{title: Take the long way home}
{artist: Supertramp}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 77}
{key: C}
{meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06}
{start_of_part: Intro}
[Cm7] [Bb/C] [F/C] [C] [Bb/C] [C5]
[Cm7] [Bb/C] [F/C] [C] [Bb/C] [C5]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
[Cm7] So, you think you're a [Bb/C]Romeo
[F/C] Playing a part in a [C]picture show
Well, take the [Bb/C]long way home, take the [C5]long way home
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{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
[Cm7] 'Cause you're the joke of the [Bb/C]neighborhood
[F/C] Why should you care if you're [C]feelin' good?
Well, take the [Bb/C]long way home, take the [C5]long way home
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_part: Bridge 1}
[Em] There are times that you [Em7]feel you're part of the [Am]scenery [Em/G]
All the [F]greenery [F6] is comin' [Bb]down, [F/A]boy
[G] And then your wife seems to [Em7]think you're part of the [Am]furniture [Em/G]
Oh, it's pe[F]culiar, [F6] she used to be [Bb] [F/A]so [G]nice
{end_of_part}
{start_of_verse: Verse 3}
[Cm7] When lonely days turn to [Bb/C]lonely nights
[F/C] You take a trip to the [C]city lights
And take the [Bb/C]long way home, take the [C5]long way home
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{start_of_verse: Verse 4}
[Cm7] You never see what you [Bb/C]want to see
[F/C] Forever playing to the [C]gallery
You take the [Bb/C]long way home, take the [C5]long way home
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_part: Bridge 2}
[Em] When you're up on the [Em7]stage, it's so unbe[Am]lievable [Em/G]
Oh, unfor[F]gettable, [F6] how they a[Bb]dore [F/A]you
[G] But then your wife seems to [Em7]think you're losing your [Am]sanity [Em/G]
Oh, ca[F]lamity, [F6] is there no [Bb] [F/A]way [G]out?
{start_of_part: Instrumental}
[Eb] [Bb] [F] [C]
[Bb/C] [C]
[Eb] [Bb] [F] [C]
[Bb/C] [C]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_part: Bridge 3}
[Em] Does it feel that your [Em7]life's become a ca[Am]tastrophe? [Em/G]
Oh, it [F]has to be, [F6] for you to [Bb]grow, [F/A]boy
[G] When you look through the [Em7]years and see what you [Am]could have been [Em/G]
Oh, what you [F]might have been, [F6] if you would have [Bb] [F/A]more [G]time
{end_of_part}
{start_of_verse: Verse 5}
[Cm7] So when the day comes to [Bb/C]settle down
[F/C] Who's to blame if you're [C]not around?
You took the [Bb/C]long way home
You took the [Ab/C]long way home
You took the [F/C]long way home
You took the [Bb/C]long way home
You took the [Ab/C]long way home
You took the [F/C]long way home
You took the [Bb/C]long way home
You took the [F/C]long way home
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_part: Outtro}
[F6/C] [C] [F6/C] [CM9]
[F6/C] [C]
[Bb/C]Long way home
[Ab/C]Long way home
[F/C]Long way home
[Bb/C]Long way home...
{end_of_part}