Long Way Back Home

	  		
 


Intro: C 

verse 1: 
                                                           F 
From the railhead to the boatyard, from the factory to the farm  
                     G                             C 
From the mine to the mill-yard, I've weathered the storm  
                                                 F 
From the bar room to the bedpost, I've wasted my days  
                 C                          G 
All I have is my drink and the time left to think  
                      C 
While the time slips away 

 
                Dm    G                      C 
Just look at my face___ when you tell me goodbye  
                    Em                       Dm   Em 
You'll see what I'm after, by the look in my eye 
           F                 G 
Just walk away and leave me alone  
                     C 
It's a long way back home 



verse 2: 
                                                    F 
Now in case you should ask me, what it is that I've done  
            G                      C 
I say I'm a soldier who once had a son  
                                                F 
But my son doesn't know me, that's his right to choose  
                C                      G 
Oh, say can you see, my best friend is me  
                     C 
I'm a friend I could use 

 
                Dm    G                      C 
Just look at my face___ when you tell me goodbye  
                    Em                       Dm   Em 
You'll see what I'm after, by the look in my eye 
           F                 G 
Just walk away and leave me alone  
                     C 
It's a long way back home 



verse 3: 
                                          F 
Now the pages have faded, the story grows cold  
                      G                       C 
And the plot falls to ashes like the ruins of old  
                                           F 
Those rats in my rafters, they're after my shoes  
             C                         G 
And anything else they can find on the shelf  
                     C 
I've said they could use 


                Dm    G                      C 
Just look at my face___ when you tell me goodbye  
                    Em                       Dm   Em 
You'll see what I'm after, by the look in my eye 
           F                 G 
Just walk away and leave me alone  
                     C 
It's a long way back home 
                      
It's a long way back home