Take The Long Way Home Chords

by Supertramp
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: Cm
Capo: 3rd fret
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Chords

Am7
G
A
D
Am
C#m
F#m
E
C
F
Asus4

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Take The Long Way Home chords
Supertramp  1979 (Breakfast In America)
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_the_Long_Way_Home_(Supertramp_song)
 
Capo III
 
Am7  G \ A  D \ A  A  G \ A  A  2x
 
Am                    G
So you think you're a Romeo,
D                   A
Playing a part in a picture-show?
         G
Take the long way home
         A
Take the long way home
Am                         G
Cos you're the joke of the neighborhood
D                             A
Why should you care if you're feeling good?
         G
Take the long way home
         A
Take the long way home
 
C#m                                                  F#m
But there are times that you feel you're part of the scenery
E       D                   G     F#m E
All the greenery, is coming down, boy
                            C#m
And then your wife seems to think you're part of the
F#m        E       D                     G  D  E
Furniture, oh it's peculiar, she used to be so nice.
 
Am                       G
When lonely days turn to lonely nights,
D                      A
You take a trip to the city lights?
             G
And take the long way home
         A
Take the long way home
 
Am                     G
You never see what you want to see,
D                      A
Forever playing to the gallery
             G
You take the long way home
         A
Take the long way home
 
C#m                                        F#m        E
And when you re up on the stage, it's so unbelievable,
     D                   G    F#m  E
Unforgettable, how they adore you,
 
                            C#m                      F#m    E
But then your wife seems to think you're losing your sanity,
    D                  G  D   E
Oh, calamity, is there no way out?
 
C  G  D  A  G \ A  A  2x
 
C#m                                      F#m       E
Does it feel that your life's become a catastrophe? 
       D                    G     F#m E
Oh, it has to be for you to grow, boy.
                          C#m                    F#m             E
When you look through the years and see what you could have been
         D                         G   D    E
Oh, what might have been, If you'd had more time.
 
Am                        G
So, when the day comes to settle down,
D                        A
Who's to blame if you're not around? 
             G
You took the long way home
             F
You took the long way home
             D
You took the long way home
             G
You took the long way home
             F
You took the long way home
             D
You took the long way home
             G
You took the long way home
             D
You took the long way home
 
G    Asus4  A
Aaaaaaaaaaaaah
G    Asus4  A
Oooooooooooooh
G    Asus4  A
Aaaaaaaaaaaaah
 
G              F              D
Long way home, Long way home, long way home
 
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