Long Away

Words and music by Brian May

Performed by Queen on the album ‘A Day at the Races’

Long Away Piano Chords Transcribed by Shane McDonald Back to the Main Tab Page

Long Away Chords

Also Referred to as Riff 1
A  Asus4  A  Asus2   A    A  Asus4  A  Asus2  A  

    A    Asus4       A  E      D                 A    E 
You might believe in heaven, I would not care to say
    A    Asus4    A  E              D               A     
For every star in heaven, there's a sad soul here today
     D                 A/C#   Bm   Bm7
Wake up in the morning with a good face
E                     A   Asus4 A
stare at the moon all day
D                  A/C#  Bm   Bm7
Lonely as a whisper on a star chase
     E                E7sus4
does anyone care anyway?
    A       Asus4      A  E
For all the prayers in heaven
   D                   F      A   Asus4   A   E   D   E7sus4  A ( * Riff 1...)
so much of life's this way

A*
Did we leave our way behind us?
A*
Such a long, long way behind us?
D                       D/C#  DaddB
Who knows when, now who knows where?
A
Where the light of day might find us?
D7               A
Look for the day.

Instrumental : 
A   Asus4    A   E   A   D   E   A
A   Asus4   A   E   A   D   E   A
D   A/C#   Bm   Bm7  E   A 
D   A/C#   Bm   Bm7  E7sus4

     A       Asus4     A       E              D                  A    E 
Take heart, my friend, we love you, though it seems like you're alone
    A    Asus4    A    E          D              A     
A million lights above you, smile down upon your home
D                       A/C# Bm  Bm7
Hurry put your troubles in a suitcase
E                      A   Asus4 A 
Come let the new child play
D                  A/C#  Bm   Bm7
Lonely as a whisper on a star chase
    E                E7sus4
I'm leaving here, I'm gone away
    A       Asus4    A  E
For all the stars in heaven
  D                 F                    A( * Riff 1...)
I would not live, I could not live, this way

A*
Did we leave our way behind us?
A*
Such a long, long time behind us?
D                    D/C#  DaddB
Leave it for some hopeless lane
A
Such a long, long way
A
Such a long, long way
                     A7
Such a long, long way
A   D            F                      A
I'm looking for, still looking for that day

Long Away Lyrics

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