The Long Way Around Acoustic tab by Jackson Browne

Tabs

• Capo on 5th

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: FF

Difficulty: Intermediate

Some of the tabs here may not be exactly correct as Jackson does tend to play variations of the main
riff throughout, but they do provide an accurate foundation for the song.

CAPO 5

FF X32010
Cadd11 X2001X
Dm7Dm7 X02010
Csus4Csus4 3X001X
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 133210
A7A7 020100

Intro Tab:
  FF    Cadd11  Dm7Dm7   Csus4Csus4   Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
e|-0---------------|-0----------------|----------------|-0-------------|
BB|------------1----|-------------1----|-1---------1----|---------------|
G+G|-----0-----------|------0--------0--|-----2----------|----2----------|
D MajorD|--------------0--|------------------|-------------3--|-------3-------|
A augmentedA|-3-------2-------|-0----------------|--------3-------|-----------0h2-|
E MajorE|-----------------|----------3-------|-1--------------|-1-------------|

Verse Tab:
  FF    Cadd11  Dm7Dm7   Csus4Csus4   Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
e|-0---------------|-0----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
BB|------------1----|-------------1----|------------1----|------------1----|
G+G|-----0-----------|------0--------0--|-1---------------|------2----------|
D MajorD|--------------0--|------------------|------3-------3--|----3---------3--|
A augmentedA|-3-------2-------|-0----------------|----3------------|----------3------|
E MajorE|-----------------|----------3-------|-1-------1-------|-1---------------|


Verse 1:
 FF     Cadd11 Dm7Dm7    Csus4Csus4 Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
I don't know what to say about these days
  FF   Cadd11 Dm7Dm7   Csus4Csus4 Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
I'm seeing people changing in the strangest ways
 FF     Cadd11 Dm7Dm7   Csus4Csus4
Even in the richer neighborhoods
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
People don't know when they've got it good
    FF    Cadd11 Dm7Dm7     Csus4Csus4 Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
They've got the envy, and they've got it bad

Instrumental Fill:

Here's one way to play that little fill that comes after some verses:

  FF    Cadd11  Dm7Dm7   Csus4Csus4   Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
e|------0----------|-0-------3-------|-----0---------|---------------|
BB|------------3----|-----------------|-----1---------|---------------|
G+G|-----------------|-----------------|-----2---------|---------------|
D MajorD|----------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|
A augmentedA|-3----3-----2----|-0---------------|---------------|-----------0h2-|
E MajorE|-----------------|---------3-------|-1-------------|---------------|


And another way:

  FF     Cadd11  Dm7Dm7   Csus4Csus4  Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
e|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------|
BB|--------5-----3----|-5-------8-------|-----1---------|--------------|
G+G|-------------------|-----------------|-----0---------|--------------|
D MajorD|--------7-----5----|-7-------10------|--3------------|--------------|
A augmentedA|-(3)----7-----5----|-7-------10------|-(3)-----------|--------------|
E MajorE|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------|

The normal verse chords continue underneath, so you can also just continue to play those instead.
  FF    Cadd11  Dm7Dm7   Csus4Csus4   Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
e|-0---------------|-0----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
BB|------------1----|-------------1----|------------1----|------------1----|
G+G|-----0-----------|------0--------0--|-1---------------|------2----------|
D MajorD|--------------0--|------------------|------3-------3--|----3---------3--|
A augmentedA|-3-------2-------|-0----------------|----3------------|----------3------|
E MajorE|-----------------|----------3-------|-1-------1-------|-1---------------|


Verse 2:
FF      Cadd11 Dm7Dm7   Csus4Csus4  Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
When I was a kid everything I did was trying to be free
FF       Cadd11 Dm7Dm7  Csus4Csus4     Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
Running up and down  Tinsel Town with the fire inside of me
  FF    Cadd11 Dm7Dm7 Csus4Csus4   Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
My planet's all in retrograde, the best of all my plans got laid
 FF    Cadd11   Dm7Dm7   Csus4Csus4
I made my breaks, and some mistakes
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
Just not the ones people think I made


Chorus Tab:
  FF    Cadd11  Dm7Dm7   Csus4Csus4   Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
e|-0---------------|-0----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
BB|------------1----|-------------1----|------------1----|------------1----|
G+G|-----0-----------|------0--------0--|-1---------------|------2----------|
D MajorD|--------------0--|------------------|------3-------3--|----3---------3--|
A augmentedA|-3-------2-------|-0----------------|----3------------|----------3------|
E MajorE|-----------------|----------3-------|-1-------1-------|-1---------------|

Chorus:
     FF  Cadd11 Dm7Dm7 Csus4Csus4  Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
Now I'm a long     way   gone
     FF  Cadd11 Dm7Dm7 Csus4Csus4 Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
Down this wild    road I'm  on
       FF    Cadd11 Dm7Dm7   Csus4Csus4  Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
It's going to take me    where I'm  bound
       FF  Cadd11 Dm7Dm7 Csus4Csus4  Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
But it's the long    way a-   round


Instrumental Fill: x2


Verse 3:
   FF    Cadd11 Dm7Dm7       Csus4Csus4   Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
It's so hard keeping track of what's gone wrong
  FF  Cadd11 Dm7Dm7 Csus4Csus4    Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
The covenant unravels,  and the news just rolls along
    FF    Cadd11 Dm7Dm7   Csus4Csus4  Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
I could feel my memory letting go some two or three disasters ago
   FF    Cadd11  Dm7Dm7   Csus4Csus4
It's hard to say which did more ill
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7                 Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
Citizens United or the Gulf oil spill

Chorus:
     FF  Cadd11 Dm7Dm7 Csus4Csus4  Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
And I'm a long     way   gone
     FF  Cadd11 Dm7Dm7 Csus4Csus4 Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
Down this wild    road I'm  on
       FF    Cadd11 Dm7Dm7   Csus4Csus4  Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
It's going to take me    where I'm  bound
       FF  Cadd11 Dm7Dm7 Csus4Csus4  Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
But it's the long    way a-   round


Instrumental Fill: x2


Verse 4:
   FF   Cadd11  Dm7Dm7   Csus4Csus4   Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
It's never been that hard to buy a gun
      FF   Cadd11 Dm7Dm7 Csus4Csus4   Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
Now they'll sell a Glock 19 to just about anyone
  FF    Cadd11 Dm7Dm7  Csus4Csus4
The seeds of trage- dy are there
  Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
In what we feel we have the right to bear
  FF     Cadd11  Dm7Dm7   Csus4Csus4
To watch our children come to harm
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
There in the safety of our arms
   FF
With all we disagree about
  Bbmaj7Bbmaj7       A7A7        FF
The passions burn, the heart goes out

Chorus:
       FF  Cadd11 Dm7Dm7 Csus4Csus4  Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
And we're a long     way   gone
     FF  Cadd11 Dm7Dm7 Csus4Csus4  Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
Down this wild    road we're  on
       FF    Cadd11 Dm7Dm7   Csus4Csus4  Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
It's going to take us    where we're  bound
       FF  Cadd11 Dm7Dm7 Csus4Csus4  Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
But it's the long    way a-  round


Instrumental Fill: x4


~Outro~: x 8+
  FF    Cadd11  Dm7Dm7   Csus4Csus4   Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
e|-0---------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
BB|-----------------|-1---------------|-----------1--|--------------|
G+G|--------------0--|--------------0--|-2------------|--------------|
D MajorD|-----------------|-----------------|--------3-----|--0-----------|
A augmentedA|-3-------2-------|-0---------------|--------------|--------------|
E MajorE|-----------------|---------3-------|-1------------|--------------|


FF Cadd11 Dm7Dm7 Csus4Csus4 Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 x8


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