Long Way Home

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Alternative, maybe easier, version:
  • Transpose the chords 1 half step down [ -1 ]
  • Put a capo on fret 1 to stay in the same key

UKULELE CHORDS

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Verse 1:
Bb
Well I stumbled in the darkness
Bb
I'm lost and alone
Bb
Though I said I'd go before us
Bb		      Gm
And show the way back home
Gm	Eb	  Bb
There a light up ahead
Bb		     Eb	  
I can't hold on very long
Bb			     F  		      Bb
Forgive me pretty baby but I always take the long way home

Verse 2:
Bb
Money's just something you throw
Bb
Off the back of a train
Bb
Got a head full of lightning
Bb	      Gm
a hat full of rain
Gm    Eb	  Bb
And I know that I said
Bb		Eb	
I'd never do it again
Bb				 F			  Bb
And I love you pretty baby but I always take the long way home

Verse 3:
Bb
I put food on the table
Bb
And roof overhead
Bb
But I'd trade it all tomorrow
Bb		  Gm
For the highway instead
Gm	   Eb			     F			
Watch your back, keep your eyes shut tight
Bb				     Eb
Your love's the only thing I've ever known
Eb	      Bb		         F			  Bb
One thing for sure pretty baby I always take the long way home

Bridge:
F	Bb     Eb     F
mmmmm, mmmmm, mmmmm, mmmmm

Verse 4:
F		    Bb
You know I love you baby
Bb
More than the whole wide world
Bb
You are my woman
Bb		  Gm
I know you are my pearl
Gm	 Eb		    F
Let's go out past the party lights
      Bb		         Eb
Where we can finally be alone
Eb         Bb	   F			    Bb
Come with me...and we can take the long way home
Bb     Eb	             Bb		  F 			   Bb
Mm mm mmm, come with me, together we can take the long way home
Bb     Eb	             Bb		  F			   Bb
Mm mm mmm, come with me, together we can take the long way home    
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