Did You Just Take The Long Way Home by Colin Hay, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

Did You Just Take The Long Way Home

by Colin Hay

Biography:

Colin James Hay is a Scottish-born Australian musician and actor who made his mark during the 1980s as lead vocalist of the band Men at Work and subsequently as a solo artist.

Singer/Songwriter Colin Hay is the former front-man of the classic Australian band Men at Work. Since the group disbanded he has released several solo albums, including Man at Work, which featured re-recordings of classic Men at Work songs in an acoustic environment.

Hay has also been involved with the NBC TV series Scrubs

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Artist: Colin Hay
Song: Did You Just Take The Long Way Home (acoustic)
Video 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyXLG9ylSMI
Video 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcjaBwmeobU
Video 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv_cLgCOnCU
Transcription: SCA, [email protected]

Note:
Watch the videos in the links above!
Chords are only relevant for those videos!

Tuning: standard
Capo: 3rd fret!

Chords used:
name: E.A.D.G.B.e
C: x.3.2.0.1.0
G: 3.2.0.0.0.3
Fmaj7: x.3.3.2.1.0
D/F#: 2.x.0.2.3.x
Am: x.0.2.2.1.0
Em: 0.2.2.0.0.0
C/G: 3.x.2.0.1.3
G7: 3.2.3.0.0.1
C/B: x.2.x.0.1.0

[Intro]
C G Fmaj7
C G Fmaj7

[Verse]
C G Fmaj7
You always know where you can find me
C G Fmaj7
I’m up here where the air is pure and true
C G Fmaj7
The cleverness of words just binds me
C G Fmaj7 C/B
They won't help me to get over you

[Chorus]
Am D/F#
And maybe you got lost at the five ways
G Em
Took a wrong turn just like always
Am D/F# G C/G G7
Or did you just take the long way home?

[Verse]
C G Fmaj7
I hear the wind blow through the pine trees
C G Fmaj7
I watch the frozen lights come into view
C G Fmaj7
The stars above they don't align me
C G Fmaj7 C/B
They only shine a dim light on you

[Chorus]
Am D/F#
And maybe you got lost at the five ways
G Em
Took a wrong turn just like always
Am D/F# G C/G G7
Or did you just take the long way home?

[Break]
C G Fmaj7
C G Fmaj7

[Verse]
C G Fmaj7
I wanna hear you walk up right behind me
C G Fmaj7 C/B
But the dawn is come and it's done me in

[Chorus]
Am D/F#
And could it be that you don't love me
G Em
For who I am or what I could be
Am D/F# G C/G G7
And from where I am it's such a long way down

[Chorus]
Am D/F#
So maybe you got lost at the five ways
G Em
Took a wrong turn just like always
Am D/F# G C/G G7
Or did you just take the long way home?

[Break]
C G Fmaj7
C G Fmaj7

[Outro]
C G Fmaj7 C G Fmaj7
Did you just take the long way home?
C G Fmaj7
Or did you just take the long way home?

Note II:
Chords differ from version to version. But this is the jist of it.
There's also version with capo 4th fret.
Intro riff also differs depending on the version (one guitar, two guitars).
This is my suggestion for one guitar (incorporate with strumming):

e|--0--------0--1--3--------0--------------------|
B|--1--1--3--------0--------1-----0--1--3/5------|
G|--0--------------0--------2--2-----------------|
D|--2--------------0--------3--------------------|
A|--3--------------2--------3--------------------|
E|--x--------------3--------x--------------------|

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

Note III:
If you have any corrections or improvements to the tab write
them on the comments section, or send me a message,
or e-mail, so we can together make this tab even better.

SCA, [email protected]