LONG WAY HOME  (Tom Waits)     [tab by: AL#13]

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VERSE 1:
AWell (x02220@1)I stumbled in the darkness
AI'm (x02220@1)lost and alone
AThough (x02220@1)I said I'd go before us
A (x02220@1)      F#mAnd (244222@1)show the way back home
F#m (244222@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D	  AThere (x02220@1)a light up ahead
A (x02220@1)     D (xx0232@1) 
I can't hold on very long
A (x02220@1)	     E (022100@1)		      AForgive (x02220@1)me pretty baby but I always take the long way home


VERSE 2:
AMoney's (x02220@1)just something you throw
AOff (x02220@1)the back of a train
AGot (x02220@1)a head full of lightning
A (x02220@1)     F#mA (244222@1)hat full of rain
F#m (244222@1)  D (xx0232@1) AAnd (x02220@1)I know that I said
A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)I'd never do it again
A (x02220@1)		 E (022100@1)	  AAnd (x02220@1)I love you pretty baby but I always take the long way home
 

VERSE 3:
AI (x02220@1)put food on the table
AAnd (x02220@1)roof overhead
ABut (x02220@1)I'd trade it all tomorrow
A (x02220@1)  F#mFor (244222@1)the highway instead
F#m (244222@1)  D (xx0232@1)	     E (022100@1)	
Watch your back, keep your eyes shut tight
A (x02220@1)		     DYour (xx0232@1)love's the only thing I've ever known
D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)         E (022100@1)	  AOne (x02220@1)thing for sure pretty baby I always take the long way home


BRIDGE:
E (022100@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A     D (xx0232@1)   Emmmmm, (022100@1)mmmmm, mmmmm, mmmmm


VERSE 4:
E (022100@1)    AYou (x02220@1)know I love you baby
AMore (x02220@1)than the whole wide world
AYou (x02220@1)are my woman
A (x02220@1)  F#mI (244222@1)know you are my pearl
F#m (244222@1)D (xx0232@1)    ELet's (022100@1)go out past the party lights
      A (x02220@1)         DWhere (xx0232@1)we can finally be alone
D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)  E (022100@1)	    ACome (x02220@1)with me...and we can take the long way home
A (x02220@1)   D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)  E (022100@1)		   AMm (x02220@1)mm mmm, come with me, together we can take the long way home
A (x02220@1)   D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)  E (022100@1)	   AMm (x02220@1)mm mmm, come with me, together we can take the long way home