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 ||O|    |||O    ||O|    ||O|    |O|O    |||O   
 |O||    ||||    O|||    OO||    ||O|    |O||   
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[Intro Piano]
B | Bm
B | Bm


[Intro Harmonica]
Bm7 A | E  B | A | B
Bm7 A | E  B | A | B


[Verse]
Bm7                     A     E                     B
  So you think you're a Romeo    Playing a part in a picture-show

               A                        B
Well, take the long way home    Take the long way home

Bm7                             A
  'Cause you're the joke of the neighborhood

E                               B
  Why should you care if you're feeling good

               A                        B
Well, take the long way home    Take the long way home


[Chorus]
D#m                             D#m11                    G#m     F#6
  But there are times that you feel you're part of the scenery

        E         E                 A     E
All the greenery      is comin' do- o -wn, boy

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

           E       E                A   E     F#
Oh, it's peculiar,      she used to be   so    nice


[Verse]
Bm7                        A
  When lonely days turn to lonely nights

E                        B
  You take a trip to the city lights

             A                        B
And take the long way home    Take the long way home

Bm7                      A
  You never see what you want to see

E                        B
  Forever playing to the gallery

             A                        B
You take the long way home    Take the long way home


[Chorus]
D#m                          D#m11               G#m       F#6
  And when you're up on the stage, it's so unbelievable

         E         E                 A    E
Oh, unforgettable,     how they ado- o -re you

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

      E       E               A   E     F#
Oh, calamity,     oh is there no   way   out


[Solo]
D A | E  B | A | B
D A | E  B | A | B


[Chorus]
D#m                       D#m11               G#m       F#6
  Does it feel that your life's become a catastrophy

       E          E             A    E
Oh, it has to be,    for you to grow, boy

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

             E               E              A      E       F#
Oh, what you might have been,    if you had had     more    time


[Outro]
Bm7                         A
  So, when the day comes to settle down

E                          B
  Who's to blame if you're not around

             A
You took the long way home...

             G
    Took the long way home...

             E
    Took the long way home...

             A
    Took the long way home...

             G
    Took the long way home...

             E
    Took the long way home...

             A
    Took the long way home...

             E
    Took the long way home...


Bsus4   B
Ah-ah   ah-ah

Bsus4    B
ooh-ooh  ooh-ooh

Bsus4   B
Ah-ah   ah-ah

A
Long way home...

G
long way home...

E
long way home...

A
long way home...

G
long way home...

E
long way home...

A
long way home...