Chords for Long Way Home by Tom Chapin

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_ _ [C] _ _ I was coming home in a yellow bus, but the bus broke down and stranded us.
[F] Coming home in a yellow bus, but the bus broke down [Am] and stranded us.
[C] It was a long, long, [F] long, long, [G] long way [C] home.
So I hopped a train coming down the line.
_ The caboose came loose, I got [G] left behind.
[F] Hopped a train coming down the line.
The caboose [G] came loose, I got left [Am] behind.
It [C] was a long, long, [A] long, long, long way [C] home.
So I found a boat by the river bank, _ but we hit a rock and it [G] promptly sank.
_ [F] Found a boat by the river bank, but we hit a rock and [Am] it promptly sank.
It [C] was a long, long, [Am] long, long, long way [C] home.
So I got picked up by a submarine, _ but they left me off in the [G] Philippines.
_ [F] Got picked up by a submarine, but [C] they left me off [Am] in the Philippines.
It [C] was a long, long, [Am] long, long, [G] long way [C] home.
Then I took a jet, but I couldn't pay.
So they threw me out of the [G] cargo bay.
Took [F] a jet, but I couldn't pay.
So they threw me out of the [Am] cargo bay.
[C] It was a long, long, [Am] long, [G] long, long [C] way home.
Oh, my parachute _ kept me safe from harm.
But I landed in a tree on the [G] neighbor's farm.
_ [F] Parachute kept me safe from harm, but I landed in a tree on the [Am] neighbor's farm.
[C] It was a long, long, long, [G] long, long way [C] home.
So I jumped on a horse, but it threw a shoe. _
And I had to walk back home to [G] you.
_ Jumped [F] a horse, but it threw a shoe.
And I had to walk back home [Am] to you.
[C] It was a long, long, long, [G] long, long way [C] home.
So I'm sorry, Mom, that I'm home so late.
And the dinner's cold, and I made you wait.
_ [F] Sorry, Mom, that I'm home so late.
And the dinner's cold, and I [Am] made you wait.
[C] It's just a long, long, [A] long, [G] long, long way [C]
home. _ _ _ _ _
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