To Cut A Long Story Short Guitar Tabs by 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                 E D
Soldier is turning
A                      E  D
See him through white light
A                   E D
Running from strangers
A                   E D
See you in the valley

A          E D
War upon war
A           E D
Heat upon heat
   A                D
To cut a long story short
  E       A
I lost my 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                 E D
Questions questions
A                 E D
Give me no answers
A                         E D
Thats all they ever give me
A                 E D
Questions questions
   A                      E D
Oh look at the strange boy
   A                     E D
He finds it hard existing
   A                 E
To cut a long story short
  D
I lost my mind
   A                 E
To cut a long story short
  D
I 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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