Intro: G C C G 
 
   G                              C       -     G  
I took the long way home tonight down a lonely road 
C                           G 
No riders, no company, Just me and the radio. 
                                  C    -     G  
One by one I watched the miles slowly fall behind 
   C                            G 
My heart weighing heavy knowing what I wouldn't find. 
 

    D                         D 
The moon over my shoulder and the stars up in the sky, 
         Am      -        D                 G 
There to remind me what's missing tonight. 
 
Chorus: 
 C                                G 
I don't mind being alone, it's lonely I can't stand. 
       Am                               G 
These empty nights ain't no life for a woman nor a man. 
     C                                     G 
It's been so long since I held or felt the touch of a loving hand. 
  Am                   D                       G 
Being alone ain't so bad, it's lonely I can't stand. 
 
Riff: 
G C G C G 
 
  G                              C       -        G 
Staring out my window now at the world passing me by, 
    C                                  G 
Trapped here in this darkness doing solitary time. 
            G                       C       -       G 
Accross the open fields I hear the soulful sad refrain, 
     C                               G 
The high lonesome wailing of some distant midnight train. 
 

    D                                  D 
The sound of my heart beating and the silence in these rooms 
             Am       -       D          G 
They're to remind me what's missing tonight. 
 
(Chorus) 
 
(Riff) 

                   (single, strong strum for these two chords) 
      D                        C - G 
It's just another night on the one hand 
       Am                         D 
On the other, it cuts like a knife. 
 
(Chorus) 
 
(Riff) 
 
Repeat riff, excluding last G until faded out.