Chords for The Long Way Around by the Dixie Chicks

_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
My friends from high school _ _ married their high school [D] _ _ boyfriends, [C] moving to houses _ _ _ in
the same zip codes where their parents live.
[Am] But _ I, I could [C] never follow.
_ _ _ _ No, [Am] I, _ _ _ I could [C] never follow.
_ _ I _ _ hit the highway, _ _ then a pink RV with stars on the ceiling, live like a gypsy. _ _ _ _
Six strong hands on the steering wheel.
I've [Am] been a [G] long [F] time [C] gone now, [Am] maybe [G] someday, someday I'm [F] gonna [C] settle down.
But [Am] I'll [G] _ _ [F] always [C] somehow.
[Am] I've [G] taken the long [F] way, [C] _ _ _
[Am] [G] taken the long way [F] _ [C] _ around.
[Am] [G] Taken the [F] long [C] way, _ _
[Am] [G] taken the long way [F] around. _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I met the queen of whatever, _ _ _ _ drank with the Irish, smoked with the hippies, moved with
the _ shakers, _ wouldn't kiss all the asses that they told me to.
But [Am] no, I, _ _ I could [C] never follow.
_ _ _ No, [Am] I, _ _ I could never [G] follow.
_ _ _ _ It's [A] been [G] two _ [F] long [C] years now [Am] since the [G] top of the world came [F] [C] crashing down.
And [Am] I'm [G] getting _ _ [F] _ [C] _ out, [Am] but I'm [G] taking the long [F] way, [C] _ _ _
[Am] [G] taking the long way [F] [C] around. _ _
[Am] [G] Taking the long [F] way, [C] _ _ _
[Am] [G] taking the long way [F] _ _ _ _
around.
_ _ [G] _ I'm on my _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[C] time, I'm gonna say [G] that _ I'm on my time.
[F] And take the long [Am] way [D] around.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Am] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ [C] _ _ _
[Am] _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ Well, [C] I'm caught with a stranger and I'm in _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ hell.
You can get pretty lonely when you show yourself.
Guess I could admit it, even if you're on my cell phone.
[Am] _ _ _ _
I could never [F] [C] follow. _ _
_ _ No, [Am] I, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] well I'm [G] never gonna be [F] like [C] anybody else.
[Am] Maybe [G] someday, someday I'm [F] gonna [C] settle down.
[Am] If you [G] ever want me, [C] I can still be found.
[Am] [G] Taking the long way, [F] _ [C] _ _ _ [Am] [G] taking the long way [F] [C] around.
_ _ [Am] [G] Taking the long [F] way, [C] _ _ _ [Am] [G] taking the long way [F] around.
_ _ [Am] [G] Taking the long [F] way, [C] _ _ _ [Am] [G] taking the long [F] way [C] around.
_ [Am] [G] Taking the long [F] way, [C] _ _ _ [Am] [G] taking the long way [F] _ around.
[Am] I'm [G] taking the [F] [C] long way, [Am] [G] taking the long way [F] [C] around.
_ _ [Am] [G] Taking the long way, [F] _ [C] _ _ _ [Am] [G] taking the long way [F] around.
[C] _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _