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D#      Em      Em11    F       G       G6      
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 ||||    |||O    |O||    O|||    |O|O    |O|O   
 |OO|    ||O|    ||||    ||||    ||O|    ||||   
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[Intro Piano]
C | Cm
C | Cm


[Intro Harmonica]
Cm7 Bb | F  C | Bb | C
Cm7 Bb | F  C | Bb | C


[Verse]
Cm7                     Bb     F                     C
  So you think you're a Romeo    Playing a part in a picture-show

               Bb                        C
Well, take the long way home    Take the long way home

Cm7                             Bb
  'Cause you're the joke of the neighborhood

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

               Bb                        C
Well, take the long way home    Take the long way home


[Chorus]
Em                             Em11                    Am     G6
  But there are times that you feel you're part of the scenery

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

G                             Em                       Am      G6
  And then your wife seems to think you're part of the furniture

           F       F                Bb   F     G
Oh, it's peculiar,      she used to be   so    nice


[Verse]
Cm7                        Bb
  When lonely days turn to lonely nights

F                        C
  You take a trip to the city lights

             Bb                        C
And take the long way home    Take the long way home

Cm7                      Bb
  You never see what you want to see

F                        C
  Forever playing to the gallery

             Bb                        C
You take the long way home    Take the long way home


[Chorus]
Em                          Em11               Am       G6
  And when you're up on the stage, it's so unbelievable

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

G                             Em                       Am      G6
  But then your wife seems to think you're losing your sanity

      F       F               Bb   F     G
Oh, calamity,     oh is there no   way   out


[Solo]
D# Bb | F  C | Bb | C
D# Bb | F  C | Bb | C


[Chorus]
Em                       Em11               Am       G6
  Does it feel that your life's become a catastrophy

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

G                           Em                     Am           G6
  When you look through the years and see what you could have been

             F               F              Bb      F       G
Oh, what you might have been,    if you had had     more    time


[Outro]
Cm7                         Bb
  So, when the day comes to settle down

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

             Bb
You took the long way home...

             Ab
    Took the long way home...

             F
    Took the long way home...

             Bb
    Took the long way home...

             Ab
    Took the long way home...

             F
    Took the long way home...

             Bb
    Took the long way home...

             F
    Took the long way home...


Csus4   C
Ah-ah   ah-ah

Csus4    C
ooh-ooh  ooh-ooh

Csus4   C
Ah-ah   ah-ah

Bb
Long way home...

Ab
long way home...

F
long way home...

Bb
long way home...

Ab
long way home...

F
long way home...

Bb
long way home...