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Take The Long Way Home - Supertramp (Rick Davies & Roger Hodgson, 1979)
Chorded By: Zack Oxford.
4/4 TIME (UON) @ 72 BPM (4 Min. 44 Sec.) in 'D#' & 'C'.
Chords Used:
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C
Cm7
A#
F
Em7
Am
Em
G
G7
D#
CM7
G#
A#/C
GUITAR
E A D G B e
-----------------x 3 2 0 1 0
x 3 5 3 4 3
x 1 3 3 3 1
1 3 3 2 1 1
0 2 0 0 0 0
0 2 2 0 3 0
x 0 2 2 1 0
0 2 2 0 0 0
3 2 0 0 0 3
3 2 0 0 3 3
3 2 0 0 0 1
3 5 3 4 3 3
x 6 8 8 8 6
x 3 2 0 0 0
4 6 6 5 4 4
x 3 3 3 3 6
KEYS
Bass|
Chord
---------------C
G-C-E
C
G-A#-C-D#
A#
A#-D-F
F
A-C-F
E
G-B-D-E
-ORE
G-B-D-E
A
A-C-E
E
G-B-E
G
G-B-D
-ORG
G-B-D
G
G-B-D-F
-ORG
G-B-D-F
D#
G-A#-D#
C
G-B-C-E
G#
G#-C-D#
C
A#-D-F
|F
|A#
|C
VERSE #1: [4 M]
-------|Cm7
A#
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So you think you're a Ro-me-o
|F
C
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play'ng a part in a pic-ture show. Well, take the
|A#
long way home,
|C
take the long way home
VERSE #2: [4 M]
-------|Cm7
A#
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'Cause you're the joke of the neigh-bor-hood,
|F
C
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why should you care if you're feel-in' good. Well, take the
|A#
long way home,
|C
take the long way home
TakeTheLongWayHome-CRD
CHORUS #1: [9 M] ** KEY = 'C' --------|Em7
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But there are times that you feel you're part of the
|Am
scen-er-y,
Em
all
|F
the green-er-y
|A#
is com-in' down,
F
boy
|G
Em7
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And then your wife seems to think you're part of the
|Am
furn-i-ture
|G7
nice
Em
|F
Oh, it's pe-cu-li-ar
|A#
She used to be
F
so
|C
take the long way home
VERSE #4: [4 M]
-------|Cm7
A#
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You nev-er see what you want to see,
|F
C
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for-ev-er pay-in' to the gal-ler-y, you take the
|A#
long way home,
|C
take the long way home
Em
un-
|F
for-get-ta-ble
|A#
how they a-dore,
F
you
|G
Em7
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But then your wife seems to think you're los- in' your
|Am
san-i-ty
|G7
out?
Em
|F
Oh, it's ca-lam-i-ty
|A#
Oh, is there no
F
way
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Oh!
A#
|F
|A#
|C
|D#
A#
|F
|A#
|C
TakeTheLongWayHome-CRD
CHORUS #3: [9 M] ** KEY = 'C' --------|Em7
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Well, does it feel that your life's be-come a ca|Am
-tas-tro-phe?
Em
Oh,
|F
it has to be
|A#
for you to grow,
F
boy
|G
Em7
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When you look through the years and see what you
|Am
could have been,
|A#
F
more
|G7
time
Em
oh,
|F
what you might have been
|
if you had
|C
you took the long way home,
|A#
long way home,
|C
you took the long way home,
|A#
long way home,
|C
you took the long way home,
|A#
long way home,
|C
you took the long way home
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|CM7
ah,
|F
ah,
|CM7
ah,
|F
ah,
|CM7
ah
|A#
Long way home,
|G#
long way home,
|F
long way home,
|A#
long way home,
|G#
long way home,
|F
long way home
|A#/C
|A#/C
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