Long Promised Road

The Beach Boys

Tom: C

         Cmaj9   C7+/E
         So hard to answer future's riddle
                 Fmaj9   F6      Fmaj9 F6
         When ahead is seeming so far behind
         Cmaj9   C7+/E
         So hard to laugh a child-like giggle
                 Fmaj9   F6      Fmaj9 F6
         When the tears start to torture my mind 
                 G6              Am7/D
         So hard to shed the life of before
          F6
         To let my soul automatically soar

 Chorus:
                 C       F6      C
         But I hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah
                 F6
         Knock down all the roadblocks stumbling me
                 C       Dm             C7/E        F         F7
         Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down 

         Cmaj9   C7+/E
         Sew up the wounds of evolution
                         Fmaj9   F6      Fmaj9 F6
         And the now starts to get in my way
                 Cmaj9   C7+/E
         So what if life's a revelation
                         Fmaj9   F6      Fmaj9 F6
         If the mind speaks of only today
                 G6              Am7/D
         So real, the pain growing in my soul
                   F6
         Of climbing up to reality's goal

 Bridge:
         F/C
         Long promised road
         Dm6/F   [D-F-A-B]
         Trail starts at dawn
                 Em7     Am7/E Em7/A Am7 [ Am7: C-E-G-A
         Carries on to the season's ending                Em7: D-E-G-B ] 
         F/C
         Long promised road
         Dm6/F
         Flows to the source
                 Em7     Am7/E Em7/A     Am7
         Gentle force, never ending      never ending

         Cmaj9   C7+/E
         So hard to lift the jeweled sceptre
                         Fmaj9   F6      Fmaj9 F6
         When the weight turns a smile to a frown
         Cmaj9   C7+/E
                 So hard to drink of passion nectar
                         Fmaj9   F6      Fmaj9 F6
         When the taste of life's holding me down   
                 G6              Am7/D
                 So hard to plant the seed of reform
                   F6
         To set my sights on defeating the storm 

**Chorus
**Instrumental Break:   Dm7/A   Em7/D   C/G     F/C    Dm7/A   Em7/G   C       F
**Chorus (2X)
Coda (Repeat To Fade):
         C
          I'd love to see you
         F6
          I'd love to see you