Long Way Home Chords

by Tom Waits
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Difficulty: beginner
Capo: 1st fret
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Chords

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F#m
D
E

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LONG WAY HOME  (Tom Waits)     [tab by: AL#13]
 
Capo on 1st.
 
(relative to capo)
 
e|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|--0------|---0-----|  (and so on...[each note is stopped])
E|----0----|-----0---|
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
A
Well I stumbled in the darkness
A
I'm lost and alone
A
Though I said I'd go before us
A                     F#m
And show the way back home
F#m     D         A
There a light up ahead
A                    D
I can't hold on very long
A                            E                        A
Forgive me pretty baby but I always take the long way home
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
A
Money's just something you throw
A
Off the back of a train
A
Got a head full of lightning
A             F#m
A hat full of rain
F#m    D          A
And I know that I said
A               D
I'd never do it again
A                                E                        A
And I love you pretty baby but I always take the long way home
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
A
I put food on the table
A
And roof overhead
A
But I'd trade it all tomorrow
A                 F#m
For the highway instead
F#m        D                         E
Watch your back, keep your eyes shut tight
A                                    D
Your love's the only thing I've ever known
D             A                  E                        A
One thing for sure pretty baby I always take the long way home
 
 
[Bridge]
 
E       A     D     E
mmmmm, mmmmm, mmmmm, mmmmm
 
 
[Verse 4]
 
E                   A
You know I love you baby
A
More than the whole wide world
A
You are my woman
A                 F#m
I know you are my pearl
F#m      D                  E
Let's go out past the party lights
      A                  D
Where we can finally be alone
D         A        E                        A
Come with me...and we can take the long way home
A     D              A            E                        A
Mm mm mmm, come with me, together we can take the long way home
A     D              A            E                        A
Mm mm mmm, come with me, together we can take the long way home
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Long Way Home – Tom Waits
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7 comments
jason.gwin
palm mute with right hand.
+7
jamesmcdaniel8
Any advice on how to stop those two base notes from ringing? Since they're both open strings I'm having trouble finding a solution.
+3
R3dpoint
Aaah Mr Waits sure can write em. Can't stop finger picking this one.
+2