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 Bb/C
So you think you're a Romeo
F/C C
playing a part in a picture-show
Bbsus2/C Bb/C Bbsus2/C
Take the long way home
C
Take the long way home
Cm7 Bb/C
If you're the joke of the neighborhood
F/C C
Why should you care if you're feeling good
Bbsus2/C Bb/C Bbsus2/C
Take the long way home
C
Take the long way home
Em Em7 Am G6
But there are times that you feel you're part of the scenery
F F6 Bb F/A
all the greenery is comin' down, boy
G Em7
And then your wife seems to think you're part of the
Am G6 F Fmaj7 F6 Bb F/A G
furniture oh, it's pe culiar, she used to be so nice.
Cm7 Bb/C
When lonely days turn to lonely nights
F/C C
you take a trip to the city lights
Bbsus2/C Bb/C Bbsus2/C
And take the long way home
C
Take the long way home
Cm7 Bb/C
You never see what you want to see
F/C C
Forever playing to the gallery
Bbsus2/C Bb/C Bbsus2/C
You take the long way home
strings: e4 g c5 b4
C
Take the long way home
Em Em7 Am
And when you're up on the stage, it's so unbe lievable,
G6 F F6 Bb F/A
Ohh unfor gettable, how they a dore you,
G Em7 Am
But then your wife seems to think you're losing your sanity,
G6 F Fmaj7 F6 Bb F/A G
oh, ca lamity, is there no way out?
sax ad lib
|Eb |Bb |F |C |
|Fsus4/C | |C | |
|Eb |Bb |F |C |
|Fsus4/C | |C | |
Em Em7 Am
Does it feel that you life's become a ca tastrophe?
G6 F F6 F Bb F/A
Oh, it has to be for you to grow, boy.
G Em7 Am
When you look through the years and see what you could
G6 F Fadd9 F6
have been oh, what might have been,
Bb F/A G
if you'd had more time.
Cm7 Bb/C
So, when the day comes to settle down,
F/C C
Who's to blame if you're not around?
Bbsus2/C Bb/C Bbsus2/C
You took the long way home
Ab/C
You took the long way home...........
F/C
You took the long way home...........
Bbsus2/C Bb/C Bbsus2/C
You took the long way home...........
Ab/C
You took the long way home...........
F/C
You took the long way home...........
Bbsus2/C Bb/C Bbsus2/C
You took the long way home...........
F/C
You took the long way home...........
F6 C
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F6 G/C C
ooo ooooo ooooo ooooo
F6 C
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Bbsus2/C Bb/C Ab/C F/C
long way home long way home long way home
Bbsus2/C Bb/C Ab/C F/C
long way home long way home long way home
harmonica: g4........
Bbsus2/C Bb/C C
long way ho-o-o-o-ome
Source: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/supertramp/take_the_long_way_home_chords_1721496