• Song:

    Long Way Home

  • Artist:

    Steven Curtis Chapman

  • Album:

    re:creation

Preface: 
In the intro and verse, Steven hammers on on the 1st D chord, high E string, from 0 to 2.
Also on the Bm chord on the A string, from 0 to 2.
In the first line of the verse, he plays a 3/4 measure of Bm, basically, he goes 
to the A slightly early

Intro
A (x02220@1) Amaj7 (x02120@1) F#m (244222@1) E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) D/C# (x40232@1) Bm (x24432@1) Bm(A) (x24432@1)
1st Verse
       A (x02220@1)                         Amaj7 (x02120@1)I set out on a great adventure,
                      F#m (244222@1)                                     E (022100@1)The day my Father started leading me home,
                       D (xx0232@1)                                               D/C# (x40232@1)Said there's gonna be mountains to climb,
                                  Bm (x24432@1)                          AAnd (x02220@1)valleys we're gonna go through.

A (x02220@1)                     Amaj7But (x02120@1)I had no way of knowing,
                 F#m (244222@1)                                 E (022100@1)Just how hard this journey could be,
                  D (xx0232@1)                                               
Cause the valleys are deeper
               D/C# (x40232@1)                                  Bm (x24432@1)       Bmslide (x24432@1)to C#mmomentarily (x13321@4)And the mountains are steeper than I ever would have dreamed

Chorus
D (xx0232@1)                               F#m (244222@1)   But I know we're gonna make it,
D (xx0232@1)                                F#m (244222@1)   E (022100@1)   And I know we're gonna get there soon
D (xx0232@1)                           F#m (244222@1)                                      Esus2 (xx2452@1)    Emaj9 (021102@1)   And I know sometimes it seems like we're going the wrong way
D (xx0232@1)                            Dm(strum (xx0231@1)Dmonce) (xx0231@1)    But it's just the long way home

Turn around 
A (x02220@1) Amaj7 (x02120@1) F#m (244222@1) D (xx0232@1)2nd Verse
A (x02220@1) Amaj7 (x02120@1) F#m (244222@1) E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) D/C# (x40232@1) Bm (x24432@1) Bm(A) (x24432@1)Some rocks on my shoes,
Fears I wish I could lose,
That make the mountains so hard to climb,
And my heart gets so heavy with the weight of the world sometimes.
There's a bag of regret,
Should've beens and not yets,
That keep on dragging around,
And I can hardly wait till the day I get to lay them all down.

Chorus    
D (xx0232@1)F#m (244222@1)D (xx0232@1) F#m (244222@1) E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1)name="chord_244222@1">F#m   Esus2 (xx2452@1) Emaj9 (021102@1) D (xx0232@1) DmWell (xx0231@1)I know that day is coming
And I know it's gonna be here soon
And I know I won't turn back even if the whole world 
Says I'm doing the wrong way
Cause it's just a long way home

Bridge
Bm (x24432@1)             C#m (x13321@4)                          C#m (x13321@4)       When we can't take another step,
                           F#m (244222@1)                  E (022100@1)                      DThe (xx0232@1)Father will pick us up and carry us in His arms,
                                      Bm (x24432@1)                                C#m (x13321@4)       And even on the best days, He says to remember we're not home yet,
                       Esus2 (xx2452@1)                  Emaj9So (021102@1)don't get too comfortable,
                      D (xx0232@1)                       Dm(strum (xx0231@1)once)
Cause really all we're is just pilgrims passing through.

Interlude
A (x02220@1) Amaj7 (x02120@1) F#m (244222@1) E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) D/C# (x40232@1) Bm (x24432@1) Bm (x24432@1)Alternative Chorus
D (xx0232@1)                              F#m (244222@1)   Well I know that day is coming,
D (xx0232@1)                            F#m (244222@1)   E (022100@1)    And I know it's gonna be here soon,
D (xx0232@1)                    F#m (244222@1)                            Esus2 (xx2452@1)                         Emaj9 (021102@1)  I'll keep on singing and believing what all of my songs say,
D (xx0232@1)                                  F#m (244222@1)  Cause our God has made a promise,
D (xx0232@1)                                 F#m (244222@1)     E (022100@1)   And I know that everything He says is true,
D (xx0232@1)                            F#m (244222@1)                              Esus2 (xx2452@1)name="chord_021102@1">Emaj9 
  And he promised He would never ever leave us
                     D (xx0232@1)         Dm (xx0231@1)                    Esus2 (xx2452@1) Emaj9 (021102@1) 
He's gonna lead us,     He'll lead us home,
D (xx0232@1)                 Dm(Strum (xx0231@1)Dmonce) (xx0231@1)  A (x02220@1)      Amaj7Every (x02120@1)single step of the long way       home,

F#m (244222@1)                      E (022100@1)   So keep on, we're gonna make it,
D (xx0232@1)                      Dm (xx0231@1)  We're just taking the long way home,
A (x02220@1)                   Amaj7 (x02120@1)   Keep on we're gonna make it,
F#m (244222@1)              E (022100@1)   I know we're gonna make it,
D (xx0232@1)                 Dm(strum (xx0231@1)Dmonce) (xx0231@1)    It's just a long way home.

A   Amaj7=A (strum A once)
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