Sammy Kershaw - Takin the Long Way Home

      
 
 (Scott Emerick, Sammy Kershaw, John Sherrill)
 
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 There's a place at the edge of town>
                        A    
 Where everybody hangs around
                     B7              E   
 Watchin' the sun go down until it's gone
 
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 Sometimes I drop in
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 In fact more than now and then
                  B7                  E   
 Lately I've been takin' the long way home
 
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 Sometimes she still holds me tight
                             A    
 And tells me everything's alright
                          B7            E 
 Even though I know she's already moved on
 
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 Here I am my friend
                                A  
 Where I seem to wind up in the end
                    B7                  E   
 And once again I'm takin' the long way home
 
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 It's a long way, long way from here to there
                A                      B7  
 Gettin' longer everyday but she don't care
 
 Break
 
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 There's really nothin' for me here
                               A   
 But I guess I'll have another beer
                  B7                      E   
 And walk on over there and play one more song
 
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 And when it's time for me to go
                         A   
 Where I'm going I don't know
                 B7                  E   
 I just know I'm takin' the long way home
 
        A                       E            
 It's a long way, long way from here to there
                A                      B7  
 Gettin' longer everyday but she don't care
 
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 Still sittin' here my friend
                             A  
 I knew I'd be here till the end
                       B7                  E   
 'Cause once again I'm takin' the long way home
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 'Cause once again I'm takin' the long way home