse 3, without last bar ...

[Outro]
   Em7    +     +        C      +     +               +     +     +    G6     +     +
E|-3a--2---------------|-0a------------------|-----------------------|-0a------------------|
B|-0a--------3-p0------|-1a------------------|-----------------0-h1--|-3a------------------|
G|-0a-----0------------|-0a--0--0-----0------|-----------0-h2--------|-0a-----0-----0------|
D|-----0-----------0---|-----2--2--------2---|-----2--2--------------|-----0-----------0---|
A|-----------2---------|-3a------------------|-3---------3-----------|-----------2---------|
E|-0a------------------|-----------3---------|-----------------------|-3a------------------|
   door.                                           yeah  yeah  yeah    yeah