Take the long way home – Supertramp Intro: [Dm7 C D Dm7 C D Dm7 C D x 2] Alt. [[Eb] [Bb] [C] [Eb] [Bb] [C] [Eb] [Bb] [C] x 2]] Em = F#m ; Am = Hm ; Dm = Em ; G = A ; F = G ; #1. [Dm7] So you think you're a [C] Romeo, [G] Playing a part in a [D] picture-show. Take the [C] long way home, [G] [G] take the [D] long way home. [Dm7] 'Cause you're the joke of the [C] [C] neighbourhood, [G] Why should you care if you're [D] feeling good. Take the [C] long way home, [G] [G] take the [D] long way home. [F#m] But there are times that you [F#m7] [F#m7] feel you're part of the [Hm] scenery, [Hm7] All the [G] greenery, [Em] is comin' [C] down, [G] boy. [A] And then your wife seems to [F#m7] [F#m7] think you're part of the [Hm] furniture, [Hm7] Oh, it's pe- [G] -culiar, [Em] she used to [C] [C] be [G] so [A] nice. [A7] #2. [Dm7] When lonely days turn to [C] lonely nights, [G] You take a trip to the [D] city lights. And take the [C] long way home, [G] [G] take the [D] long way home. [Dm7] You never see what you [C] want to see, [G] Forever playing to the [D] gallery. You take the [C] long way home, [G] [G] take the [D] long way home. [F#m] And when you're up on the [F#m7] stage, it's so un-[Hm]-believable, [Hm7] Unfor-[G]-gettable, [Em] [Em] how they a-[C]-dore [G] you, [A] But then your wife seems to [F#m7] think you're losing your [Hm] sanity, [Hm7] Oh, cal-[G]-amity, is there [C] no [G] way [A] out? [A7] Solo: (Like Intro) [Dm7] [C] [D] [Dm7] [C] [D] [Dm7] [C] [D] x 2 #3. [F#m] Does it feel that your [F#m7] life's become a cat-[Hm]-astrophe? [Hm7] Oh, it [G] has to be, [Em] for you to [C] [C] grow, [G] boy. [A] When you look through the [F#m7] years and see what you [Hm] could have been, [Hm7] Oh, what you [G] might have been, [Em] if you'd [C] [C] had [G] more [A] time. [A7] [Dm7] So, when the day comes to [C] settle down, [G] Who's to blame if you're [D] not around? You took the [C] long way home, [G] [G] you took the [D] long way home, You took the [C] long way home, [G] [G] you took the [D] long way home. [repeat & fade]
