The Long Way Around Acoustic tab by Jackson Browne
Guitar Tab
- Capo on 5th
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Key: F 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 F X32010 Cadd11 X2001X Dm7 X02010 Csus4 3X001X Bbmaj7 133210 A7 020100
Intro Tab:
F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7
e|-0---------------|-0----------------|----------------|-0-------------|
B|------------1----|-------------1----|-1---------1----|---------------|
G|-----0-----------|------0--------0--|-----2----------|----2----------|
D|--------------0--|------------------|-------------3--|-------3-------|
A|-3-------2-------|-0----------------|--------3-------|-----------0h2-|
E|-----------------|----------3-------|-1--------------|-1-------------|
Verse Tab:
F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7
e|-0---------------|-0----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
B|------------1----|-------------1----|------------1----|------------1----|
G|-----0-----------|------0--------0--|-1---------------|------2----------|
D|--------------0--|------------------|------3-------3--|----3---------3--|
A|-3-------2-------|-0----------------|----3------------|----------3------|
E|-----------------|----------3-------|-1-------1-------|-1---------------|
Verse 1:
F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7
I don't know what to say about these days
F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7
I'm seeing people changing in the strangest ways
F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4
Even in the richer neighborhoods
Bbmaj7
People don't know when they've got it good
F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7
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:
F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7
e|------0----------|-0-------3-------|-----0---------|---------------|
B|------------3----|-----------------|-----1---------|---------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----2---------|---------------|
D|----------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|
A|-3----3-----2----|-0---------------|---------------|-----------0h2-|
E|-----------------|---------3-------|-1-------------|---------------|
And another way:
F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7
e|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------|
B|--------5-----3----|-5-------8-------|-----1---------|--------------|
G|-------------------|-----------------|-----0---------|--------------|
D|--------7-----5----|-7-------10------|--3------------|--------------|
A|-(3)----7-----5----|-7-------10------|-(3)-----------|--------------|
E|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------|
The normal verse chords continue underneath, so you can also just continue to play those instead.
F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7
e|-0---------------|-0----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
B|------------1----|-------------1----|------------1----|------------1----|
G|-----0-----------|------0--------0--|-1---------------|------2----------|
D|--------------0--|------------------|------3-------3--|----3---------3--|
A|-3-------2-------|-0----------------|----3------------|----------3------|
E|-----------------|----------3-------|-1-------1-------|-1---------------|
Verse 2:
F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7
When I was a kid everything I did was trying to be free
F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7
Running up and down Tinsel Town with the fire inside of me
F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7
My planet's all in retrograde, the best of all my plans got laid
F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4
I made my breaks, and some mistakes
Bbmaj7
Just not the ones people think I made
Chorus Tab:
F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7
e|-0---------------|-0----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
B|------------1----|-------------1----|------------1----|------------1----|
G|-----0-----------|------0--------0--|-1---------------|------2----------|
D|--------------0--|------------------|------3-------3--|----3---------3--|
A|-3-------2-------|-0----------------|----3------------|----------3------|
E|-----------------|----------3-------|-1-------1-------|-1---------------|
Chorus:
F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7
Now I'm a long way gone
F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7
Down this wild road I'm on
F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7
It's going to take me where I'm bound
F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7
But it's the long way a- round
Instrumental Fill: x2
Verse 3:
F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7
It's so hard keeping track of what's gone wrong
F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7
The covenant unravels, and the news just rolls along
F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7
I could feel my memory letting go some two or three disasters ago
F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4
It's hard to say which did more ill
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7
Citizens United or the Gulf oil spill
Chorus:
F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7
And I'm a long way gone
F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7
Down this wild road I'm on
F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7
It's going to take me where I'm bound
F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7
But it's the long way a- round
Instrumental Fill: x2
Verse 4:
F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7
It's never been that hard to buy a gun
F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7
Now they'll sell a Glock 19 to just about anyone
F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4
The seeds of trage- dy are there
Bbmaj7
In what we feel we have the right to bear
F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4
To watch our children come to harm
Bbmaj7
There in the safety of our arms
F
With all we disagree about
Bbmaj7 A7 F
The passions burn, the heart goes out
Chorus:
F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7
And we're a long way gone
F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7
Down this wild road we're on
F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7
It's going to take us where we're bound
F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7
But it's the long way a- round
Instrumental Fill: x4
~Outro~: x 8+
F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7
e|-0---------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
B|-----------------|-1---------------|-----------1--|--------------|
G|--------------0--|--------------0--|-2------------|--------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|--------3-----|--0-----------|
A|-3-------2-------|-0---------------|--------------|--------------|
E|-----------------|---------3-------|-1------------|--------------|
F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7 x8
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| h = hammer-on
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