A       A#m     B       C#      C#m     C#m7    C#sus4  
<====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  
 |O||    |OOO    ||||    OOO|    OO||    OO||    OO||   
 O|||    ||||    ||OO    ||||    ||||    |||O    ||O|   
 ||||    O|||    |O||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   
 ||||    ||||    O|||    |||O    |||O    ||||    |||O   
.||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   

E       F#      Fm      Fm11    G#      G#6     
<====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  
 O|||    |O|O    O|O|    O|OO    ||||    O|O|   
 |||O    ||O|    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   
 ||||    O|||    |||O    |O||    |O|O    |O|O   
 |O||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||O|    ||||   
.||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .O|||   .||||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   

[Intro Piano]
C# | C#m
C# | C#m


[Intro Harmonica]
C#m7 B | F#  C# | B | C#
C#m7 B | F#  C# | B | C#


[Verse]
C#m7                     B     F#                     C#
  So you think you're a Romeo    Playing a part in a picture-show

               B                        C#
Well, take the long way home    Take the long way home

C#m7                             B
  'Cause you're the joke of the neighborhood

F#                               C#
  Why should you care if you're feeling good

               B                        C#
Well, take the long way home    Take the long way home


[Chorus]
Fm                             Fm11                    A#m     G#6
  But there are times that you feel you're part of the scenery

        F#         F#                 B     F#
All the greenery      is comin' do- o -wn, boy

G#                             Fm                       A#m      G#6
  And then your wife seems to think you're part of the furniture

           F#       F#                B   F#     G#
Oh, it's peculiar,      she used to be   so    nice


[Verse]
C#m7                        B
  When lonely days turn to lonely nights

F#                        C#
  You take a trip to the city lights

             B                        C#
And take the long way home    Take the long way home

C#m7                      B
  You never see what you want to see

F#                        C#
  Forever playing to the gallery

             B                        C#
You take the long way home    Take the long way home


[Chorus]
Fm                          Fm11               A#m       G#6
  And when you're up on the stage, it's so unbelievable

         F#         F#                 B    F#
Oh, unforgettable,     how they ado- o -re you

G#                             Fm                       A#m      G#6
  But then your wife seems to think you're losing your sanity

      F#       F#               B   F#     G#
Oh, calamity,     oh is there no   way   out


[Solo]
E B | F#  C# | B | C#
E B | F#  C# | B | C#


[Chorus]
Fm                       Fm11               A#m       G#6
  Does it feel that your life's become a catastrophy

       F#          F#             B    F#
Oh, it has to be,    for you to grow, boy

G#                           Fm                     A#m           G#6
  When you look through the years and see what you could have been

             F#               F#              B      F#       G#
Oh, what you might have been,    if you had had     more    time


[Outro]
C#m7                         B
  So, when the day comes to settle down

F#                          C#
  Who's to blame if you're not around

             B
You took the long way home...

             A
    Took the long way home...

             F#
    Took the long way home...

             B
    Took the long way home...

             A
    Took the long way home...

             F#
    Took the long way home...

             B
    Took the long way home...

             F#
    Took the long way home...


C#sus4   C#
Ah-ah   ah-ah

C#sus4    C#
ooh-ooh  ooh-ooh

C#sus4   C#
Ah-ah   ah-ah

B
Long way home...

A
long way home...

F#
long way home...

B
long way home...

A
long way home...

F#
long way home...

B
long way home...