Written by Richard Davies, Hodgson Charles Roger Pomfret
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
Bbsus2/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 Em11 Am
But there are times that you feel you're part of the scenery
Cmaj7/G F F6 Bb F/A
all... the greenery is comin' down....., boy
Em Em7 Am
And then your wife seems to think you're part of the furniture
Cmaj7/G F F6 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........
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