A       A#m     A#m11   B       C#      C#6     D       
<====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  
 |O||    |OOO    ||||    ||||    OOO|    OOOO    ||||   
 O|||    ||||    ||||    ||OO    ||||    ||||    OOO|   
 ||||    O|||    ||||    |O||    ||||    ||||    ||||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    O|||    |||O    ||||    ||||   
.||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   
 ||||    ||||    ||OO    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   

D#m     E       F#      F#m     F#m7    F#sus4  
<====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  
 |||O    O|||    |O|O    |O||    ||||    |O||   
 ||O|    |||O    ||O|    O|O|    O|O|    ||OO   
 OO||    ||||    O|||    ||||    ||||    ||||   
 ||||    |O||    ||||    ||||    |O|O    O|||   
.||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   

[Intro Piano]
F# | F#m
F# | F#m


[Intro Harmonica]
F#m7 E | B  F# | E | F#
F#m7 E | B  F# | E | F#


[Verse]
F#m7                     E     B                     F#
  So you think you're a Romeo    Playing a part in a picture-show

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

F#m7                             E
  'Cause you're the joke of the neighborhood

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

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


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

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

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

           B       B                E   B     C#
Oh, it's peculiar,      she used to be   so    nice


[Verse]
F#m7                        E
  When lonely days turn to lonely nights

B                        F#
  You take a trip to the city lights

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

F#m7                      E
  You never see what you want to see

B                        F#
  Forever playing to the gallery

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


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

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

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

      B       B               E   B     C#
Oh, calamity,     oh is there no   way   out


[Solo]
A E | B  F# | E | F#
A E | B  F# | E | F#


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

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

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

             B               B              E      B       C#
Oh, what you might have been,    if you had had     more    time


[Outro]
F#m7                         E
  So, when the day comes to settle down

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

             E
You took the long way home...

             D
    Took the long way home...

             B
    Took the long way home...

             E
    Took the long way home...

             D
    Took the long way home...

             B
    Took the long way home...

             E
    Took the long way home...

             B
    Took the long way home...


F#sus4   F#
Ah-ah   ah-ah

F#sus4    F#
ooh-ooh  ooh-ooh

F#sus4   F#
Ah-ah   ah-ah

E
Long way home...

D
long way home...

B
long way home...

E
long way home...

D
long way home...

B
long way home...

E
long way home...