Richard Thompson – Walking The Long Miles Home (Guitar)

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[Intro] G G [Verse]
        G 
Oh, the last bus has gone, 

   G
or maybe I'm wrong,

        D7
It just doesn't exist. 

        G
And the words that flew, 

  G
between me and you,

          D7
I must be crossed off your list. 
[Chorus]
       C           D          G     
So I'm walking the long miles home, 

C       D           G
I don't mind losing you.

   C            D           Em
In fact, I feel better each step of the way.

       C        D               Em
In the dark I rehearse, all the right things to say.

        C             D    
I'll be home, I'll be sober 

   Em       A      A
by break of daaaaa-ay.

C           D          G     
Walking the long miles home.
[Solo] C D G [Verse]
       G     
Not a soul is around, 

     G
as I put more ground,

  D7
Between me and you.

        G
And the whole town's asleep, 

   G             
or maybe they're deep 

       D7
In the old "voulez vous".
[Chorus]
       C           D          G     
So I'm walking the long miles home, 

    C       D           G
And I don't mind losing you.

        C              D            Em
Got the moon there for company each step of the way.

        C            D              Em
And the rhythm in my shoes keep the blues away.

         C             D
When you ride Shanks's Pony,

    Em            A      A
you don't have to paaaaa-ay.

C           D          G     
Walking the long miles home.
[Solo] G D7 G D7 C D G C D G [Verse]
       G
Oh the party was grand,

      G
but I hadn't quite planned 

   D7
On staying so long.

    G
And while you accused me, 

    G
the hours confused me 

       D7
And my friends had all gone.
[Chorus]
       C           D          G     
So I'm walking the long miles home, 

    C       D           G
And I don't mind losing you.

           C      D         
Ah there's nobody out 

        Em
but the cop on the beat.

     C          D            Em
He's snoring so loud that he don't hear my feet.

       C          D
I just laugh to myself 

         Em           A     A
and move off down the stree-eeet.

C           D          G     
Walking the long miles home

    C           D          G     
I'm walking the long miles home

      C           D          G     G
Ohhh, walking the long miles home