[Intro] Cm7  Bb/C  F/C  C  F4/C  C

Cm7                  Bb/C
So you think your a romeo
F/C                C
Taking part in a picture show
         F4/C
Take the long way home 
      C
Take the long way home
Cm7                      Bb/C
If your the joke of the neighborhood
F/C                           C
Why should you care if your feeling good
         F4/C
Take the long way home
         C
Take the long way home

Em                        Em/D                    Am
There are times that you feel your part of the scenery
G      F        Dm/F        Bb   F/A   G
O, the greenery,   coming down boy
Em                       Em/D                     Am
And your wife seems to think your part of the furniture
G       F          Dm/F      Bb  F/A  G
O, its peculiar, she used to be so nice

Cm7                       Bb/C
When lonely days turn to lonely nights
     F/C                   C
You take a trip to the city lights
         F4/C
And take the long way home
         C
Take the long way home

Cm7                     Bb/C
You never see what you want to see
     F/C                   C
Forever playing to the gallery
         F4/C
You take the long way home
       C 
Take the long way home

Em                        Em/D                    Am
And when youre up on the stage, its so unbelievable
G      F        Dm/F        Bb   F/A   G
Unforgettable, how they adore you
Em                       Em/D                     Am
But ten your wife seems to think youre losing your sanity
G    F     Dm/F        Bb  F/A  G
Oh, calamity, is there no way out?

( Eb  Bb  F  C  Bb/C  C )
( Eb  Bb  F  C  Bb/C  C )

Well does it feel that you lifes become a catastrophe?
Oh, it has to be for you to grow, boy
When you look through the years and see what you could
Have been oh, what might have been
If youd had more time

Cm7                  Bb/C    
So, when the day comes to settle down
F/C                     C    
Whos to blame if youre not around?
Bb/C                  
You took the long way home
              Ab/C
You took the long way home

Bb/C                     Ab/C    
Long way home,  long way home
F/C                      Bb/C               Ab/C    
Long way home,  long way home,   long way home
F/C           Bb/C    
Long way home

F6/C  C9+    
Ah
F6/C  C9+
Uuuhhh
F6/C  C9+    
Ah
Bb/C               Ab/C           F/C
Long way home,  long way home,   long way home
Bb/C    
Long way home