Long Way Around
Dixie Chicks
The Long Way Around by The Dixie Chicks Capo on 5 (Natalie plays with it on 5; backing guitar plays with it on 3 as one of the other versions shows) I use an asterisk (*) to indicate timing when the same chord continues INTRO: Gsus2 Gsus2 Gsus2 VERSE: Gsus2 G Gsus2 G My friends from high school Gsus2 G Gsus2 G Married their high school boyfriends Gsus2 G Gsus2 G Moved into houses Gsus2 G Gsus2 G In the same ZIP codes where their parents live PRE-CHORUS: But I I could never follow No I I could never follow VERSE: Gsus2 G Gsus2 G I hit the highway Gsus2 G Gsus2 G In a pink RV with stars on the ceiling Gsus2 G Gsus2 G Lived like a gypsy Gsus2 G Gsus2 G Six strong hands on the steering wheel CHORUS: I’ve been a long time gone now Maybe someday someday I’m gonna settle down But I’ve always found my way somehow By taking the long way Taking the long way around Taking the long way Em D Csus2 * Taking the long way around INTERLUDE: Gsus2 Gsus2 Gsus2 Gsus2 VERSE: Gsus2 G Gsus2 G I met the queen of whatever Gsus2 G Gsus2 G Drank with the Irish and smoked with the hippies Gsus2 G Gsus2 G Moved with the shakers Gsus2 G Gsus2 G Wouldn’t kiss all the asses that they told me to PRE-CHORUS: No I I could never follow No I I could never follow CHORUS: It’s been two long years now Since the top of the world came crashing down And I’m gettin’ it back on the road now But I?m taking the long way Taking the long way around I?m taking the long way Em D Csus2 * * * I?m taking the long way around BRIDGE: (and on and on and on and on) Csus2 * * * D/F# Oh I just take my time I won’t lay down * * * (and on and on and on and on) Csus2 * Em And take the long way ’round VIOLIN SOLO: D Csus2 G Csus2 Em D Csus2 * * * VERSE: Gsus2 G Gsus2 G Well I fought with a stranger and I met myself Gsus2 G Gsus2 G I opened my mouth and I heard myself Gsus2 G Gsus2 G It can get pretty lonely when you show yourself Gsus2 G Gsus2 G Guess I could have made it easier on myself PRE-CHORUS: But I I could never follow No I I could never follow CHORUS: Well I never seem to do it like anybody else Maybe someday someday I’m gonna settle down If you ever want to find me I can still be found Taking the long way Taking the long way around [Repeat a few more times until end]