Passenger - The Long Road: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "The Long Road" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

D
You've walked a long road and you've worn it well.
                                   G
You stitched yourself up when you fell.
          Em7
Keep your memories in jars.
       A                              D
Carry secrets in scars beneath your shell.
D
You've seen some good days and some bad ones too.
                                G
You weave through fashion and trend
Em7                          A
You've seen a sun rise on an ocean blue.
                D
You've seen it set for the dearest of friends

Chorus:
G                       A                 D
You found faith but you, chose to doubt it.
                       Bm
You found love but you,  left without it
Em7                      A             D
And now you don't want to talk about it

You travelled down through foreign lands
Touched mountain tops and golden sands
Seen pyramids and temples made of stone
Keep seashells in a cashmere scarf
A treasured book of photographs
In every single one you stand alone
You've seen Vienna and the Berlin wall
As you watch the decades fall
The letters that you wrote never made it home
Your birthdays flew past like June
With Christmas days in hotel rooms
And New Year's eve with people you don't know

Chorus:
You built friendships but they sailed without you
You never meant it and that's why they doubt you
And they don't ever talk about you

           Em7
And you're older than you used to be.
     A
The mirror weaves a tapestry of
 D                     A/C#               Bm
lines that dance and shimmer 'round your eyes
     Em7
You stare back at a man,
         A
forever holding out his hand as if
    F#7                                Bm
the answer's going to fall out of the sky
         Em7
But the penny never dropped.
     A                                        D
And no man has ever stopped time from flying by.


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

C#

Guitar chord C#

D

Guitar chord D

Em

Guitar chord Em

Em7

Guitar chord Em7

F#7

Guitar chord F#7

G

Guitar chord G

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "The Long Road" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "The Long Road" by Passenger.

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