A       Am      Am7     Asus4   C       C#m     C#m11   
<====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  
 |O||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    OO||    ||||   
 O|||    O|||    ||||    OO||    ||||    ||||    ||O|   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    |||O    ||||    ||||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    |||O    OO|O   
.||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   

D       E       E6      F       F#m     G       
<====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  
 ||||    O|||    ||||    ||O|    |O||    ||||   
 OOO|    |||O    ||||    O|||    O|O|    |O|O   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||O|   
 ||||    |O||    OOOO    ||||    ||||    ||||   
.||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   

[Intro Piano]
A | Am
A | Am


[Intro Harmonica]
Am7 G | D  A | G | A
Am7 G | D  A | G | A


[Verse]
Am7                     G     D                     A
  So you think you're a Romeo    Playing a part in a picture-show

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

Am7                             G
  'Cause you're the joke of the neighborhood

D                               A
  Why should you care if you're feeling good

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


[Chorus]
C#m                             C#m11                    F#m     E6
  But there are times that you feel you're part of the scenery

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

E                             C#m                       F#m      E6
  And then your wife seems to think you're part of the furniture

           D       D                G   D     E
Oh, it's peculiar,      she used to be   so    nice


[Verse]
Am7                        G
  When lonely days turn to lonely nights

D                        A
  You take a trip to the city lights

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

Am7                      G
  You never see what you want to see

D                        A
  Forever playing to the gallery

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


[Chorus]
C#m                          C#m11               F#m       E6
  And when you're up on the stage, it's so unbelievable

         D         D                 G    D
Oh, unforgettable,     how they ado- o -re you

E                             C#m                       F#m      E6
  But then your wife seems to think you're losing your sanity

      D       D               G   D     E
Oh, calamity,     oh is there no   way   out


[Solo]
C G | D  A | G | A
C G | D  A | G | A


[Chorus]
C#m                       C#m11               F#m       E6
  Does it feel that your life's become a catastrophy

       D          D             G    D
Oh, it has to be,    for you to grow, boy

E                           C#m                     F#m           E6
  When you look through the years and see what you could have been

             D               D              G      D       E
Oh, what you might have been,    if you had had     more    time


[Outro]
Am7                         G
  So, when the day comes to settle down

D                          A
  Who's to blame if you're not around

             G
You took the long way home...

             F
    Took the long way home...

             D
    Took the long way home...

             G
    Took the long way home...

             F
    Took the long way home...

             D
    Took the long way home...

             G
    Took the long way home...

             D
    Took the long way home...


Asus4   A
Ah-ah   ah-ah

Asus4    A
ooh-ooh  ooh-ooh

Asus4   A
Ah-ah   ah-ah

G
Long way home...

F
long way home...

D
long way home...

G
long way home...

F
long way home...

D
long way home...

G
long way home...