Intro:
G G7 Em D C C/B Am Am (G)
1st Verse:
G G7
I set out on a great adventure
Em D
The day my Father started leading me home
C C/B
Said there s gonna be mountains to climb
Am G
And valleys we re gonna go through
G G7
But I had no way of knowing
Em D
Just how hard this journey could be
C
Cause the mountains are steeper
C/B Am Am/Bm momentarily
And the valleys are deeper than I ever would have dreamed
Chorus:
C Em
But I know we re gonna make it
C Em D
And I know we re gonna get there soon
C Em Dsus2 Dmaj9
And I know sometimes it seems like we re going the wrong way
C Cm
But it s just the long way home
Turn around
G G7 Em C
2nd Verse:
G G7 Em D C C/B Am Am (G)
Some rocks on my shoes
Fears I wish I could lose
That make the mountains so hard to climb
And my heart gets so heavy with the weight of the world sometimes
There s a bag of regret
Should ve beens and not yets
That keep on dragging around
And I can hardly wait till the day I get to lay them all down
Chorus 2:
C Em
Well I know that day is coming
C Em D
And I know it s gonna be here soon
C Em
And I know I won t turn back even if the whole world
Dsus2 Dmaj9
Says I m going the wrong way
C Cm
Cause it s just a long way home
Bridge:
Am Bm Bm
When we can t take another step
Em D C
The Father will pick us up and carry us in His arms
Am Bm
And even on the best days He says to remember we re not home yet
Dsus2 D9
So don t get too comfortable
C Cm
Cause really all we re is just pilgrims passing through
Interlude:
G G7 Em D C C/B Am Am
Alternative Chorus:
C Em
Well I know that day is coming
C Em D
And I know it s gonna be here soon
C Em Dsus2 D9
I ll keep on singing and believing what all of my songs say
C Em
Cause our God has made a promise
C Em D
And I know that everything He says is true
C Em Dsus2 D9
And he promised He would never ever leave us
C Cm Dsus2 D9
He s gonna lead us He ll lead us home
C Cm G G7
Every single step of the long way home
Em D
So keep on we re gonna make it
C Cm
We re just taking the long way home
G G7
Keep on we re gonna make it
Em D
I know we re gonna make it
C Cm
It s just a long way home
G G7=G