Tuning: E A D G B E

TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME transcription and chart Peter Kruger casparus50@yahoo.ca small case letters above chord symbols indicate individual notes: c4: middle C, and notes above in that octave... c5: C above middle C c3: C below middle C etc. numbers behind notes will only be indicated when notes enter another octave or begin a new line fade in synth c6....................................................... piano: c2...................... synth: c6...................c6.......................... bb5.......................... c5........................... piano...c4 c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c2 c c c c c c c c c c piano with harmonica ad lib: |Cm7 |Bb/C |F/C |C | |Bbsus2/C | |C | | |Cm7 |Bb/C |F/C |C | |Bbsus2/C | |C | |

^Cm7 So you think you're a ^Bb/CRomeo ^F/C playing a part in a ^Cpicture-show Take the ^Bbsus2/Clong ^Bb/Cway home^Bbsus2/C Take the ^Clong way home

^Cm7 If you're the joke of the ^Bb/Cneighborhood ^F/C Why should you care if you're ^Cfeeling good Take the ^Bbsus2/Clong ^Bb/Cway home ^Bbsus2/C Take the ^Clong way home

^Em But there are times that you ^Em7feel you're part of the ^Amscenery ^G6 all the ^Fgreenery ^F6 is comin' ^Bbdown, ^F/Aboy ^G And then your wife seems to ^Em7think you're part of the ^Amfurniture ^G6 oh, it's pe ^Fculiar,^Fmaj7 ^F6 she used ^Bbto be ^F/Aso ^Gnice.

^Cm7 When lonely days turn to ^Bb/Clonely nights ^F/C you take a trip to the ^Ccity lights And take the ^Bbsus2/Clong ^Bb/Cway home ^Bbsus2/C Take the ^Clong way home ^Cm7 You never see what you ^Bb/Cwant to see ^F/C Forever playing to the ^Cgallery You take the ^Bbsus2/Clong ^Bb/Cway home ^Bbsus2/C strings: e4 g c5 b4 Take the ^Clong way home

^Em And when you're up on the ^Em7stage, it's so unbe ^Amlievable, ^G6 Ohh unfor ^Fgettable,^F6 how they a ^Bbdore ^F/Ayou, ^G But then your wife seems to ^Em7think you're losing your ^Amsanity, ^G6 oh, ca ^Flamity,^Fmaj7 ^F6 is there ^Bbno ^F/Away ^Gout?

sax ad lib |Eb |Bb |F |C | |Fsus4/C | |C | | |Eb |Bb |F |C | |Fsus4/C | |C | |

^Em Does it feel that you ^Em7life's become a ca ^Amtastrophe? ^G6 Oh, it ^Fhas to be ^F6 ^F for you to ^Bbgrow, ^F/Aboy. ^G When you look through the ^Em7years and see what you ^Amcould have been ^G6 oh, what ^Fmight have been,^Fadd9 ^F6 if you'd ^Bbhad ^F/Amore ^Gtime.

^Cm7 So, when the day comes to ^Bb/Csettle down, ^F/C Who's to blame if you're ^Cnot around? You took the ^Bbsus2/Clong ^Bb/Cway home ^Bbsus2/C You took the ^Ab/Clong way home........... You took the ^F/Clong way home........... You took the ^Bbsus2/Clong ^Bb/Cway home.^Bbsus2/C.......... You took the ^Ab/Clong way home........... You took the ^F/Clong way home...........

You took the ^Bbsus2/Clong ^Bb/Cway home.^Bbsus2/C.......... You took the ^F/Clong way home...........

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^Bbsus2/Clong ^Bb/Cway home ^Ab/Clong way home ^F/Clong way home ^Bbsus2/Clong ^Bb/Cway home ^Ab/Clong way home ^F/Clong way home harmonica: g4........ ^Bbsus2/Clong ^Bb/Cway ho-o-o-o-ome ^C

Supertramp - Take the long way home