B       C#      Cm      Cm11    D#      D#6     E       
<====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  
 ||||    OOO|    ||||    ||O|    |||O    ||||    O|||   
 ||OO    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    |||O   
 |O||    ||||    |OOO    OO|O    |OO|    OOOO    ||||   
 O|||    |||O    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    |O||   
.||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   

F#      Fm      G#      G#m     G#m7    G#sus4  
<====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  
 |O|O    O|O|    ||||    O|||    O|||    O|||   
 ||O|    ||||    ||||    |||O    ||OO    ||||   
 O|||    |||O    |O|O    |O||    |O||    |O||   
 ||||    ||||    ||O|    ||O|    ||||    ||OO   
.||||   .||||   .O|||   .||||   .||||   .||||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   

[Intro Piano]
G# | G#m
G# | G#m


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


[Verse]
G#m7                     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

G#m7                             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]
Cm                             Cm11                    Fm     D#6
  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#                             Cm                       Fm      D#6
  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]
G#m7                        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

G#m7                      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]
Cm                          Cm11               Fm       D#6
  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#                             Cm                       Fm      D#6
  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]
B F# | C#  G# | F# | G#
B F# | C#  G# | F# | G#


[Chorus]
Cm                       Cm11               Fm       D#6
  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#                           Cm                     Fm           D#6
  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]
G#m7                         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...

             E
    Took the long way home...

             C#
    Took the long way home...

             F#
    Took the long way home...

             E
    Took the long way home...

             C#
    Took the long way home...

             F#
    Took the long way home...

             C#
    Took the long way home...


G#sus4   G#
Ah-ah   ah-ah

G#sus4    G#
ooh-ooh  ooh-ooh

G#sus4   G#
Ah-ah   ah-ah

F#
Long way home...

E
long way home...

C#
long way home...

F#
long way home...

E
long way home...

C#
long way home...

F#
long way home...