Living On The Open Road chords by Delaney And Bonnie

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:

Eb MajorEb  FF  C majorC


Verse:
C majorC                    FF
Here we are in a road on a highway Looking for a place to get a bite
C majorC                    FF
Radiator's busted running low on gas Got to be in Birmingham tonite
C majorC                            FF
Well I have my hands full keeping right on down Think it's gonna be alright
G+G                                FF    Eb MajorEb
Everybody's worried cause we gotta pull a load For we're living oh lord out on the open road

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Verse II
C majorC                    FF
Left my home folks down in Mississippi Told em I was gonna be a star
C majorC                    FF
Momma said son you'll be alright Makes no matter where you are
C majorC                    FF
So I packed everything I had to my name Put in in the back of my car
G+G                            FF    Eb MajorEb   C majorC
And ever since then I been pulling a load Cause I'm living out on the open road

FF    Eb MajorEb    C majorC        FF    Eb MajorEb    C majorC
Oh no I wanna go home      Woah no wanna go home

Solo over verse:

Verse:
C majorC                        FF
I made a long distance call the other day Next thing to being home
C majorC                                    FF
You should have heard what the phone people had to say When I told them all I had was just a song
C majorC                            FF
I asked the old jailer man how long I was in for He said son it won't be long
G+G                            FF    Eb MajorEb   C majorC
Just another day for a dollar that you owe Cause you're living oh no out on the open road
FF    Eb MajorEb      C majorC
Woah no I wanna go home
FF    Eb MajorEb     C majorC
Oh no I wanna go home
FF    Eb MajorEb      C majorC
Woah no I wanna go home
FF    Eb MajorEb
Oh no I wanna go

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