TakeTheLongWayHome-CRD

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

INTRO: [10 M] ** KEY = 'D#' ----1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

|C
|C
|Cm7 A# |F
C
|A#
|C
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|Cm7 A#

|F

|A#

|C

VERSE #1: [4 M]
-------|Cm7
A#
|
So you think you're a Ro-me-o
|F
C
|
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
|
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
|
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

VERSE #3: [4 M] ** KEY = 'D#' -------|Cm7

A#
|
When lone-ly days turn to lone-ly nights,
|F
C
|
you take a trip to the ci-ty lights, and take the
|A#
long way home,

|C
take the long way home

VERSE #4: [4 M]
-------|Cm7
A#
|
You nev-er see what you want to see,
|F
C
|
for-ev-er pay-in' to the gal-ler-y, you take the
|A#
long way home,

|C
take the long way home

CHORUS #2: [9 M] ** KEY = 'C' --------|Em7

|
And when you're up on the stage it's so un-be|Am
-liev-a-ble,

Em
un-

|F
for-get-ta-ble

|A#
how they a-dore,

F
you

|G
Em7
|
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!

GUITAR SOLO: [8 M] ** KEY = 'D#' ----------|D#

A#

|F

|A#

|C

|D#

A#

|F

|A#

|C

TakeTheLongWayHome-CRD
CHORUS #3: [9 M] ** KEY = 'C' --------|Em7
|
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
|
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

VERSE #5: [10 M] ** KEY = 'D#' -------|Cm7

A#
|
So when the day comes to det-tle down,
|F
C
|
well, who's to blame if you're not a-round? You took the
|A#
long way home,

|C
you took the long way home,

you took the

|A#
long way home,

|C
you took the long way home,

you took the

|A#
long way home,

|C
you took the long way home,

you took the

|A#
long way home,

|C
you took the long way home

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CODA: [14 M] (With 'Guitar Solo') ---|F

Ah,

|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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