Long Way Home (acoustic) Chords

KeyD Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays383

Long Way Home (acoustic) by 5 Seconds Of Summer is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords D, G, Bm and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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The acoustic version is two half steps lower from the original studio version. 
 
 

Intro 
D  G 
          Bm         A         G 
So we're taking the long way home 

verse 1 

D 
Take me back to the middle of nowhere 
G 
Back to the place only you and I share 
    Bm             A 
Remember all the memories 
     G 
The fireflies and make believe 

D 
Kicking back at the old school yard 
G 
Singing songs on our guitars 
Bm          A 
This is our reality 
G 
Crazy, stupid you and me 

   Bm               A                    G 
We know this is the way it's supposed to be 

Chorus 

         D          A          G 
So we're taking the long way home 
                        D          A        G 
'Cause I don't wanna be wasting my time alone 
            D                  G              
I wanna get lost and drive forever with you 
              Bm               A 
Talkin' 'bout nothing yeah whatever baby 
         D           A         G 
So we're taking the long way home 
D      
(Tonight) 

D          A 
Ohhh oooo oooo 

          G                  D      
We're taking the long way (home) 

D          A 
Ohhh oooo oooo 

verse 2 

D                       
Now we're stuck in the middle of nowhere 
G                              
Yeah you know we took our time to get there 
       Bm         A 
We're hiding out in a dream 
G 
Catching fire like kerosene 

D                      
And you know I'd never let you down 
         G 
'Til the sun comes up 
        
We can own this town 
Bm             A 
Something like make believe 
G 
Living in a movie scene 

    Bm              A                    G 
We know this is the way it's supposed to be 


Chorus 

         D           A         G 
So we're taking the long way home 
                        D          A        G 
'Cause I don't wanna be wasting my time alone 
            D               G  
I wanna get lost and drive forever with you 
              Bm            A 
Talkin' 'bout nothing yeah whatever baby 
         D          A          G 
So we're taking the long way home 


BRIDGE 

Bm                A 
   Hitting every red light 
G                   D 
   Kissing at the stop signs darling 
Bm              A         G      
   Green Day's on the radio 
Bm                    A 
   And everything is alright 
G                              D 
   Now we're turning off the headlights darling 
Bm             A         G 
   We're just taking it slow 


(* = STRUM ONLY ONCE) 

          D *        A *      G * 
So we're taking the long way home 
                        D *        A *     G * 
'Cause I don't wanna be wasting my time alone  
    
            D               G  
I wanna get lost and drive forever with you 
              Bm               A 
Talkin' 'bout nothing yeah whatever baby 
         D          A          G 
So we're taking the long way home 


BRIDGE 

Bm                A 
   Hitting every red light 
G                   D 
   Kissing at the stop signs darling 
Bm              A         G      
   Green Day's on the radio 
Bm                    A 
   And everything is alright 
G                              D 
   Now we're turning off the headlights darling 
Bm             A         G 
   We're just taking it slow 


         G                   D 
We're taking the long way (home)  

D          A 
Ohhh oooo oooo 
        G                    D 
We're taking the long way (home)  

D          A 
Ohhh oooo oooo 

       G                    D 
We're taking the long way home 

( End on D ) 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante