Long Way Home

	  		 E 
 I love crossing the Mississippi River 
     A                E 
 She runs so wide and deep 
 E                                       B 
 The sun winks down between the spans at me 
 E 
 The tugboats sing down low and deep 
             A                   E 
 Beneath the pop of the pavement breaks 
 E                               B 
 I enter an old West Memphis reverie 
              E 
 I can see me flying down I-40 
         A           E 
 As the camera pulls away 
                                   B 
 And the music swells with possibility 
 E 
 Maybe I'm just hoping 
      A               E 
 As I wake up from my dreams 
 E                               B 
 Or maybe I just watch too much TV 
              A 
 But now I'm bound for Colorado 
         E 
 And I'm living out in my car 
 E 
 I went out to find myself 
      F#                B 
 Underneath the western stars 
         A 
 I ain't going back to Nashville 
     E                   A 
 All alone, where no one cares 
            E        B             E    
 Now it's a long way home from anywhere 
  E 
 Steam is pumping smoke and money (?) 
 A                          E 
 But that ain't no life for me 
 E                                            B 
 I'll never make another day's living with my hands 
             E                             A             E 
 But the big trucks roll and maybe they go back to Tennessee 
 E                                       B 
 Tell my Daddy that I've done the best I can 
              A 
 But now I'm bound for Colorado 
         E     
 And I'm living out in my car 
 E 
 I went out to find myself 
       F#                B 
 And I found myself in a bar 
          A 
 I ain't going back to Nashville 
     E                   A 
 All alone, where no one cares 
            E        B           A        E 
 Now it's a long way home from anywhere 
 
 SOLO 
   
 E 
 Now one day I drink whiskey 
     A                 E 
 And another day I get stoned 
 E                                      B 
 And I tell my lies to guys down on the street 
      E 
 Some days I start driving 
         A               E 
 Till I just can't go no more 
 E                                          B 
 Then I stop and let some guy  tell lies to me 
               A 
 But now I'm bound for Colorado 
         E     
 And I'm living out in my car 
 E 
 I went out to find myself 
       F#                B 
 And I found myself in a bar 
          A 
 I ain't going back to Nashville 
     E                   A 
 All alone, where no one cares 
            E        B         E 
 Now it's a long way home from anywhere 
 
 
 From Bruce Robison "Long Way Home From Anywhere" 
 Lucky Dog Records 1999 
 Tiltawhirl Music(BMI) 
 
 Brad Fordham       bass 
 Conrad Choucroun   drums 
 Chris Searles      drums 
 Dan Dugmore        steel guitar 
 Pat Buchanan       guitar 
 David Grissom      guitar 
 Rich Brotherton    acoustic guitar