{Intro} 
Cm7  Bb/C   F/C  C  Bb/C   C  Cm7  Bb/C   F/C  C  Bb/C   C 

{Verse} 
Cm7  	                       Bb/C		       
  So you think you're a Romeo  

F/C                         C  
playing a part in a picture-show  

                Bb/C                                   C  
Take the long way home. Take the long way home.  

Cm7                                        Bb/C  
Cause you're the joke of the neighborhood  

F/C	                                          C  
Why should you care if you're feeling good  

                Bb/C                                   C                
Take the long way home. Take the long way home.  


 
Em7                                         Em7/D                        Am  
 But there are times that you feel you're part of the scenery  

Em/G      F                                       Bb    F/A 
all...  the greenery is comin' down.....,    boy  

G                                              Em7                               Am   
And then your wife seems to think you're part of the furniture  

Em/G              F                                  Bb   F/A   G7 
       oh, it's peculiar, she used to be.....   so      nice.
  

{Verse} 
When lonely days turn to lonely nights  
you take a trip to the city lights  
And take the long way home. Take the long way home.  
You never see what you want to see  
Forever playing to the gallery  
You take the long way home. Take the long way home.  

{Chorus} 
And when you're up on the stage, it's so unbelievable,  
unforgettable, how they adore you, 
But then your wife seems to think you're losing your sanity,  
oh, calamity,  oh is there no way out?   Oh! 

{Solo} 
Eb  Bb  F  C  Bb/C  C 
Eb  Bb  F  C  Bb/C  C 

{Chorus} 
Well does it feel that your life's become a catastrophe?  
Oh, it has to be for you to grow , boy.  
When you look through the years and see what you could have been  
oh, what you might have been,  
if you'd had more time. 

{Verse} 
Cm7                                         Bb/C 
  So, when the day comes to settle down,  

F/C                                              C 
  Well, who's to blame if you're not around?              

                      Bb/C                                         Ab/C 
You took the long way home, You took the long way home,  

                      F/C                                            Bb/C 
You took the long way home, You took the long way home. 

                       Ab/C                                        F/C 
You took the long way home. You took the long way home. 

                      Bb/C                                          F/C 
You took the long way home. You took the long way home. 

{Final} 

F6/C        Cmaj9 
Ah.........   ah............... 

Bb/C                     Ab/C 
Long way home,  long way home 

F/C                      Bb/C                      Ab/C 
long way home,  long way home,   long way home 

F/C                       Bb/C 
long way home........