3/4 time


[Intro]



[Verse 1]
             
Take me back t

             
o Singapore an

  
d leave me the

re,
            
a long way fro

  
m home
             
Lie down in an

             
 easy- chair a

      
nd forget abou

t,
          
a long time ag

            
o, a long way 

 
from home

            
You shout my n

              
ame into your 

  
darkest night,
            
as if it takes

         
 me back to yo

u
             
You made a cho

     
ice, it turned

 out wrong,
            
now live with 

             
it, it was you

             
r choice all a

  
long,
            
and that's how

   
 life goes


[Chorus]
           
I tried to mee

            
t you halfway,

           
 a long time a

go
           
I lost my plac

            
e in your worl

            
d, a long time


 ago,
            
oh a long way 

      
from home


[Verse 2]
             
Calling me a m

             
illion times: 

  
I won't pick u

p,
             
cause I know w

             
hat you gonna 

 
say
             
You tell me no

             
w that I don't


 fit your ways

,
            
but you fit al

            
l along, and I

            
'm far from ho


me

             
Wreck my dream

             
s like they we

     
re fishing boa

ts,
            
that got hit b

       
y the ocean's 

tides
             
Cry for help, 

             
cause the nigh

      
t is getting c

old,
            
I'm not gonna 

        
share my coat,
            
once again you

       
're on your ow

n


[Chorus]
           
I tried to mee

            
t you halfway,

            
 a long time a


go
           
I lost my plac

            
e in your worl

            
d, a long time


 ago,
            
oh a long way 

      
from home


[Verse 3]
             
Take me back t

             
o Singapore an

  
d leave me the

re,
            
a long way fro

  
m home
             
It was time to

             
 leave, time t

    
o say goodbye,
          
a long time ag

             
o, oh a long w

       
ay from home


[Interlude]
G (long strumming)
(cause I loved you!)

(if you want:)
           
I tried to mee

            
t you halfway,

            
 a long time a


go
           
I lost my plac

            
e in your worl

            
d, a long time


 ago,
            
oh a long way 

      
from home