Billy Joel — Longest Time (ver 2) Tab

Tabbed by: Jeff Rivers
Email: j.monty.rivers @ gmail.com

I tabbed this out originally just for my own sake, entitling the file "The
Singalongest Time" (considering that's exactly what I was designing it for;
to give myself a little accompaniment seeing as I don't have an a capella
group comprised solely of Billy Joel or anyone else for an entourage.)  I
ended up liking the result so much that I thought I'd make it my first tab
ever shared with the WWW.

(For bassists, you can pretty much just follow along with the lowest string
tabbed, as I more or less "composed" this with the formula: one bass note +
one harmonizing note.)


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Oh yeah, and I did it in dropped—D, Capo 1, just to be a bastard.

Don't worry, you'll like it.


Dropped—D
Capo: 1

INTRO:
e |————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
B |————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
G |————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
D |4———————4———7———9———————5—————5—4———————4———7———9———————5—————5—|
A |————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
D |0———————7———4———5———————7—————7—0———————7———4———5———————7—————7—|


VERSE (x2):
e |————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
B |——————————————————————3—3———————————————————————————————————————|
G |————————————————4———————————————————————————————————————————————|
D |4———2———0———4———0———————4———————4———2———0———4———————————————————|
A |————4———2———0—————————————————0—————4———2———0———7———2———4———4—5—|
D |0———————————————5———————0———————0———————————————6———2———7———7—5—|



e |————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
B |————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
G |————————————————2———————7———5———4———————0———————6—————7—7——————o|
D |————————0———————————————4———0———0———————2———————5———————4——————o|
A |4———1———2———————4———————————————————————————————————————————————|
D |4———————————————————————0———4———5—————4—2—————0—7———————0———————|

Repeat [INTRO],[VERSE]


BRIDGE:

Arpeggiate these chords twice each (como "0—2—2—2, 0—2—2—2," etc): 
A   x0222x
Bm  x2443x
C#7 x4342x
D   0x423x

F#m 4x422x
Bm  x2443z
E7  22x13x
A   (see below)

(** Where I've placed X's above, simply don't bother to arpeggiate those
strings! **)


Climb back to the VERSE with the A chord varied like so:
————————————————|
2———2—2—————————|
2———2—2—4———0———|
————————0———2———|
0———0———2———4———|
————————————————|

[VERSE], [BRIDGE], [VERSE]

...then INTRO section to fade.  I'll possibly revise this tab with an ending
you can play live at some point.




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Please feel free to email me whether you appreciate this (again: my first
tab) or have gripes about something I overlooked in the tabbing process.  My
meter in the tab should be pretty damned precise, but who knows what I may
have screwed up.  I'm currently exhausted.

Billy Joel is the man for this song (and many others).

Hope you've enjoyed my rendition!
~10/6