The Long Way Around

Intro Tab FCDCBbmaj7 e|-0---------------|-0----------------|----------------|-0-------------| B|------------1----|-------------1----|-1---------1----|---------------| G|-----0-----------|------0--------0--|-----2----------|----2----------| D|--------------0--|------------------|-------------3--|-------3-------| A|-3-------2-------|-0----------------|--------3-------|-----------0h2-| E|-----------------|----------3-------|-1--------------|-1-------------| Verse Tab FCDCBbmaj7 e|-0---------------|-0----------------|-----------------|-0---------------| B|------------1----|-------------1----|------------1----|------------1----| G|-----0-----------|------0--------0--|-1---------------|------2----------| D|--------------0--|------------------|------3-------3--|----3---------3--| A|-3-------2-------|-0----------------|----3------------|----------3------| E|-----------------|----------3-------|-1-------1-------|-1---------------| Verse 1 F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7 I don't know what to say about these days F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7 I'm seeing people changing in the strangest ways F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Even in the richer neighborhoods Bbmaj7 People don't know when they've got it good F Cadd11Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7 They've got the envy, and they've got it bad Instrumental Fill Here's one way to play that little fill that comes after some verses: FCDCBbmaj7 e|------0----------|-0-------3-------|-----0---------|---------------| B|------------3----|-----------------|-----1---------|---------------| G|-----------------|-----------------|-----2---------|---------------| D|----------------|------------------|---------------|---------------| A|-3----3-----2----|-0---------------|---------------|-----------0h2-| E|-----------------|---------3-------|-1-------------|---------------| And another way: FCDCBbmaj7 e|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------| B|--------5-----3----|-5-------8-------|-----1---------|--------------| G|-------------------|-----------------|-----0---------|--------------| D|--------7-----5----|-7-------10------|--3------------|--------------| A|-(3)----7-----5----|-7-------10------|-(3)-----------|--------------| E|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------| The normal verse chords continue underneath, so you can also just continue to play those instead. FCDCBbmaj7 e|-0---------------|-0----------------|-----------------|-0---------------| B|------------1----|-------------1----|------------1----|------------1----| G|-----0-----------|------0--------0--|-1---------------|------2----------| D|--------------0--|------------------|------3-------3--|----3---------3--| A|-3-------2-------|-0----------------|----3------------|----------3------| E|-----------------|----------3-------|-1-------1-------|-1---------------| Verse 2 F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7 When I was a kid everything I did was trying to be free F Cadd1Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7 Running up and down Tinsel Town with the fire inside of me F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7 My planet's all in retrograde, the best of all my plans got laid F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 I made my breaks, and some mistakes Bbmaj7 Just not the ones people think I made Chorus Tab FCDCBbmaj7 e|-0---------------|-0----------------|-----------------|-0---------------| B|------------1----|-------------1----|------------1----|------------1----| G|-----0-----------|------0--------0--|-1---------------|------2----------| D|--------------0--|------------------|------3-------3--|----3---------3--| A|-3-------2-------|-0----------------|----3------------|----------3------| E|-----------------|----------3-------|-1-------1-------|-1---------------| Chorus F CDm71Csus4Bbmaj7 Now I'm a long way gone F CDm711Csus4Bbmaj7 Down this wild road I'm on F CDm711 Csus4Bbmaj7 It's going to take me where I'm bound F CDm71CsuBbmaj7 But it's the long way a- round Instrumental Fill x2 Verse 3 F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7 It's so hard keeping track of what's gone wrong F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7 The covenant unravels, and the news just rolls along F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7 I could feel my memory letting go some two or three disasters ago F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 It's hard to say which did more ill Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 Citizens United or the Gulf oil spill Chorus F CDm71Csus4Bbmaj7 And I'm a long way gone F CDm711Csus4Bbmaj7 Down this wild road I'm on F CDm711 Csus4Bbmaj7 It's going to take me where I'm bound F CDm71CsuBbmaj7 But it's the long way a- round Instrumental Fill x2 Verse 4 F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7 It's never been that hard to buy a gun F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7 Now they'll sell a Glock 19 to just about anyone F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 The seeds of trage- dy are there Bbmaj7 In what we feel we have the right to bear F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 To watch our children come to harm Bbmaj7 There in the safety of our arms F With all we disagree about Bbmaj7 A7 F The passions burn, the heart goes out Chorus F CDm711Csus4Bbmaj7 And we're a long way gone F CDm711Csus4 Bbmaj7 Down this wild road we're on F CDm711 Csus4Bbmaj7 It's going to take us where we're bound F CDm71Csus4Bbmaj7 But it's the long way a- round Instrumental Fill x4 ~Outro~ x 8+ FCDCBbmaj7 e|-0---------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------| B|-----------------|-1---------------|-----------1--|--------------| G|--------------0--|--------------0--|-2------------|--------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|--------3-----|--0-----------| A|-3-------2-------|-0---------------|--------------|--------------| E|-----------------|---------3-------|-1------------|--------------| F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7 x8