The Longest Way Around chords by Tennessee Jet

Tuning: Half-Step Down (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)

Intro:
Eb Eb Eb Eb
Eb Eb Eb Eb
Cm Bb Ab Eb
Eb Eb Eb

Verse:

Eb      Eb        Eb
Shadows dark on a gravel road
       Cm     Bb           Ab      Eb
In the wind I hear, in the morning low
Eb         Eb           Eb
A preacher digs his own grave
    Cm   Bb      Ab5      Eb
The only soul he couldn't save
Eb       Eb      Eb       Eb
The only soul he couldn't save

Bridge:

Eb Eb Eb Eb
Cm Bb Ab5 Eb

Verse:

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

Bridge:

Eb Eb Eb

Chorus:

Eb Bb          Bb        Eb          Eb
Oh I've been a lion, and I've been a lamb
Bb             Bb        Eb  Eb
I've been both Isacc and Abraham
Ab            Ab          Eb            Cm
I've been the accuser and I've been the stone
Eb                  Eb            Ab           Eb
And The longest way around is the shortest way home
Eb              Eb            Bb           Eb    Eb
The longest way around is the shortest way home, yeah

Bridge:

Eb Eb Eb Eb
Cm Bb Ab Eb
Eb Eb Eb Eb
Cm Bb Ab Eb

Verse:

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

Verse:

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

Chorus:
Eb      Bb     Bb        Eb          Eb
Oh I've been a lion, and I've been a lamb
Bb             Bb        Eb
I've been both Isacc and Abraham
Ab            Ab           Eb            Cm
I've been the accuser, and I've been the stone
Cm      Eb          Eb            Ab           Eb
and the longest way around is the shortest way home
Eb  Eb          Eb            Bb           Eb
The longest way around is the shortest way home

Bridge:

Eb Eb Eb Eb
Cm Bb Ab Eb
Eb Eb Eb Eb
Bb Ab Eb Eb
Eb Eb

Verse:

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

Chrous:

Bb             Bb        Eb          Eb
Oh I've been a lion, and I've been a lamb
Bb             Bb        Eb
I've been both Isacc and Abraham
Ab            Ab           Eb            Cm
I've been the accuser, and I've been the stone

Outro:

Cm Cm Cm
Cm      Eb          Eb            Ab           Eb
And The longest way around is the shortest way home
    Eb          Eb            Bb           Eb
The longest way around is the shortest way home
Eb              Eb            Ab           Eb
The longest way around is the shortest way home
Eb              Eb            Bb       Bb     Eb
The longest way around is the shortest way home