"The Long and Winding Road" by The Beatles

Riff Rundown

Difficulty: Advanced

I wish you all the best with this one. We broke each section down into two bars until the very end. Hopefully this will help you play the song better.

What you will see below are some "taps." They are noted on the tablature with a "T." Taps are very difficult to play correctly on the acoustic. You will need to play it in some ways like harmonics. To understand how to play it, notice your pivot points. I will tell you what they are by the numbers. Your pivot points are :

4,5,4,4,6,6 ( Those are your fretted notes as usual)

Now, what you will see directly after those numbers are where you are tapping. You will need to tap the fretboard where the numbers apply. At the same time you do this, you will need to use one of your other fingers to pluck the note. That is the hard part.

The numbers that you are tapping are :

16,17,16,16,18,18

Here is an example on video :

 

Theme

Here is JUST the tapping part at the beginning :

Here are the rest of the first two bars :

Riff Resources

Complete Transcription To "The Long And Winding Road" (PDF)

Complete Transcription To "The Long And Winding Road" (Power Tab)