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 |O||    |OOO    |O||    ||||    OOO|    ||||    OOOO   
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Em      F       G       Gm      Gm7     Gsus4   
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 |||O    O|||    |O|O    |O||    |O||    |O||   
 ||O|    ||||    ||O|    ||O|    ||||    ||OO   
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[Intro Piano]
G | Gm
G | Gm


[Intro Harmonica]
Gm7 F | C  G | F | G
Gm7 F | C  G | F | G


[Verse]
Gm7                     F     C                     G
  So you think you're a Romeo    Playing a part in a picture-show

               F                        G
Well, take the long way home    Take the long way home

Gm7                             F
  'Cause you're the joke of the neighborhood

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

               F                        G
Well, take the long way home    Take the long way home


[Chorus]
Bm                             Bm11                    Em     D6
  But there are times that you feel you're part of the scenery

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

D                             Bm                       Em      D6
  And then your wife seems to think you're part of the furniture

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


[Verse]
Gm7                        F
  When lonely days turn to lonely nights

C                        G
  You take a trip to the city lights

             F                        G
And take the long way home    Take the long way home

Gm7                      F
  You never see what you want to see

C                        G
  Forever playing to the gallery

             F                        G
You take the long way home    Take the long way home


[Chorus]
Bm                          Bm11               Em       D6
  And when you're up on the stage, it's so unbelievable

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

D                             Bm                       Em      D6
  But then your wife seems to think you're losing your sanity

      C       C               F   C     D
Oh, calamity,     oh is there no   way   out


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


[Chorus]
Bm                       Bm11               Em       D6
  Does it feel that your life's become a catastrophy

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

D                           Bm                     Em           D6
  When you look through the years and see what you could have been

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


[Outro]
Gm7                         F
  So, when the day comes to settle down

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

             F
You took the long way home...

             D#
    Took the long way home...

             C
    Took the long way home...

             F
    Took the long way home...

             D#
    Took the long way home...

             C
    Took the long way home...

             F
    Took the long way home...

             C
    Took the long way home...


Gsus4   G
Ah-ah   ah-ah

Gsus4    G
ooh-ooh  ooh-ooh

Gsus4   G
Ah-ah   ah-ah

F
Long way home...

D#
long way home...

C
long way home...

F
long way home...

D#
long way home...

C
long way home...

F
long way home...