IT`LL BE A LONG TIME by The Offspring. Album: The Offspring - Smash (1994)
This song`s got excellent guitar riffs which are very, very fun to play. 
Getting the right rhythm in the chorus might be a little bit hard, but when
you get it - I`d better warn the people around you!

# verse #   X 2   (brackets only second time)
E----------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------|
G--(5)-7-7---5--7-7---5--3-3-3-10-10-10--7-7---|
D--(5)-7-7---5--7-7---5--3-3-3-10-10-10--7-7---|
A--(3)-5-5---3--5-5---3--1-1-1--8--8--8--5-5---|
E----------------------------------------------|

# pre-chorus #      m=mute    *=play 6X
E---------------------------------------------------->
B-----------*----------*--------------------------*-->
G---5--7-7-7---5--7-7-7---5--3-3-3-10-10-10--7-7-7--->
D---5--7-7-7---5--7-7-7---5--3-3-3-10-10-10--7-7-7--->
A---3--5-5-5---3--5-5-5---3--1-1-1--8--8--8--5-5-5--->
E----------m----------m--------------------------m--->

E----------------------------------------------|
B-----------*----------*-----------------------|
G---5--7-7-7---5--7-7-7---5--5-5-5--5-5-5---*--|
D---5--7-7-7---5--7-7-7---5--5-5-5--5-5-5--7---|
A---3--5-5-5---3--5-5-5---3--3-3-3--3-3-3--7---|
E----------m----------m--------------------5---|

# chorus #    X 2
E--------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------|
G---7-7-7-10-10-10--5-5-5--7-7-7---------5-5-5--5-5----7-7-7---|
D---7-7-7-10-10-10--5-5-5--7-7-7--8-8-8--5-5-5--5-5-7--7-7-7---|
A---5-5-5--8--8--8--3-3-3--5-5-5--8-8-8--3-3-3--3-3-7--5-5-5---|
E---------------------------------6-6-6-------------5----------|

# end-chorus #
E------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------|
G----------5-5-5--10-10-5--7-7-7)--5---2---|
D--(8-8-8--5-5-5--10-10-5--7-7-7)--5---2---|
A--(8-8-8--3-3-3---8--8-3--5-5-5)--3---0---|
E--(6-6-6----------------------------------|

Play verse, pre-chorus, chorus (end X2) and end-chorus (only brackets).
                                                      [(last two times ]
# bridge #     X 6               # bridge2 #    X 4   [ without muting)] 
E----------------------------|   E-------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------|   B-------------------------------------------|
G---7-7-5-5-5--12-12-7-7-7---|   G---5-5-5-5--12-12-12-12--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
D---7-7-5-5-5--12-12-7-7-7---|   D---5-5-5-5--12-12-12-12--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
A---5-5-3-3-3--10-10-5-5-5---|   A---3-3-3-3--10-10-10-10--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
E----------------------------|   E-------------------------------------------|
                                     \__________palm-muted_______________/




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IT`LL BE A LONG TIME

# "solo" #    X 2    (during verse)    (brackets only first time)
E------------------------------------------------------------|
B---6-6-5-5-6-6--6-6-5-5-6-6--------8-8-8-3--(6-6-5-5-6-6)---|
G---5-5-4-4-5-5--5-5-4-4-5-5--5-5-5-7-7-7-2--(5-5-4-4-5-5)---|
D-----------------------------5-5-5--------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------|

Play pre-chorus, chorus, end-chorus and start of the verse. And it`s over -
oh bother. Nice song, isn`t it?
Tabbed by Jussi Heinonen 03.03.1997.               Thanks to ???????????