A       A#      A6      Bm      C       D       Dm      
<====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  
 |O||    ||OO    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||O|   
 O|||    |O||    O|O|    |OOO    ||||    OOO|    OO||   
 ||||    O|||    ||||    ||||    |||O    ||||    ||||   
 ||||    ||||    |O|O    O|||    ||||    ||||    ||||   
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Dm7     Dsus4   F       F#m     F#m11   G       
<====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  
 ||O|    ||||    ||O|    |O||    ||||    ||||   
 OO||    OO||    O|||    O|O|    ||O|    |O|O   
 |||O    ||O|    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||O|   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    OO||    ||||   
.||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   

[Intro Piano]
D | Dm
D | Dm


[Intro Harmonica]
Dm7 C | G  D | C | D
Dm7 C | G  D | C | D


[Verse]
Dm7                     C     G                     D
  So you think you're a Romeo    Playing a part in a picture-show

               C                        D
Well, take the long way home    Take the long way home

Dm7                             C
  'Cause you're the joke of the neighborhood

G                               D
  Why should you care if you're feeling good

               C                        D
Well, take the long way home    Take the long way home


[Chorus]
F#m                             F#m11                    Bm     A6
  But there are times that you feel you're part of the scenery

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

A                             F#m                       Bm      A6
  And then your wife seems to think you're part of the furniture

           G       G                C   G     A
Oh, it's peculiar,      she used to be   so    nice


[Verse]
Dm7                        C
  When lonely days turn to lonely nights

G                        D
  You take a trip to the city lights

             C                        D
And take the long way home    Take the long way home

Dm7                      C
  You never see what you want to see

G                        D
  Forever playing to the gallery

             C                        D
You take the long way home    Take the long way home


[Chorus]
F#m                          F#m11               Bm       A6
  And when you're up on the stage, it's so unbelievable

         G         G                 C    G
Oh, unforgettable,     how they ado- o -re you

A                             F#m                       Bm      A6
  But then your wife seems to think you're losing your sanity

      G       G               C   G     A
Oh, calamity,     oh is there no   way   out


[Solo]
F C | G  D | C | D
F C | G  D | C | D


[Chorus]
F#m                       F#m11               Bm       A6
  Does it feel that your life's become a catastrophy

       G          G             C    G
Oh, it has to be,    for you to grow, boy

A                           F#m                     Bm           A6
  When you look through the years and see what you could have been

             G               G              C      G       A
Oh, what you might have been,    if you had had     more    time


[Outro]
Dm7                         C
  So, when the day comes to settle down

G                          D
  Who's to blame if you're not around

             C
You took the long way home...

             A#
    Took the long way home...

             G
    Took the long way home...

             C
    Took the long way home...

             A#
    Took the long way home...

             G
    Took the long way home...

             C
    Took the long way home...

             G
    Took the long way home...


Dsus4   D
Ah-ah   ah-ah

Dsus4    D
ooh-ooh  ooh-ooh

Dsus4   D
Ah-ah   ah-ah

C
Long way home...

A#
long way home...

G
long way home...

C
long way home...

A#
long way home...

G
long way home...

C
long way home...