Down At The End Of The Road chords by Merle Haggard

Chords with lyrics

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

Intro:

C majorC FF C majorC FF C majorC G+G C majorC

Verse 1:
     C majorC      FF        G+G
I was looking for a place to hang my hat
    FF       G+G       C majorC
And a place to lay me down my heavy load
  C majorC        FF       C majorC      FF
I found it in the woods, in the cabin on the hill
 C majorC      G+G     C majorC
Down at the end of the road
     C majorC       FF        G+G
We were looking for a place to raise a child
        FF       G+G         C majorC
'Cause she'd soon be giving birth to one that showed
     C majorC       FF      C majorC     FF
And we found it in the woods, in a cabin on a hill
 C majorC      G+G     C majorC
Down at the end of the road

Chorus:
 FF           G+G
Down at the end of the road
 FF                 G+G
Down at the end of an old country road
C majorC          FF       C majorC        FF
We found what we needed for the family we would raise
 C majorC     G+G     C majorC
Down at the end of the road


Verse 2:
  C majorC    FF       G+G
A augmentedA girl was born, December 23rd
   FF    G+G         C majorC
Just one day short of Christmas Eve
         C majorC        FF  C majorC        FF
And through the years we tried to move many different times
     C majorC      G+G         C majorC
But we landed on the place we couldn't leave
    C majorC         FF        G+G
So we prayed to God that we might have a son
  FF       G+G    C majorC
And he was born December '92
      C majorC        FF        C majorC    FF
And we keep looking for a place to move away, move away
    C majorC      G+G        C majorC
But leaving was a thing we couldn't do

Bridge:
C majorC     FF       G+G
20 years flew by like 20 days
       FF      G+G            C majorC
And the blessings grew from the initial seed we'd sown
   C majorC           f
Our kids will soon be leaving now
     C majorC       FF
They'll leave us here behind
C majorC      G+G     C majorC
Down at the end of the road


Chorus:
 FF           G+G
Down at the end of the road
 FF                 G+G
Down at the end of an old country road
C majorC          FF       C majorC        FF
We found what we needed for the family we would raise
 C majorC     G+G     C majorC
Down at the end of the road