long journey home
Chords
E 022100
F#m 044200
A 577600
G#m 066400
C#m 446654
Intro E F#m
F#m E
Verse 1
E F#m
By the time you get to hear this
F#m E
I'll be long gone down the road
E F#m
Without a toothbrush or a suitcase
F#m E
In a world I didn't know
A F#m G#m
By the time you get through college
A F#m B G#m
By the time you learn to drive
C#m F#m B A
I'll be picking through the garbage of my life
Guitar break
The guitar riff below is played of the chords of the intro
E -----------------------------------------
B -------9~~~~10-9-12---------9-10---------
G ---9-11-------------11----11-------9-11--
D ---------------------------------11----9-
A -----------------------------------------
E -----------------------------------------
E -----------------------------------------
B -------9~~~~10-9-12-9s7---------9~~~~~~~~
G ---9-11----------------------8-9---------
D ---------------------------11------------
A -----------------------------------------
E -----------------------------------------
Verse 2
E F#m
By the time you get the justice
F#m E
To your objectionable road (?)
E F#m
I'll be the leader de-selected (?)
F#m E
From that very hard and very messy note (?)
A F#m G#m
When you've lost your sense of direction
A F#m B G#m
And burned every happiness you've known
C#m F#m B
I'll have made my last confession
A F#m
On the long journey home
Intro and repeat guitar riff
Verse 3
A F#m G#m
By the time you get to hear this
A F#m B G#m
You'll be completely alone
C#m F#m B
Counting down the hours to your destination
A F#m A(strum)
On the long journey home
Outro - same as intro with a few Na Na's over it!
Transcribed by Richard Tipler