Artist: Supertramp
Song: Take the Long Way Home
Intro
[Cm7] [Bb] [F] [C] [Bb] [Bb] [C] [C] x2
Verse 1
[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
Verse 2
[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--wn, boy
[G] [Em] [Am] [G6]
And then your wife seems to think you're part of the furniture
[F] [F] [Bb] [F] [G] [G]
Oh, it's peculiar, she used to be--- so--- nice
Verse 3
[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
Verse 4
[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---re you
[G] [Em] [Am] [G6]
But then your wife seems to think you're losing your sanity
[F] [F] [Bb] [F] [G] [G]
Oh, calamity, oh is there no--- way-- out
Solo
[Eb] [Bb] [F] [C] [Bb] [Bb] [C] [C] x2
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 gro---w, boy
[G] [Em] [Am] [G6]
When you look through the years and see what you could have been
[F] [F] [Bb] [F] [G] [G]
Oh, what you might have been, if you had ha--d mo--re time
Verse 5
[Cm7] [Bb]
So, when the day comes to settle down
[F] [C]
Who's to blame if you're not around
You took the long way home (8x: [Bb] [Ab] [F] [Bb] [Ab] [F] [Bb] [F] )
[Csus4] [C] [Csus4] [C] [Csus4] [C]
Ah-ah-ah-ah, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ah-ah-ah-ah
Outro
Long way home (7x: [Bb] [Ab] [F] [Bb] [Ab] [F] [Bb] )
