ARTIST: Bob Schneider & Mitch Watkins
TITLE: "The Long Black Road"
ALBUM: "Underneath The Onion Trees"
~Transcribed by Connor Roberts
~corusa@corusa.com
ORDER: Intro, Verse 1, Interlude 1, Verse 2, Interlude 2, Verse 3, Interlude 2, Interlude 2
CHORDS:
G C F#4 Bb4 G4 A7sus4 D2
e--3-- --3-- --6-- --10-- --7-- --3-- --3--
B--3-- --3-- --6-- --10-- --7-- --3-- --3--
G--0-- --0-- --0-- ---0-- --0-- --0-- --0--
D--0-- --2-- --0-- ---0-- --0-- --0-- --0--
A--2-- --3-- --5-- ---9-- --6-- --0-- --0--
E--3-- --x-- --6-- --10-- --7-- --0-- --2--
INTRO:
G, C, G, G (x2)
VERSE PROGRESSION:
G C G C G
There's a big black heart, in a big black hole
C G C G
In a big black box, a the bottom, of the big black sea
F#4 G F#4 G
And there's a long black road ahead
A7sus4, D2 (Intro Riff, then Interlude #)
Waiting for me...
INTERLUDE 1: (used after verse 1)
G, C, G, G
G, C, G, G
F#4, G, F#4, G
A7sus4, D2, G
(play all lines again, then go to 2nd verse)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bob_schneider/the_long_black_road_crd.html ]
INTERLUDE 2: (used after verses 2 & 3 and also repeated for ending)
G, C, G, G
G, C, G, G
F#4, G, Bb4, G4
A7sus4, D2, G
(play all lines again, then go to 3rd verse -or- repeat 2 more times for ending and fade out)
PICKING PROGRESSION: (example of where to finger for each chord during song)
For "C" Only For "G"/"A7sus4"/"D2" For "F#4"/"Bb4"/"G4"
e-------x--------||----------x----------||----x-----x-----------||
B--x-------x-----||----x--------x-------||-------------x--------||
G----x--------x--||----x--x--------x----||----------------------||
D----------------||---------------------||----------------------||
A--x-------------||---------------------||----------------------||
E----------------||----x----------------||----x--x--------------||
NOTES:
*For the intro and first two lines of the verses and interludes, you are NOT
going to play: G, C, G, C, but it is G, C, G, G...do not play a second "C" in
there, there is only 1 "C" note in that progression, it does not alternate back
to "C" again on the 4th note, just G, C, G, G (you may want to try a variation on
the finger picking in the last G to kind of give and audible cue as to an end to
the riff, or moving on to the verses, etc...)
*Although this is played on two guitars, it is written this way for one
guitar...the notes: "F#4", "Bb4", "G4", and "A7sus4" are all played by the second
guitar whenever applicable in the song, while the first guitar keeps playing the
intro riff...but since both parts are so minor I combined them, because this song
can be played on one guitar, and still sound great.
*Even though the song fades out, I like playing the end gradually slowing down
interlude 2 the final repetition, and ending with one downward strum on the G
chord after picking the last G; just a thought to make the end sound good while
not ending too abruptly.
