The Long Way Around Acoustic tab by Jackson Browne

• 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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