To Cut a Long Story Short Spandau Ballet
Tabbed By: Belavista Man
On: 28/02/08
E-mail: anthonybentley@hotmail.co.uk
Tuning: Drop D
Intro/Verses riff (repeated):
e|-----------------------------| B|-----------------------------| G|-----5-4---------------------| D|---5-----7-5-----5-5---------| A|-0-----------7-7-----5-5-7-7-| D|-----------------------------|
Verse:
[A]Soldier is turning[E] [D]
[A]See him through white l[E]igh[D]t
[A]Running from strange[E]rs[D]
[A]See you in the valle[E]y[D]
[A]War upon wa[E]r[D]
[A]Heat upon he[E]at[D]
To [A]cut a long story [D]short
I [E]lost my [A]mind
Sitting on a park bench
Years away from fighting
To cut a long story short
I lost my mind
E(hold)
Standing in the dark
F(hold)
Oh I was waiting for man to come
G(hold)
I am beautiful and clean
C(hold)
And so very very young
E(hold)
To be standing in the street
F(hold)
To be taken by someone
(Bass solo)
Standing in the dark
Oh I was waiting for man to come
I am beautiful and clean
And so very very young
To be standing in the street
To be taken by someone
[A]Questions question[E]s[D]
[A]Give me no answers[E] [D]
[A]Thats all they ever give m[E]e[D]
[A]Questions question[E]s[D]
Oh [A]look at the strange boy[E] [D]
He [A]finds it hard existing[E] [D]
To [A]cut a long story s[E]hort
I [D]lost my mind
To [A]cut a long story s[E]hort
I [D]lost my...
Outro:
e|-------------| B|-------------| G|-------------| D|-------------| A|-0-----------| D|---5-3-5-1-0-|
...three times, then this to end:
e|---------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------| G|------------------5-4------------------------| D|----------------------7-5-----7-7------------| A|-0------------0-0---------5-5-----3-3-5-5-0~-| D|---5-3-5-1-5---------------------------------|
Slide on "Taken by someone":
e|------| B|------| G|------| D|------|
A|-3/8~-|
D|------|
There, enjoy it peeps! If you want any songs from the 80s tabbing, just ask me!
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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