The Long Way Around by Jackson Browne Lyric and Guitar Chords

If you are looking for The Long Way Around guitar chords, you’ve come to the right place.
You can play The Long Way Around by Jackson Browne using guitar or guitar.
This song by Jackson Browne can also be played by that instruments.
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The Long Way Around guitar chords has rhythm and included in Standing in the Breach (2014) album.
You can also find another musical genres, including jazz guitar chords, country music guitar chords, pop guitar chords, world music guitar chords, and rock guitar chords here.

The Long Way Around by Jackson Browne Guitar Chords


[Intro Tab]
F
!
Dm7
!
A#maj7


e|-0---------------|-0----------------|----------------|-0-------------|
B|------------1----|-------------1----|-1---------1----|---------------|
G|-----0-----------|------0--------0--|-----2----------|----2----------|
D|--------------0--|------------------|-------------3--|-------3-------|
A|-3-------2-------|-0----------------|--------3-------|-----------0h2-|
E|-----------------|----------3-------|-1--------------|-1-------------|

[Verse Tab]

F
!
Dm7
!
A#maj7


e|-0---------------|-0----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
B|------------1----|-------------1----|------------1----|------------1----|
G|-----0-----------|------0--------0--|-1---------------|------2----------|
D|--------------0--|------------------|------3-------3--|----3---------3--|
A|-3-------2-------|-0----------------|----3------------|----------3------|
E|-----------------|----------3-------|-1-------1-------|-1---------------|

[Verse 1]
I

F
don’t know
!
what to
Dm7
say about
!
these
A#maj7
days
I’m
F
seeing
!
people
Dm7
changing
!
in the
A#maj7
strangest ways
Ev
F
en in the
!
richer
Dm7
neighbor
!
hoods
A#maj7
People don’t know when they’ve got it good
They’ve
F
got the
!
envy,
Dm7
and they’ve
!
got it
A#maj7
bad

[Instrumental Fill]

Here’s one way to play that little fill that comes after some verses:

F
!
Dm7
!
A#maj7


e|------0----------|-0-------3-------|-----0---------|---------------|
B|------------3----|-----------------|-----1---------|---------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----2---------|---------------|
D|----------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|
A|-3----3-----2----|-0---------------|---------------|-----------0h2-|
E|-----------------|---------3-------|-1-------------|---------------|

And another way:

F
!
Dm7
!
A#maj7


e|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------|
B|--------5-----3----|-5-------8-------|-----1---------|--------------|
G|-------------------|-----------------|-----0---------|--------------|
D|--------7-----5----|-7-------10------|--3------------|--------------|
A|-(3)----7-----5----|-7-------10------|-(3)-----------|--------------|
E|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------|

The normal verse chords continue underneath, so you can also just continue to play those instead.

F
!
Dm7
!
A#maj7


e|-0---------------|-0----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
B|------------1----|-------------1----|------------1----|------------1----|
G|-----0-----------|------0--------0--|-1---------------|------2----------|
D|--------------0--|------------------|------3-------3--|----3---------3--|
A|-3-------2-------|-0----------------|----3------------|----------3------|
E|-----------------|----------3-------|-1-------1-------|-1---------------|

[Verse 2]

F
When I was a
!
kid ever
Dm7
ything I
!
did was
A#maj7
trying to be free
F
Running up and
!
down
Dm7
Tinsel
!
Town with the
A#maj7
fire inside of me
My
F
planet’s
!
all in
Dm7
retro
!
grade, the
A#maj7
best of all my plans got laid
I
F
made my
!
breaks, and
Dm7
some mis
!
takes
A#maj7
Just not the ones people think I made

[Chorus Tab]

F
!
Dm7
!
A#maj7


e|-0---------------|-0----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
B|------------1----|-------------1----|------------1----|------------1----|
G|-----0-----------|------0--------0--|-1---------------|------2----------|
D|--------------0--|------------------|------3-------3--|----3---------3--|
A|-3-------2-------|-0----------------|----3------------|----------3------|
E|-----------------|----------3-------|-1-------1-------|-1---------------|

!

Now I’m a
F
long
!
Dm7
way
!
gone
A#maj7

Down this
F
wild
!
Dm7
road
!
I’m o
A#maj7
n
It’s going to
F
take me
!
Dm7
where I'
!
m bou
A#maj7
nd
But it’s the
F
long
!
Dm7
way
!
a-
A#maj7
round

[Instrumental Fill] x2

[Verse 3]
It’s

F
so hard
!
keeping
Dm7
track of what’s
!
gone wrong
A#maj7

The
F
cove
!
nant un
Dm7
ravel
!
s, and the
A#maj7
news just rolls along
I could
F
feel my
!
memory
Dm7
letting
!
go some
A#maj7
two or three disasters ago
It’s
F
hard to
!
say which
Dm7
did more
!
ill
A#maj7
Citizens United or the Gulf oil spill
A#maj7

!

And I’m a
F
long
!
Dm7
way
!
gone
A#maj7

Down this
F
wild
!
Dm7
road
!
I’m o
A#maj7
n
It’s going to
F
take me
!
Dm7
where I'
!
m bou
A#maj7
nd
But it’s the
F
long
!
Dm7
way
!
a-
A#maj7
round

[Instrumental Fill] x2

[Verse 4]
It’s

F
never
!
been that
Dm7
hard to
!
buy a gun
A#maj7

Now they’ll
F
sell a
!
Glock 1
Dm7
9 to
!
just about
A#maj7
anyone
The
F
seeds of
!
trage-
Dm7
dy are
!
there
In
A#maj7
what we feel we have the right to bear
To
F
watch our
!
children
Dm7
come to
!
harm
A#maj7
There in the safety of our arms
With
F
all we disagree about
The
A#maj7
passions burn, the
A7
heart goes out
F

!

And we’re a l
F
ong
!
Dm7
way
!
gone
A#maj7

Down this
F
wild
!
Dm7
road
!
we’re o
A#maj7
n
It’s going to
F
take us
!
Dm7
where we
!
’re b
A#maj7
ound
But it’s the
F
long
!
Dm7
way
!
a- ro
A#maj7
und

[Instrumental Fill] x4

[~Outro~] x 8+

F
!
Dm7
!
A#maj7


e|-0---------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
B|-----------------|-1---------------|-----------1--|--------------|
G|--------------0--|--------------0--|-2------------|--------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|--------3-----|--0-----------|
A|-3-------2-------|-0---------------|--------------|--------------|
E|-----------------|---------3-------|-1------------|--------------|

F Cadd11 Dm7 Csus4 Bbmaj7 x8

If you want to learn Jackson Browne The Long Way Around guitar chords, The 5 chords we’ll look at are the C major, A major, G major, E major, and D major.
The reason we use all major chords is that the minor versions of any of these chords just require tiny adjustments.
Each one of those minor chords is completely based on its major counterpart

The more you practice, the easier guitar will feel to play The Long Way Around. Guitar is hard to learn in the beginning, but gets easier the longer you stick with it.

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