Standard (EADGBE)
2x
So you think you re a Romeo
Playing a part in a picture-show
Take the long way home
Take the long way home
Cos you re the joke of the neighborhood
Why should you care if you re feeling good
Take the long way home
Take the long way home
But there are times that you feel you re part of the scenery
All the greenery, is coming down, boy
And then your wife seems to think you re part of the
Furniture, oh it s peculiar, she used to be so nice.
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
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, is there no way out?
2x
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 might have been, If you d had more time.
So, when the day comes to settle down,
Who s to blame if you re not around?
You took the long way home
You took the long way home
You took the long way home
You took the long way home
You took the long way home
You took the long way home
You took the long way home
You took the long way home
Long way home, Long way home, long way home