Key: C major•
Intro 1
C
Verse 1
Married their high school boyfriends
Moved into houses in
the same ZIP codes
Where their parents live
Verse 2
Am
C
But I, I could never follow
Am
C
Csus4
C
No, I, I could never follow
Verse 3
stars on the ceiling
Lived like a gypsy
Six strong hands on the steering wheel
Verse 4
Am
G
F
C
I've been a long time gone now
G
F
C
someday I'm gonna settle down
Am
G
F
C
But I've always found my way somehow
Verse 5
Am
G
F
C
By taking the long way
Am
G
F
C
Taking the long way around
Am
G
F
C
Taking the long way
Am
G
Taking the long way around
Interlude 1
F
C
Verse 6
Drank with the Irish,
and smoked with the hippies
Moved with the shakers
Wouldn't kiss all the asses
that they told me to
Am
C
No, I,
Verse 7
Am
C
I could never follow
Am
G
No, I, I could never follow
Verse 8
Am
G
F
C
It's been two long years now
Am
G
Since the top of the world
F
C
came crashing down
G
F
C
back on the road now
Verse 9
Am
G
F
C
But I'm taking the long way
Am
G
F
C
Taking the long way around
Am
G
F
C
I'm taking the long way
Am
G
F
Taking the long way around
G
F
The long...
G
F
The long way around
Interlude 2
Am
G
F
C
Am
G
F
C
Am
G
F
C
Am
G
F
Verse 10
C
Well, I fought with a stranger, and I met myself
I opened my mouth, and I heard myself
It can get pretty lonely when
you show yourself
Guess I could have made
it easier on myself
Verse 11
Am
C
But I, I could never follow
Am
G
No, I, I could never follow
Verse 12
F
C
it like anybody else
G
F
C
someday I'm gonna settle down
Am
G
If you ever want to find me,
F
C
I can still be found
Verse 13
Am
G
F
C
Taking the long way
Am
G
F
C
Taking the long way around
Am
G
F
C
Taking the long way
Am
G
F
Am
G
F
C
Am
G
F
C
Am
G
F
C
Tak ing
Am
G
F
Am
G
F
C
Am
G
F
C
Am
G
F
C
Am
G
the long way around
F
C
Am
G
F
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC Am Csus4 G F
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