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The Long Way

Brett Eldredge

RockEasy for beginners4 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

G
C×
D××
Em

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro: G  C  G  D 
 
        G                               C 
Don't think I've ever seen your kind of pretty 
 G                                       D 
Wondering around this midnight mad house city 
           G                            C 
You got a look that says you got it all together 
          G                               D 
So if you don't mind I'd like to know you better 
 
             G                   C 
Take me the long way around your town 
             G                       D 
Were you the queen with the silver crown? 
           Em                    D 
I want the secrets you keep, the shine underneath 
        C 
Of the diamond I think I just found 
            G             C   G   D 
Take me the long way around 
 
            G                                  C 
I'd love to see just where your daddy met your momma 
     G                  D 
Your hand-me-down '99 Impala 
            G                               C 
Show me the field you danced in Clover, The harvest in October 
         Em                                   D 
When the leaves fall from the sky just like a Sunday drive 
 
             G                   C 
Take me the long way around your town 
             G                       D 
Were you the queen with the silver crown? 
           Em                    D 
I want the secrets you keep, the shine underneath 
        C 
Of the diamond I think I just found 
            G             C   G   D 
Take me the long way around 
 
G                                  C 
Didn't think tonight when I walked in 
       G                                D 
I'd be falling for somewhere I've never been 
 
             G                   C 
Take me the long way around your town 
             G                       D 
Were you the queen with the silver crown? 
             Em                        D 
I want your red blushing stories. Your faults and your glories 
      C 
That made you who you are right now 
              G           C  G 
Take me the long way around 
 C            G           C  G  C  G  C  G  C  G  C  G 
Take me the long way around 
          
 

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Chord set

G · C · D · Em

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.