The Longest Way Around chords by Tennessee Jet

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Half-Step Down (Eb MajorEb AbAb DbDb GbGb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb)

Intro:
Eb MajorEb Eb Eb MajorEb Eb
Eb MajorEb Eb Eb MajorEb Eb
C minorCm Bb majorBb AbAb Eb MajorEb
Eb Eb MajorEb Eb

Verse:

Eb MajorEb   Eb MajorEb    Eb MajorEb
Shadows dark on a gravel road
    C minorCm   Bb majorBb      AbAb   Eb MajorEb
In the wind I hear, in the morning low
Eb MajorEb     Eb MajorEb      Eb MajorEb
A augmentedA preacher digs his own grave
  C minorCm  Bb majorBb   Ab5Ab5   Eb MajorEb
The only soul he couldn't save
Eb MajorEb    Eb MajorEb   Eb MajorEb    Eb MajorEb
The only soul he couldn't save

Bridge:

Eb MajorEb Eb Eb MajorEb Eb
C minorCm Bb majorBb Ab5Ab5 Eb MajorEb

Verse:

Eb MajorEb     Eb MajorEb    Eb MajorEb
So I drove down, to gattlinburg
Eb MajorEb    C minorCm    Bb majorBb    AbAb  Eb MajorEb
The most god awful sound, I ever heard
Eb MajorEb        Eb MajorEb      Eb MajorEb    Eb MajorEb
Was a cold bitter hammer, to a hot iron stake
     C minorCm     Bb majorBb    AbAb   Eb MajorEb
Like the nails that sealed my saviors fate
     Eb MajorEb     Eb MajorEb    Bb majorBb   Eb MajorEb
Like the nails that sealed my saviors fate

Bridge:

Eb MajorEb Eb Eb MajorEb

Chorus:

Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb     Bb majorBb    Eb MajorEb     Eb MajorEb
Oh I've been a lion, and I've been a lamb
Bb majorBb       Bb majorBb    Eb MajorEb Eb MajorEb
I've been both Isacc and Abraham
AbAb      AbAb     Eb MajorEb      C minorCm
I've been the accuser and I've been the stone
Eb MajorEb         Eb MajorEb      AbAb      Eb MajorEb
And The longest way around is the shortest way home
Eb MajorEb       Eb MajorEb      Bb majorBb      Eb MajorEb  Eb MajorEb
The longest way around is the shortest way home, yeah

Bridge:

Eb MajorEb Eb Eb MajorEb Eb
C minorCm Bb majorBb AbAb Eb MajorEb
Eb Eb MajorEb Eb Eb MajorEb
C minorCm Bb majorBb AbAb Eb MajorEb

Verse:

Eb MajorEb  Eb MajorEb   Eb MajorEb  Eb MajorEb
Met a man or so it seems
    C minorCm   Bb majorBb     AbAb   Eb MajorEb
That I later find he just used to be
  Eb MajorEb    Eb MajorEb   Eb MajorEb  Eb MajorEb
He placed a bottle to my head
    C minorCm      Eb MajorEb     AbAb   Eb MajorEb
He said pull the trigger and I'll do the rest
 Eb MajorEb       Eb MajorEb     Bb majorBb     Eb MajorEb
I woke up on the floor in a cold, cold sweat

Verse:

Eb MajorEb   Eb MajorEb   Eb MajorEb Eb MajorEb
Bourbon burnt on my tongue
 C minorCm    Eb MajorEb     AbAb  Eb MajorEb
I sucked in smoke deep in my lungs
  Eb MajorEb  Eb MajorEb    Eb MajorEb    Eb MajorEb
So happy struck,I damn near cried
C minorCm        Bb majorBb     AbAb Eb MajorEb
Instead I made a joke about suicide
Eb MajorEb       Eb MajorEb  Bb majorBb  Eb MajorEb
Nobody laughed and I apologize

Chorus:
Eb MajorEb   Bb majorBb   Bb majorBb    Eb MajorEb     Eb MajorEb
Oh I've been a lion, and I've been a lamb
Bb majorBb       Bb majorBb    Eb MajorEb
I've been both Isacc and Abraham
AbAb      AbAb      Eb MajorEb      C minorCm
I've been the accuser, and I've been the stone
C minorCm   Eb MajorEb     Eb MajorEb      AbAb      Eb MajorEb
and the longest way around is the shortest way home
Eb MajorEb Eb MajorEb     Eb MajorEb      Bb majorBb      Eb MajorEb
The longest way around is the shortest way home

Bridge:

Eb MajorEb Eb Eb MajorEb Eb
C minorCm Bb majorBb AbAb Eb MajorEb
Eb Eb MajorEb Eb Eb MajorEb
Bb majorBb AbAb Eb MajorEb Eb
Eb MajorEb Eb

Verse:

Eb MajorEb   Eb MajorEb     Eb MajorEb    Eb MajorEb
I can't wait, 'til judgement day
Eb MajorEb    C minorCm   Eb MajorEb    AbAb   Eb MajorEb
Will you help me roll the stone away
Eb MajorEb   Eb MajorEb   Eb MajorEb    Eb MajorEb
My soul saved, but I confess
  C minorCm     Eb MajorEb    Eb MajorEb    Eb MajorEb
The skill still kills me non the less
Eb MajorEb   Eb MajorEb       Eb MajorEb  Bb majorBb    Eb MajorEb
I'm the reason for the cross around my neck

Chrous:

Bb majorBb       Bb majorBb    Eb MajorEb     Eb MajorEb
Oh I've been a lion, and I've been a lamb
Bb majorBb       Bb majorBb    Eb MajorEb
I've been both Isacc and Abraham
AbAb      AbAb      Eb MajorEb      C minorCm
I've been the accuser, and I've been the stone

Outro:

C minorCm Cm C minorCm
Cm   Eb MajorEb     Eb MajorEb      AbAb      Eb MajorEb
And The longest way around is the shortest way home
  Eb MajorEb     Eb MajorEb      Bb majorBb      Eb MajorEb
The longest way around is the shortest way home
Eb MajorEb       Eb MajorEb      AbAb      Eb MajorEb
The longest way around is the shortest way home
Eb MajorEb       Eb MajorEb      Bb majorBb    Bb majorBb   Eb MajorEb
The longest way around is the shortest way home