A Long December

[D] [G] [Em] [G] [D]  [G] [Em]

[G]A long D[D]ecember and there's[A] reason to be[Em]lieve
Maybe [G]this year will be[D] better than the[G] last
I [Em]can't re[G]member the[D] last thing that you[A] said
as you were [Em]leavin'
Now the [D]days go by so [G]fast

And it's [D]one more day up [G]in the can[Em]yons  [G]
And it's [D]one more night in [G]Hollywoo[Em]d     [G]
       [D]                  [G]        [Em] -stop-           [D]
If you think that I could be forgiven...I wish you would
na[G]nana[Em]nana[G]nananana..

[G]The smell of hospitals[D] in winter        [A]
[Em]And the feeling that it's all a lot of o[G]ysters, but no pearls  [D]                            [G]
[Em]All at once [G]you look across a cro[D]wded room                   [A]
To see the way th[Em]at light attaches to a g[D]irl                     [G]

And it's [D]one more day up [G]in the can[Em]yons  [G]
And it's [D]one more night i[G]n Hollywoo[Em]d     [G]
         [D]                  [G]        [Em] -stop-           [D]
If you think you might come to California...I think you should
na[G]nana[Em]nana[G]nananana..

[G]Drove up to the Hillside M[D]anor sometime after tw[A]o a.m.                  [Em]
[G]And talked a little while about th[D]e year                [G]
[Em]I guess the winter m[G]akes you laugh a little slow[D]er                            [A]
[Em]Makes you talk a little lower about     [D]
the thin[G]gs you could not show her

And it's been a long Dece[G]mber and[D] there's reason to [A]believe      [Em]
Maybe [G]this year will be[D] better than the[G] last
[Em]I can't [G]remember all the times I[D] tried to tell myself[A]
[Em]To hold on to these moments as t[D]hey pass                [G]

And it's [D]been one more da[G]y up in th[Em]e cany[G]on
And it's [D]one more night i[G]n Hollywoo[Em]d     [G]
         [D]                  [G]        [Em] -stop-           [D]
It's been so long since I've seen the ocean...I guess I should
na[G]nana[Em]nana[G]nananana.... (Repeat)