All songs / David Alan Graham
Taking the long way on purpose, because neither of you wants to arrive.
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
Let the highway bend away
We can find the longer way
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
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
Let the highway bend away
We can find the longer way
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
Don't roll the windows up
Don't let the silence stop
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
Long way… around…
Long way… around…
E♭Off the E♭highway, took the right
Two lefts past B♭the second light
Same back roads Cmwe used to take
Before the morning's Gmwide awake
You don't ask, CmI don't explain
Engine humming Gmthrough the lane
Map keeps tryin' Cmto pull us in
We keep stayin' B♭off again
Let the highway Gmbend away
We B♭can find Fmthe longer way
We're B♭on the long Cmway around
Quiet roads we just keep E♭findin'
No straight line, E♭no need to know
Don't wanna Cmstop the night from windin'
E♭Long way around
Like a Cmsong that doesn't A♭end
You and me, E♭the dark and time
Just A♭the long way around Fmagain
Streetlamp leans the way it goes
B♭Stoplight blinks for no one knows
FmPass the turn, then pass it twice
B♭Some nights don't ask for Fmadvice
You hum a song I B♭almost know
Heater warm, Fmthe gauges low
Map keeps recalculating E♭clean
We just keep ignoring Fmthe A♭screen
FmLet the highway bend B♭away
We Fmcan find the longer B♭way
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 night A♭from B♭windin'
Long way around
Like a song that doesn't A♭end
FmYou and me, the dark and time
A♭Just the long way around Cmagain
FmDon't roll the windows Gmup
E♭Don't let the silence stop
We're on the long way around
Quiet roads Cmwe just keep findin'
E♭No straight line, no need to know
Don't wanna Cmstop the night from E♭windin'
E♭Long way around
Like a Cmsong that doesn't A♭end
You and me, E♭the dark and time
Just A♭the long way around Fmagain
FmLong way… around…
B♭Long way… B♭around…
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.
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