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

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

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

Bridge:
Bb	Eb     Ab     Bb
mmmmm, mmmmm, mmmmm, mmmmm

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