Long Way Home
Steven Curtis ChapmanVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
1st Verse
I set out on a great adventure,
The day my Father started leading me home,
Said theres gonna be mountains to climb,
And valleys were gonna go through.
But I had no way of knowing,
Just how hard this journey could be,
Cause the valleys are deeper
slide to momentarily
And the mountains are steeper than I ever would have dreamed
But I know were gonna make it,
And I know were gonna get there soon
And I know sometimes it seems like were going the wrong way
(strum once)
But its just the long way home
Turn around
2nd Verse
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.
Theres a bag of regret,
Shouldve beens and not yets,
That keep on dragging around,
And I can hardly wait till the day I get to lay them all down.
Well I know that day is coming
And I know its gonna be here soon
And I know I wont turn back even if the whole world
Says Im doing the wrong way
Cause its just a long way home
When we cant take another step,
The Father will pick us up and carry us in His arms,
And even on the best days, He says to remember were not home yet,
So dont get too comfortable,
Cause really all were is just pilgrims passing through.
Alternative Chorus
Well I know that day is coming,
And I know its gonna be here soon,
Ill keep on singing and believing what all of my songs say,
Cause our God has made a promise,
And I know that everything He says is true,
And he promised He would never ever leave us
Hes gonna lead us, Hell lead us home,
(Strum once)
Every single step of the long way home,
So keep on, were gonna make it,
Were just taking the long way home,
Keep on were gonna make it,
I know were gonna make it,
(strum once)
Its just a long way home.
= (strum once)
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Readable chord sheet for Long Way Home by Steven Curtis Chapman
[A] [Amaj7] [F#m] [E] [D] [D/C#] [Bm] [Bm] [A]
1st Verse
I set o[A]ut on a great adventure, [Amaj7]
The day my Father star[F#m]ted leading me home, [E]
Said theres gonna be m[D]ountains to climb, [D/C#]
And valleys were gonna go through[Bm]. [A]
But I had n[A]o way of knowing, [Amaj7]
Just how hard thi[F#m]s journey could be, [E]
Cause the valleys [D]are deeper
[D/C#] [Bm] [Bm] slide to [C#m] momentarily
And the mountains are steeper than I ever would have dreamed
[D] But I know were gonna make it[F#m],
[D] And I know were gonna get ther[F#m]e soon [E]
[D] And I know sometimes it se[F#m]ems like were going the wrong way [Esus2] [Emaj9]
[D] [Dm] (strum [Dm] once)
But its just the long way home
Turn around
[A] [Amaj7] [F#m] [D]
2nd Verse
[A]Some[Amaj7] rocks o[F#m]n my s[E]hoes[D], [D/C#] [Bm] [Bm] [A]
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.
Theres a bag of regret,
Shouldve beens and not yets,
That keep on dragging around,
And I can hardly wait till the day I get to lay them all down.
[D]Wel[F#m]l I k[D]now [F#m]that d[E]ay i[D]s [F#m]coming[Esus2] [Emaj9] [D] [Dm]
And I know its gonna be here soon
And I know I wont turn back even if the whole world
Says Im doing the wrong way
Cause its just a long way home
[Bm] When we ca[C#m]nt take another step, [C#m]
The Father will pick us up [F#m]and carry us in His arm[E]s, [D]
And even on the best days, He [Bm]says to remember were not home yet,[C#m]
So dont get too comfor[Esus2]table, [Emaj9]
Cause really all were[D] is just pilgrims passing [Dm]through.
[A] [Amaj7] [F#m] [E] [D] [D/C#] [Bm] [Bm]
Alternative Chorus
[D] Well I know that day is comin[F#m]g,
[D] And I know its gonna be he[F#m]re soon,[E]
[D] Ill keep on singing[F#m] and believing what all of my son[Esus2]gs say, [Emaj9]
[D] Cause our God has made a promise, [F#m]
[D] And I know that everything He say[F#m]s is true,[E]
[D] And he promised He would neve[F#m]r ever leave us [Esus2] [Emaj9]
Hes gonna lead us, [D] Hell lea[Dm]d us home, [Esus2] [Emaj9]
[D] [Dm] (Strum [Dm] once) [A] [Amaj7]
Every single step of the long way home,
[F#m] So keep on, were gonna [E]make it,
[D] Were just taking the [Dm]long way home,
[A] Keep on were gonn[Amaj7]a make it,
[F#m] I know were go[E]nna make it,
[D] [Dm] (strum [Dm] once)
Its just a long way home.
[A] [Amaj7]=[A] (strum [A] once)