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The Long Way

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[INTRO]
E A E C#m
A E B B
[VERSE 1]
I'm Eglad that you were Ahere tonight,
I've Egot something that's C#mbeen on my Amind.E  B  
'Cause I Ethought I knew how to Aplay along,
I Etried as hard as C#manyone.A  
But I was Ejust one step beAhind.
[PRE-CHORUS 1]
And it's Ejust, yeah it's Ajust,
Yeah it's Bjust like us to take the long way Ahome.A  
[CHORUS 1]
I'm Eglad that you were here tonight,
We Ashowed apart the perfect time,
Do you Bwanna try? I can waste another Ayear.
I Eparked the car a mile away,
So we'll Ahave to walk, if that's OK?
We can Btake our time,
There's so much you need to Ahear.
[INSTRUMENTAL]
E A B
[VERSE 2]
Have you Eever thought that you Aknew your line?
So Ein control, but C#mevery time,A  
You just Ewanted to let Ago.
'Cause we're Efurther now than we've Abeen before,
We don't Etalk the same way C#manymoreA, noE... oh.A  
[PRE-CHORUS 2]
And you Eknow that it's Ajust,
And it's Bjust like us to take the wrong way Ahome.
[CHORUS 2]
I'm Enot too sure what I've become,
But I Atried as hard as anyone.
Do you Bwanna go, again once more this Ayear?
I Eparked the car a mile away,
Give Ame your shoes, I'll take your weight,
Yeah, we Bhave the time,
There's so much you need to Ahear. 
[BRIDGE]
 E   A   B    Ax2
(Oh, Oh)
[CHORUS 3]
And I'm so Eproud of you, you always stood your ground,
And I Aknow how much you've got fucked around,
BeBfore I let you go,
There's so much you need to Ahear.
I Eparked the car a mile away,
So we Ahave to walk, I hope that's OK?
Do you Bwanna try? I can waste another Ayear. Oh, Oh.
[OUTRO]
E A B

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The Long Way

by The Coronas

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Chords in this song · guitar

C#m

[INTRO]

E A E C#m

A E B B

[VERSE 1]

E A

I'm glad that you were here tonight,

E C#m A E B

I've got something that's been on my mind.

E A

'Cause I thought I knew how to play along,

E C#m A

I tried as hard as anyone.

E A

But I was just one step behind.

[PRE-CHORUS 1]

E A

And it's just, yeah it's just,

B A A

Yeah it's just like us to take the long way home.

[CHORUS 1]

I'm glad that you were here tonight,

We showed apart the perfect time,

B A

Do you wanna try? I can waste another year.

I parked the car a mile away,

So we'll have to walk, if that's OK?

We can take our time,

There's so much you need to hear.

[INSTRUMENTAL]

E A B

[VERSE 2]

E A

Have you ever thought that you knew your line?

E C#m A

So in control, but every time,

E A

You just wanted to let go.

E A

'Cause we're further now than we've been before,

E C#m A E A

We don't talk the same way anymore, no... oh.

[PRE-CHORUS 2]

E A

And you know that it's just,

B A

And it's just like us to take the wrong way home.

[CHORUS 2]

I'm not too sure what I've become,

But I tried as hard as anyone.

B A

Do you wanna go, again once more this year?

I parked the car a mile away,

Give me your shoes, I'll take your weight,

Yeah, we have the time,

There's so much you need to hear.

[BRIDGE]

E A B A

(Oh, Oh)

[CHORUS 3]

And I'm so proud of you, you always stood your ground,

And I know how much you've got fucked around,

Before I let you go,

There's so much you need to hear.

I parked the car a mile away,

So we have to walk, I hope that's OK?

B A

Do you wanna try? I can waste another year. Oh, Oh.

[OUTRO]

E A B

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