Intro: D G
verse 1:
D G D G
One time I shook hands with a pirate
D G D G
He gave me a map to all his gold
D G D G
After a lifetime I finally found it
D G D G
By then I was too old to bring it home
Bm A D (G D, G)
It was a long way down
D G D G
On a snowy night in late December
D G D G
I set out to find some mistletoe
D G D G
She had promised me all kinds of kisses
D G D G
None of them were worth the poems I wrote
Bm A G
It was a long way down
A G D
Long way to fall to have nobody catch ya
A G D
Long way to call to have nobody answer
A G D
Long walk home if you don't know the mountain
G, D, G
Roads
verse 2:
D G D G
One night while playing in a graveyard
D G D G
Somebody's hand reached up and grabbed my leg
D G D G
It was my dearly departed grandpa
D G D G
He said 'I bet you thought that I was dead
Bm A D (G D, G)
I was just a long way down'
D G D G
And on the night before the day that I got married
D G D G
An old man said 'Hey listen to me son
D G D G
Make sure you wanna hold that girl forever
D G D G
'Cuz once you say 'I do' you gotta do it 'till it's done
Bm A G
And it's a long way down'
A G D
Long way to fall to have nobody catch ya
A G D
Long way to call to have nobody answer
A G D
Long walk home if you don't know the mountain
G, D, G
Roads
A G D
A long fall down to Earth from Heaven
A G D
A long walk back to there from Hell
A G D
And sometimes the difference between them is hard to
Bm D G
Tell
verse 3
D G D G
One time I met a tree out in the forest
D G D G
I said 'Tree I wanna be as big as you'
D G D G
He said 'Boy I wish you never had have found me
D G D G
'Cuz that means that lumberjack can find me too
Bm A G D
And it's a long way down'