The Longest Way Around chords by Tennessee Jet

Guitar chords with lyrics

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


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

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 MajorEb Eb MajorEb Eb MajorEb
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

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Bridge:

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


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 C minorCm C minorCm
C minorCm      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