A#      Am      Am11    C       C#      C6      D#      
<====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  
 ||OO    ||||    ||||    ||||    OOO|    ||||    |||O   
 |O||    O|||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   
 O|||    ||||    ||||    |||O    ||||    ||||    |OO|   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    |||O    ||||    ||||   
.||||   .||||   .||OO   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   

Dm      F       Fm      Fm7     Fsus4   G#      
<====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  
 ||O|    ||O|    O|O|    O|O|    ||OO    ||||   
 OO||    O|||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   
 ||||    ||||    |||O    |O|O    O|||    |O|O   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||O|   
.||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .O|||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   

[Intro Piano]
F | Fm
F | Fm


[Intro Harmonica]
Fm7 D# | A#  F | D# | F
Fm7 D# | A#  F | D# | F


[Verse]
Fm7                     D#     A#                     F
  So you think you're a Romeo    Playing a part in a picture-show

               D#                        F
Well, take the long way home    Take the long way home

Fm7                             D#
  'Cause you're the joke of the neighborhood

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

               D#                        F
Well, take the long way home    Take the long way home


[Chorus]
Am                             Am11                    Dm     C6
  But there are times that you feel you're part of the scenery

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

C                             Am                       Dm      C6
  And then your wife seems to think you're part of the furniture

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


[Verse]
Fm7                        D#
  When lonely days turn to lonely nights

A#                        F
  You take a trip to the city lights

             D#                        F
And take the long way home    Take the long way home

Fm7                      D#
  You never see what you want to see

A#                        F
  Forever playing to the gallery

             D#                        F
You take the long way home    Take the long way home


[Chorus]
Am                          Am11               Dm       C6
  And when you're up on the stage, it's so unbelievable

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

C                             Am                       Dm      C6
  But then your wife seems to think you're losing your sanity

      A#       A#               D#   A#     C
Oh, calamity,     oh is there no   way   out


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


[Chorus]
Am                       Am11               Dm       C6
  Does it feel that your life's become a catastrophy

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

C                           Am                     Dm           C6
  When you look through the years and see what you could have been

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


[Outro]
Fm7                         D#
  So, when the day comes to settle down

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

             D#
You took the long way home...

             C#
    Took the long way home...

             A#
    Took the long way home...

             D#
    Took the long way home...

             C#
    Took the long way home...

             A#
    Took the long way home...

             D#
    Took the long way home...

             A#
    Took the long way home...


Fsus4   F
Ah-ah   ah-ah

Fsus4    F
ooh-ooh  ooh-ooh

Fsus4   F
Ah-ah   ah-ah

D#
Long way home...

C#
long way home...

A#
long way home...

D#
long way home...

C#
long way home...

A#
long way home...

D#
long way home...