Route 23 chords by Chatham County Line

Chords with lyrics

Intro: D MajorD F# minorF#m G+G A augmentedA D MajorD


Verse
D MajorD                   G+G      D MajorD
Well I spent my whole life since I was high as a knee
   D MajorD                A augmentedA
By that two-lane blacktop they call Route 23
   D MajorD
My daddy ran a service station
     G+G        D MajorD
And the pumps they did shine
   D MajorD          F# minorF#m         G+G        D MajorD
I'd watch him wash the windshields, keep the old look to that mind

Verse
      D MajorD              G+G     D MajorD
Well the days they were long, but the money was good
  D MajorD                          A augmentedA
The only things that changed were the seasons and the shapes of the hoods
     D MajorD                G+G  D MajorD
'Til the government came on the radio in late '55
     D MajorD             F# minorF#m
Said the state's gonna build a new highway
      G+G        D MajorD
One that's fast, smooth and wide


        G+G        B minorBm      D MajorD
With that new highway, no one stops here anymore
 D MajorD         G+G       D MajorD      A augmentedA
And you can't make living without swinging that door
   D MajorD              G+G      D MajorD
The sign by the roadside still says "Come On In"
     F# minorF#m                  G+G    D MajorD
But the bulbs are long since burnt out, not to light up again


Verse
   D MajorD             G+G      D MajorD
Now daddy was as stubborn as a mule in the snow
      D MajorD                     A augmentedA
He said, "Good folks return to the places that they know"
       D MajorD             G+G      D MajorD
But after the gravel arrived and those steamrollers whined
      D MajorD           F# minorF#m
All those good folks left me and daddy
      G+G      D MajorD
And those two lanes behind

        G+G        B minorBm      D MajorD
With that new highway, no one stops here anymore
 D MajorD         G+G       D MajorD      A augmentedA
And you can't make living without swinging that door
   D MajorD              G+G      D MajorD
The sign by the roadside still says "Come On In"
     F# minorF#m                  G+G    D MajorD
But the bulbs are long since burnt out, not to light up again


Instrumental: D MajorD D F# minorF#m G+G G MajorG G+G A augmentedA D MajorD

Verse
     D MajorD                G+G   D MajorD
Now the calendar on the wall still reads 19 and 75
     D MajorD                 A augmentedA
No one crossed out the day that my daddy died
   D MajorD                   G+G    D MajorD
We laid him in the ground 'neath that old sycamore tree
    D MajorD           F# minorF#m         G+G  D MajorD
That shades a boarded up gas station...  out on Route 23


        G+G        B minorBm      D MajorD
With that new highway, no one stops here anymore
 D MajorD         G+G       D MajorD      A augmentedA
And you can't make living without swinging that door
   D MajorD              G+G      D MajorD
The sign by the roadside still says "Come On In"
     F# minorF#m                  G+G    D MajorD
But the bulbs are long since burnt out, not to light up again

      F# minorF#m                  G+G    D MajorD
Yeah, the bulbs are long since burnt out, not to light up again