The Long and Winding Road Lennon/McCartney [D]The [F#m]long and winding [G/A]road that [D]leads [D/C]to your [G]door Will [D/F#]never disa[Bm7]ppear, [Em7]I've [A7]seen that road [D7sus]before D7] [G]It al[D/F#]ways [Bm7]leads me here, [Em7]lead me [A7]to your [D]door [D]The [F#m]wild and windy [G/A]night that the [D]rain [D/C]washed a[G]way Has [D/F#]left a pool of [Bm]tears [Em7]crying [A7]for the [D7sus]day [D7] [G]Why [D/F#]leave me [Bm]standing here? [Em7]Let me [A7]know the [D]way {c:Chorus} [D]Many times I've [G]been alone and [D/F#]many times I've [Em7]cried [A7] [D]Anyway you'll [G]never know the [D/F#]many ways I've [Em7]tried [A7] But [D]still they [F#m]lead me [G/A]back to the [D]long and [D/C]winding [G]road You [D/F#]left me standing [Bm]here [Em]a long, [A7]long time [D7sus]ago [D7] [G]Don't [D/F#]leave me [Bm]waiting here, [Em7]lead me [A7]to your [D]door {c:String solo} [D] [G] [D/F#] [Em7] [D] [G] [D/F#] [Em7] [A7] But [D]still they [F#m]lead me [G/A]back to the [D]long and [D/C]winding [G]road You [D/F#]left me standing [Bm]here [Em]a long, [A7]long time [D7sus]ago [D7] [G]Don't [D/F#]leave me [Bm]waiting here, [Em7]lead me [A7]to your [D]door ** Section A ** Start with a pick-up measure (measure #0) Measure #1: B note is fretted instead of open B so that F#, D and B can ring. If difficult, use open B. Measure #2: Whatever the chord is, it sounds good Measure #3: You can slide your pinky from 5th fret to 3rd fret on D string | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -2---|-3---2---------0-|-------------0---|---------0-1---0-|-----------------| -----|-0-------3-------|---1-1---1-1-----|-3-----3-0-------|-----1---0-------| -----|-0---------4-----|---0-0---0-0-----|-----4---0-------|-------------0---| -----|-----------------|---0-0---0-0-----|---5-----3---3---|---2-----------2-| -----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-----3---3-----| -----|-2---------------|---0-0---0-0-----|-5---------------|-----------------| Measure #5: x2x032 chord is fingered xIx0RM (index on 5th, middle on 1st, and ring on 2nd strings) - a little tricky Measure #7: the number in () may be added. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -----0---2-3-----|-0---------------|-------------0---|-----------------| -----1---3---3---|---0-------------|-----1---3-----3-|-3-----3-1---3---| -----0---0-----4-|-----0-----------|-----0--(5)------|-----4----(2)----| ---2-------------|---------2-------|---2--(0)--4-----|---5-------3---5-| -3-------2-------|-----------2-----|-0-------5-------|-----------------| -----------------|-2-----------2---|-----------------|-5-------3---5---| Measure #11: G note is fingered with pinky Measure #12: G note is fingered with index (there are other possibilities - you can play D7 in Meas#11 on 5th pos) Measure #12: The last note F# is a pick-up note and is not sometimes played | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -----0---2-3-----|-0---------------|-----0---2---3---|-3-------3---2---| -----1---3---3---|---0-------------|-----1---1-------|-------0---------| -----0---0-----4-|-----0-----------|-----0---2-------|-----0-----------| ---2-------------|---------2-------|---2-------------|---0-------------| -3-------2-------|-----------2-----|-0---------------|-----------------| -----------------|-2-----------2---|---------0-------|-5---------------| ** Section A' ** Measure #9 is the only difference from Section A so I repeat Measures #9 - 12 only | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -----0---5-3---23|-0---------------|-----0---2---3---|-3-------3---2---| -----1---3-------|---0-------------|-----1---1-------|-------0---------| -----0---0---0---|-----0-----------|-----0---2-------|-----0-----------| ---2-------------|---------2-------|---2-------------|---0-------------| -3-------2-------|-----------2-----|-0---------------|-----------------| -----------------|-2-----------2---|---------0-------|-5---------------| ** Section B ** Repeat this twice for Section B | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . -5-5-5-----------5-----------0---|-5---3---0-----------------------| ---------------------------------|-5-----------0---------------0---| -------------0-------------------|-------------------------0-------| -0-------0-4h------------0-------|---------4-----------4-----------| ---------------------------------|-3---------------3---------------| ---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . ---------------------------------|----------------------------(2)--| -0---3-----------------------3---|-3---1---------------------------| ---------0---------------0-------|-2-------2-----------------------| ---------------------0-----------|-------------0-------------------| -2---------------2---------------|-----------------0---------------| ---------------------------------|-0-------------------------------| ** Section A'' ** | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -2A--|-3A--2A--------0A|-------------0A--|---------0A1A--0A|-----------------| -----|---------3A------|---1-1---1-1-----|-3A--------------|-----1A--0A------| -----|-----------4A----|---0-0---0-0-----|-------4---------|-------------0A--| -----|-----------------|---0-0---0-0-----|-----5-------3---|---2-----------2A| -----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-----3---3-----| -----|---2-------------|---0-0---0-0-----|---5-----3-------|-----------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -----0A--2A3A----|-0A--------------|-------------0A--|-----------------| -------------3A--|---0A------------|-----1A--3A------|-3A------1A--3A--| ---------------4A|-----0A----------|-----------------|---4A--4A--2A--4A| ---2-------------|---------2A------|---2-------4-----|-----5A----------| -3-------2-------|-----------2A----|-0-------5-------|-----------------| -----------------|-2-----------2A--|-----------------|-----------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -----0A--2A3A----|-0A--------------|-----0A--2A--3A--|-3A--------------| -------------3A--|---0A------------|-----------------|-----------0A----| ---------------4A|-----0A----------|-----------------|---------0A--0A--| ---2-------------|---------2A------|---2-------------|-------0A--------| -3-------2-------|-----------2A----|-0---------------|-----------------| -----------------|-2-----------2A--|---------0-------|-5---------------| ** Section C ** | | | | | | | | ---------0-----0-|-2-----2-3---5---| -3-----3---------|-----3-----------| -----0-------0---|-----------------| ---4-------4-----|---4-------------| ---------0-------|-2---------------| -5---------------|-----------------| | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . -10----------10--12----------12--|-14----------14--15-------17------| -----7---8-----------------------|---------12-----------------------| -0-------------------11--12------|-----11---------------------------| ---------------------------------|-0--------------------------------| -----------------0---------------|----------------------------------| ---------------------------------|----------------------------------| ** Section D (end) ** | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . -3-------2-------------------0---|----------------------------------| -0---------------3---------------|-----1---1-------1----1-----------| -0-------------------4-----------|-----0---0-------0----0-----------| ---------------------------------|-----0---0-------0----0-----------| ---------------------------------|----------------------------------| -2-------------------------------|-----0---0-------0----0-----------| | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . ---------------------------------|----------------------------------| ---------------------------------|--------------------------3A------| -0-------2-------4---------------|----------------------4A----------| -0-------------------------------|-----------------5A---------------| ---------------------------------|-------------5A-------------------| -0-------------------------------|-5A-------------------------------| | . | . | . | . -3A------------------------------|| ---------------------------------|| END ---------------------------------|| ---------------------------------|| ---------------------------------|| ---------------------------------|