Living On The Open Road chords by Delaney And Bonnie

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:

Eb    F    C



Verse:
C                                       F
Here we are in a road on a highway  Looking for a place to get a bite
C                                       F
Radiator's busted running low on gas Got to be in Birmingham tonite
C                                                       F
Well I have my hands full keeping right on down Think it's gonna be alright
G                                                               F       Eb
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                                       F
Left my home folks down in Mississippi  Told em I was gonna be a star
C                                       F
Momma said son you'll be alright  Makes no matter where you are
C                                       F
So I packed everything I had to my name  Put in in the back of my car
G                                                       F       Eb      C
And ever since then I been pulling a load Cause I'm living out on the open road

F       Eb        C               F       Eb       C
Oh no I wanna go home           Woah no wanna go home

Solo over verse:

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

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