Long Walk Home

# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - please note - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # # this file is the author’s own work and represents their interpretation of the # # song . you may only use this file for private study , scholarship , or research . # # - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # long walk home chords bruce springsteen capo iii G Em G D G Em last night i stood at your doorstep , G Em trying to figure out what went wrong G Em you just slipped something into my palm; G D then you were gone G Em i could smell the same deep green of summer , G Em above me the same night sky was glowing G Em G D in the distance i could see the town where i was born G it’s going to be a long walk home hey , pretty darling , don’t wait up for me , Em going to be a long walk home; G D a long walk home G Em in town i passed sal’s grocery , G Em the barbershop on south street G Em i looked into their faces , G Em G D they were all rank strangers to me G Em the veterans hall high up on the hill , G Em stood silent and alone G Em the diner was shuttered and boarded , G Em D with a sign that just said "gone" G it’s going to be a long walk home hey pretty darling , don’t wait up for me , Em going to be a long walk home hey pretty darling , don’t wait up for me , C going to be a long walk home; G D it’s going to be a long walk home G Em G D 2 x D C here everybody has a neighbor Em C everybody has a friend D C Am D everybody has a reason to begin again G Em my father said "son , we’re lucky in this town , G Em it’s a beautiful place to be born G Em it just wraps its arms around you , G Em G D nobody crowds you , nobody goes it alone . G Em that you know flag flying over the courthouse , G Em means certain things are set in stone; G Em G Em G D who we are , what we’ll do and what we won’t . " G it’s going to be a long walk home hey , pretty darling , don’t wait up for me , Em going to be a long walk home; hey pretty darling , don’t wait up for me , C going to be a long walk home; G D it’s going to be a long walk home G it’s going to be a long walk home hey , pretty darling , don’t wait up for me , Em going to be a long walk home; hey pretty darling , don’t wait up for me , C going to be a long walk home; G D it’s going to be a long walk home G Em it’s going to be a long walk home G Em G D 2 xset8