Long Way Back Home Chords
Long Way Back Home by Gordon Lightfoot is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 4st fret. It uses the chords C, F, G, Dm and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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