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

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

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

Bridge:
G	C     F     G
mmmmm, mmmmm, mmmmm, mmmmm

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