The Road chords by Bluejay Friese

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: G

Intro:

G  D  G  D  C

Verse 1:
         C                   G                      D
With the sun shining off the snow on Shasta's peak
  Em          D         C
I smile as my dad tells me
          G                            D
He and my mom hiked those hills to the east
      Em                D   C
Fifty-somethings on the PCT

Pre-Chorus 1:
           G
Green pine trees
                 D
And towns called Weed
               Em              D7       C
And rocks with art callin' for fires to cease
       G                       Dsus   D
I-Five North, I'm just in-between
N.C.
And I'm happy to

Chorus:
G  D    G  D   C
Be here on the road
G    D   G     D  C
Have somewhere to go

Verse 2:
      G
Oh, I went to my first Dutch Bros
D
Wished it was first Wednesday
Am
Cried as I passed Portland
C
Reasons that I won't say
G
Fine, let it spill
          D
It's more wonder than regret
  Am
I loved a girl two hundred days
         C
And only with her watched one sunset

Pre-Chorus 2:
          G                      D
Sometimes I can't take this love
              Am
It f**** me up
                      C
It makes me feel rough
               G
Like sugar does
                      D
And my blood's so sweet
                 Am
And it burns to bleed
                 C
But I'm glad I breathe

And I'm happy to

Chorus:
G  D    G  D   C
Be here on the road
G    D   G     D  C
Have somewhere to go
Dadd4add9
Grateful to fall in love
     N.C.
Even if love's not what I thought it was

[Instrumental]
G   D   Am  C
G   D   Am  C

Bridge:
         Am
Oh, this world wraps around us
Em
Rich and uncontained
Am
Faces face onwards
Em
Each and every way
Am
There's so much I wanna wander
   Bm
My god I love this life
       C
I'm so grateful for getting tired
            D7
or else I'd never close my eyes
    G
And when I finally die
         D
Throw me into a volcano
     Am
I'll be more at peace
        C
When my body can't be labelled
Am                    D7
On my way back to the cradle
                      Em
I'll pass through the mantle
                  D
That's where I'll dismantle
    D5
I'm grateful to

Chorus:
G  D    G      C
Be here on the road
G    D   G     D  C
Have somewhere to go
A              C
Be here on the road
Dadd4add9
I don't know where it goes, but I know that I'll always find home

Gsus  G