A#      A#m     A#m7    A#sus4  C#      D#      Dm      
<====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  
 ||OO    |OOO    OOOO    ||OO    OOO|    |||O    ||O|   
 |O||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    OO||   
 O|||    O|||    ||||    OO||    ||||    |OO|    ||||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    |||O    ||||    ||||   
.||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   

Dm11    F       F#      F6      G#      Gm      
<====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  
 ||O|    ||O|    |O|O    ||O|    ||||    |||O   
 |O||    O|||    ||O|    OO||    ||||    |O||   
 |||O    ||||    O|||    |||O    |O|O    ||O|   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||O|    ||||   
.||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .O|||   .||||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   

[Intro Piano]
A# | A#m
A# | A#m


[Intro Harmonica]
A#m7 G# | D#  A# | G# | A#
A#m7 G# | D#  A# | G# | A#


[Verse]
A#m7                     G#     D#                     A#
  So you think you're a Romeo    Playing a part in a picture-show

               G#                        A#
Well, take the long way home    Take the long way home

A#m7                             G#
  'Cause you're the joke of the neighborhood

D#                               A#
  Why should you care if you're feeling good

               G#                        A#
Well, take the long way home    Take the long way home


[Chorus]
Dm                             Dm11                    Gm     F6
  But there are times that you feel you're part of the scenery

        D#         D#                 G#     D#
All the greenery      is comin' do- o -wn, boy

F                             Dm                       Gm      F6
  And then your wife seems to think you're part of the furniture

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


[Verse]
A#m7                        G#
  When lonely days turn to lonely nights

D#                        A#
  You take a trip to the city lights

             G#                        A#
And take the long way home    Take the long way home

A#m7                      G#
  You never see what you want to see

D#                        A#
  Forever playing to the gallery

             G#                        A#
You take the long way home    Take the long way home


[Chorus]
Dm                          Dm11               Gm       F6
  And when you're up on the stage, it's so unbelievable

         D#         D#                 G#    D#
Oh, unforgettable,     how they ado- o -re you

F                             Dm                       Gm      F6
  But then your wife seems to think you're losing your sanity

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


[Solo]
C# G# | D#  A# | G# | A#
C# G# | D#  A# | G# | A#


[Chorus]
Dm                       Dm11               Gm       F6
  Does it feel that your life's become a catastrophy

       D#          D#             G#    D#
Oh, it has to be,    for you to grow, boy

F                           Dm                     Gm           F6
  When you look through the years and see what you could have been

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


[Outro]
A#m7                         G#
  So, when the day comes to settle down

D#                          A#
  Who's to blame if you're not around

             G#
You took the long way home...

             F#
    Took the long way home...

             D#
    Took the long way home...

             G#
    Took the long way home...

             F#
    Took the long way home...

             D#
    Took the long way home...

             G#
    Took the long way home...

             D#
    Took the long way home...


A#sus4   A#
Ah-ah   ah-ah

A#sus4    A#
ooh-ooh  ooh-ooh

A#sus4   A#
Ah-ah   ah-ah

G#
Long way home...

F#
long way home...

D#
long way home...

G#
long way home...

F#
long way home...

D#
long way home...

G#
long way home...