Long Promised Road
The Beach Boys

(Carl Wilson - Jack Rieley)

 Verse 1:

         [ keyboard (Wurlitzer electric piano) right-hand voicings:              Cmaj9   D-E-G-B 
                 Cmaj7   C-E-G-B
                 Fmaj9   A-C-E-G
                 F6      A-C-D-F
                 G6      B-D-E-G
                 Am7     A-C-E-G ]

         Cmaj9   Cmaj7/E
                 So hard to answer future's riddle
                 Fmaj9   F6      Fmaj9 F6
         When ahead is seeming so far behind
         Cmaj9   Cmaj7/E
                 So hard to laugh a child-like giggle
                 Fmaj9   F6      Fmaj9 F6
         When the tears start to torture my mind         G6      Am7/D
         So hard to shed the life of before
          F6
         To let my soul automatically soar

 Chorus:

                 C       F6      C
         But I hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah                F6
         Knock down all the roadblocks stumbling me      C       Dm      C7/E    F F7
          Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down 

 Verse 2:

         Sew up the wounds of evolution
         And the now starts to get in my way
         So what if life's a revelation
         If the mind speaks of only today
         So real, the pain growing in my soul
         Of climbing up to reality's goal

 [repeat chorus]

 Bridge:

         F/C
         Long promised road
         Dm6/F   [D-F-A-B]
         Trail starts at dawn
                 Em7     Am7/E Em7/A Am7 [ Am7: C-E-G-A
         Carries on to the season's ending                Em7: D-E-G-B ] 

         F/C
         Long promised road
         Dm6/F
         Flows to the source
                 Em7     Am7/E Em7/A     Am7
         Gentle force, never ending      never ending

 Verse 3:

         So hard to lift the jeweled sceptre
         When the weight turns a smile to a frown        So hard to drink of passion nectar
         When the taste of life's holding me down        So hard to plant the seed of reform
         To set my sights on defeating the storm 

 [repeat chorus]

 Instrumental break:

         Dm7/A   Em7/D   C/G     F/C
          / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
         Dm7/A   Em7/G   C       F
          / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

 [repeat chorus, 2X]

 Coda [repeat to fade]:

         C
          I'd love to see you
         F6
          I'd love to see you


 -- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers

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