Take the long way home
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Take the long way home Intro C Cm7 Bb F C Bb C (2x) Cm7 Bb F C So you think you’re a Romeo, playing a part in a picture show Bb C Well take the long way home, take the long way home Cm7 Bb F C ‘Cause you’re the joke of the neighborhood, why should you care if you’re feeling good Bb C Well take the long way home, take the long way home Em7 Am Em F Bb F But there are times that you can feel you’re part of the scenery, all the greenery is coming down boy G Em7 Am Em F Bb F G7 And then your wife seems to think you’re part of the furniture, ooh it’s peculiar, she used to be so nice Cm7 Bb F C When lonely days turn to lonely nights, you take a trip to the city lights Bb C And take the long way home, take the long way home Cm7 Bb F C You never see what you want to see, forever playing to the galary Bb C You take the long way home, take the long way home Em7 Am Em F Bb F And when you’re up on the stage it’s so unbelievable, unforgettable, how they adore you G Em7 Am Em F Bb F G7 But then your wife seems to think you’re losing your sanity, ooh it’s calamity, ooh there is no way out Solo Eb Bb F C Bb C Eb Bb F C Bb C G7 Em7 Am Em F Bb F Well does it feel that your life’s become a catastrophe, ooh, it has to be for you to grow boy G Em7 Am When you look through the years and see what you could have been, Em F Bb F G7 Ooh, what you might have been if you had had more time Cm7 Bb F C So when the day comes to settle down, well who’s to blame if you’re not around Bb Ab F You took the long way home, you took the long way home, you took the long way home, Bb Ab F You took the long way home, you took the long way home, you took the long way home Bb F You took the long way home, you took the long way home, F Cmaj7 F Cmaj7 F Cmaj7 Aaaahhh, Aaaahhh, Aaaahhh Bb Ab F F Bb/C Long way home, long way home, long way home, long way home
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Leer de akkoorden van Take the long way home van Supertramp op gitaar. Deze pop-klassieker uit 1979 van het album Breakfast In America (Deluxe Edition) is perfect om je akkoordenkennis uit te breiden. Met zijn toegankelijke gitaarsound en rustiger tempo kun je deze melodie snel onder de vingers krijgen.
Take the long way home ligt op beginner-niveau (2/10) en wordt gespeeld met akkoorden: F, Bb, C, Cm7, Em7 en Am. Het format is puur akkoordennotatie, dus je focust je op de juiste vingerzetting en timing. Pak je gitaar en ontdek hoe goed deze evergreen je luistert.
How to practise this song
- 1
Practise the barre chord Ab
Ab is a barre chord. Lay your index finger flat across all strings and press firmly; practise it on its own until every string rings clearly before you use it in the song.
Open - 2
Practise the change: Ab ↔ Am
Play each chord for 4 beats, then 2, then 1 — with the metronome at 60-70 bpm. Only push the tempo once the change is clean and on time.
Open - 3
Great first song
Focus on clean chords — let every string ring. Speed comes by itself once the shapes are right.
Video
Tab door gitaartabs. Songtekst en akkoorden worden gepubliceerd onder afdracht aan Stichting FEMU. Zie onze voorwaarden.
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