The Offspring - Long Way Home: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Long Way Home" 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.

Em D Em     Am             C     D
(Hey)  I'm driving down a dusty road
Em D Em      Am     C       D
(Hey)  I've got nowhere to go
Em D Em    G
(Hey) No place that I can call my own
C                D
On and on, this road is burning
Em     D Em        Am                C     D
(Break a-way) I'm leaving all this crap behind
Em     D Em       Am                 C         D
(Break a-way) The past is gone, the future's blind
Em     D Em          G
(Break a-way) Don't care how long it takes this time
C                D
On and on, I'll take the

Chorus:
         Em  G D
Long way home
    Am       Em G D
The long way home
    Am       Em G D
The long way home
C                            D       Em
If it's for me, it's on the way home

(Hey) Like fragments of a broken mind
(Hey) I splinter by my own design
(Hey) The search is not a waste of time
On and on, this road keeps burning
(Break away) My hands are glued upon the wheel
(Break away) The road ahead is all I feel
(Break away) The only thing left that's real
On and on, I'll take this

Chorus:
Long way home
The long way home
The long way home (home)
I will go alone
I will go and find it on my own

      C
What lies ahead
     D               Bm
You cannot find for me
Bm
On and on, I'll take the

Chorus:
Long way home
The long way home
The long way home
If it's for me, it's on the way home
The long way home
I'll take the long way home (home)
I will go alone
I will go and find it on my own


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

C

Guitar chord C

D

Guitar chord D

Em

Guitar chord Em

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 "Long Way Home" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Long Way Home" by The Offspring.

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