Cm7  Bb  F  C  Bb  Bb  C  C 

[Verse 1]
Cm7                     Bb     F                     C
  So you think you're a Romeo    Playing a part in a picture-show
               Bb                        C
Well, take the long way home    Take the long way home

[Verse 2]
Cm7                             Bb
  'Cause you're the joke of the neighborhood
F                               C
  Why should you care if you're feeling good
               Bb                        C
Well, take the long way home    Take the long way home

[Chorus]
Em                             Em11                    Am     G6
  But there are times that you feel you're part of the scenery
        F         F               Bb    F
All the greenery      is comin' do--wn, boy
G                             Em                       Am      G6
  And then your wife seems to think you're part of the furniture
           F       F                  Bb  F     G    G
Oh, it's peculiar,      she used to be--- so--- nice

[Verse 3]
Cm7                        Bb
  When lonely days turn to lonely nights
F                        C
  You take a trip to the city lights
             Bb                        C
And take the long way home    Take the long way home

[Verse 4]
Cm7                      Bb
  You never see what you want to see
F                        C
  Forever playing to the gallery
             Bb                        C
You take the long way home    Take the long way home

[Chorus]
Em                          Em11               Am       G6
  And when you're up on the stage, it's so unbelievable
         F         F              Bb     F
Oh, unforgettable,     how they ado---re you
G                             Em                       Am      G6
  But then your wife seems to think you're losing your sanity
      F       F                 Bb  F     G    G
Oh, calamity,     oh is there no--- way-- out

[Solo]x2
D#  Bb  F  C  Bb  Bb  C  C

[Chorus]
Em                       Em11               Am       G6
  Does it feel that your life's become a catastrophy
       F          F               Bb     F
Oh, it has to be,    for you to gro---w, boy
G                           Em                     Am           G6
  When you look through the years and see what you could have been
             F               F              Bb    F      G     G
Oh, what you might have been,    if you had ha--d mo--re time

[Verse 5]
Cm7                         Bb
  So, when the day comes to settle down
F                          C
  Who's to blame if you're not around
You took the long way home (8x: Bb  Ab  F  Bb  Ab  F  Bb  F )
Csus4 C      Csus4   C        Csus4 C
Ah-ah-ah-ah, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ah-ah-ah-ah