All songs / David Alan Graham
Long Way Around
E♭ major96 BPM4/44:09Coastal DriftSomewhere Past Midnighthigh confidence
Capo 1 — play the shapes in D and it sounds in E♭ major. Much easier than fingering E♭ major straight.
Verse 1
Off the highway, took the right
Two lefts past the second light
Same back roads we used to take
Before the morning's wide awake
You don't ask, I don't explain
Engine humming through the lane
Map keeps tryin' to pull us in
We keep stayin' off again
Pre-Chorus
Let the highway bend away
We can find the longer way
Chorus
We're on the long way around
Quiet roads we just keep findin'
No straight line, no need to know
Don't wanna stop the night from windin'
Long way around
Like a song that doesn't end
You and me, the dark and time
Just the long way around again
Verse 2
Streetlamp leans the way it goes
Stoplight blinks for no one knows
Pass the turn, then pass it twice
Some nights don't ask for advice
You hum a song I almost know
Heater warm, the gauges low
Map keeps recalculating clean
We just keep ignoring the screen
Pre-Chorus
Let the highway bend away
We can find the longer way
Chorus
We're on the long way around
Quiet roads we just keep findin'
No straight line, no need to know
Don't wanna stop the night from windin'
Long way around
Like a song that doesn't end
You and me, the dark and time
Just the long way around again
Bridge
Don't roll the windows up
Don't let the silence stop
Final Chorus
We're on the long way around
Quiet roads we just keep findin'
No straight line, no need to know
Don't wanna stop the night from windin'
Long way around
Like a song that doesn't end
You and me, the dark and time
Just the long way around again
Outro
Long way… around…
Long way… around…
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Intro E♭ Cm B♭ Fm B♭ Fm B♭ Fm
Verse 1
FmOff the highway, took the right
Two lefts B♭past the second light
Same back Fmroads we used to take
Before the Gmmorning's wide awake
You Fmdon't ask, I don't explain
Engine Gmhumming through the lane
Map Fmkeeps tryin' to pull us in
We Gmkeep stayin' off again
Pre-Chorus
Let Fmthe highway bend away
B♭We Fmcan find the B♭longer way
Chorus
We're Fmon the long way around
GmQuiet roads we just A♭keep B♭findin'
A♭No straight line, no need to know
E♭Don't wanna stop the night A♭from windin'
E♭Long A♭way around
E♭Like a song that Cmdoesn't A♭end
FmYou and me, the dark and E♭time
Just the A♭long way around Fmagain
Verse 2
Streetlamp Fmleans the way it goes
Stoplight B♭blinks for no one knows
Pass Fmthe turn, then pass it twice
Some B♭nights don't ask for advice
FmYou hum a song I almost B♭know
Heater warm, the Fmgauges low
Map keeps recalculating E♭clean
We just keep ignoring Fmthe A♭screen
Pre-Chorus
FmLet the highway bend B♭away
We Fmcan find the longer B♭way
Chorus
We're E♭on the long way around
B♭Quiet roads we just Cmkeep B♭findin'
CmNo straight line, no need to know
E♭Don't wanna stop the Cmnight from B♭windin'
Long way around
Like a song that Cmdoesn't A♭end
You and me, the dark E♭and time
Just the A♭long way around E♭again
Bridge
Don't roll the windows E♭up
Don't let the silence E♭stop
Final Chorus
We're A♭on the long way around
Quiet B♭roads we just keep A♭findin'
No E♭straight line, no need to know
GmDon't wanna stop the night A♭from B♭windin'
Long way around
E♭Like a song that Cmdoesn't A♭end
You and me, the dark and time
E♭Just the A♭long way around Fmagain
Outro
E♭Long way… Fmaround…
B♭Long way… around…
Generated from the chord chart. These are real guitar shapes for the chords we detected, not a transcription of what was played on the record.
Raw note map (experimental)
This is the unfiltered pitch detection across the whole mix — vocals, bass and drums included — mapped onto a fretboard. It is not a playable arrangement and no one should try to read it as one. It is here only because it is the raw material everything else was built from.
Download note mapA lead sheet, not a full score. The melody line has been reduced automatically from the recording and paired with the detected chords. Expect the shape of the tune to be right and the details to be approximate.
