A#      A#6     B       C#      Cm      D#      D#m     
<====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  
 ||OO    ||OO    ||||    OOO|    ||||    |||O    |||O   
 |O||    |O||    ||OO    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||O|   
 O|||    ||||    |O||    ||||    |OOO    |OO|    OO||   
 ||||    ||||    O|||    |||O    ||||    ||||    ||||   
.||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   

D#m7    D#sus4  F#      G#      Gm      Gm11    
<====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  
 ||||    O||O    |O|O    ||||    |||O    ||OO   
 ||O|    ||||    ||O|    ||||    |O||    ||||   
 OO||    |O||    O|||    |O|O    ||O|    ||||   
 |||O    ||O|    ||||    ||O|    ||||    ||||   
.||||   .||||   .||||   .O|||   .||||   .||||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   

[Intro Piano]
D# | D#m
D# | D#m


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


[Verse]
D#m7                     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

D#m7                             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]
Gm                             Gm11                    Cm     A#6
  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#                             Gm                       Cm      A#6
  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]
D#m7                        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

D#m7                      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]
Gm                          Gm11               Cm       A#6
  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#                             Gm                       Cm      A#6
  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]
Gm                       Gm11               Cm       A#6
  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#                           Gm                     Cm           A#6
  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]
D#m7                         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...

             B
    Took the long way home...

             G#
    Took the long way home...

             C#
    Took the long way home...

             B
    Took the long way home...

             G#
    Took the long way home...

             C#
    Took the long way home...

             G#
    Took the long way home...


D#sus4   D#
Ah-ah   ah-ah

D#sus4    D#
ooh-ooh  ooh-ooh

D#sus4   D#
Ah-ah   ah-ah

C#
Long way home...

B
long way home...

G#
long way home...

C#
long way home...

B
long way home...

G#
long way home...

C#
long way home...