Swingin' Utters - Taking the long way

[Verse] ("I came upon a row of pretty houses, So still and secretive and nearly perfect") G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| A|----------------------5-5----------|----------------------5-5----------| E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-----5-5-5--3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-----5-5-5--3-| ("Said to myself “it may be worth it”, Thought to myself “maybe you’ll be worthy”) G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| A|----------------------5-5----------|----------------------5-5----------| E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-----5-5-5--3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-----5-5-5--3-| [Chorus] ("So I started to take the long way home, And in my mind I made the neighborhood my own...") G|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------------| D|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------------| A|-5-5-5-5--0--2--4--|-5-5-5-5--0--2--4--|-5-5-5-5--0-0--3-3-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| E|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------------| [Verse] ("Ten odd years, down a different road, I’d left my city and I’d left my home") G|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5--4-4--7-7-7-7-|-----------------------------------| A|------------------------------------|----------------------5-5----------| E|------------------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-----5-5-5--3-| ("I found myself in that place again, Some kind of pretty little accident") G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| A|----------------------5-5----------|----------------------5-5----------| E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-----5-5-5--3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-----5-5-5--3-| [Chorus] ("It made me feel sick of being, Like I was old and convalescing, Gave me reasons to regret...") G|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------------| D|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------------| A|-5-5-5-5--0--2--4--|-5-5-5-5--0--2--4--|-5-5-5-5--0-0--3-3-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| E|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------------| [Verse] ("So I guess the grass is always greener, Where all the other homes are so much cleaner") G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| A|----------------------7-7----------|----------------------7-7----------| E|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-----7-7-7--5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-----7-7-7--5-| ("The plumbing’s sound and the bills are no bother, The cars are fast and the weather’s a wonder") G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| A|----------------------5-5----------|----------------------5-5----------| E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-----5-5-5--3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-----5-5-5--3-| [Chorus] ("No, I’m never gonna take the long way home, I might stop to chew the scenery alone...") G|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------------| D|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------------| A|-5-5-5-5--0--2--4--|-5-5-5-5--0--2--4--|-5-5-5-5--0-0--3-3-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| E|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------------| [Solo] G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|------------5---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|------------5---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| E|-7-7-7-7--5---5-----------------|-7-7-7-7--5---5-----------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|------------5---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|------------5---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| E|-7-7-7-7--5---5-----------------|-7-7-7-7--5---5-----------------| [Outro] G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5--4-4--7------| A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| E|-5---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|