Long Hard Road chords by Alan Jackson

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Chorus:
    A   G  D         A
It's a long, hard road I'm traveling on
     G       Em  E
Seems forever I've been gone
       A  G   D         A
Yeah, it's a long hard road I'm traveling on
    G            Em   E
Lord I need to find my way back home

Verse 1:
      G  D           A  G
I hear the voice my sweet momma called me
    Em       Am
Telling me to change my ways
    G    D         Am   G
In my mind, I smell the dogwood blooming
     Em       A
Takes me back to yesterday

Chorus:
    A   G  D         A
It's a long, hard road I'm traveling on
     G       Em  E
Seems forever I've been gone
       A  G   D         A
Yeah, it's a long hard road I'm traveling on
    G            Em   E
Lord I need to find my way back home

Verse 2:
     G    D      A    G
I left behind the person that I once was
        Em        Am
I changed for good and some for bad
       G    D         Am  G
I've wasted days and nights on love forgotten
      Em       A
I've traded happiness for sad

Chorus:
    A   G  D         A
It's a long, hard road I'm traveling on
     G       Em  E
Seems forever I've been gone
       A  G   D         A
Yeah, it's a long hard road I'm traveling on
    G            Em   E
Lord I need to find my way back home

Verse 3:
       G      D       A    G
I've felt the hurt of a broken heart inside me
       Em       Am
I've felt the joy of love unchained
       G   D      Am   G
I've seen the rain wash away a mountain
        Em       A
Like tears have washed away my pain

Chorus:
    A   G  D         A
It's a long, hard road I'm traveling on
     G       Em  E
Seems forever I've been gone
       A  G   D         A
Yeah, it's a long hard road I'm traveling on
    G            Em   E
Lord I need to find my way back home

Verse 4:
          G     D        A   G
I've watched some loved ones dear to my heart dying
       Em       Am
I've heard a newborn baby's cry
       G    D      Am    G
I've walked a path of glory and of darkness
       Em          A
I've felt the guilt of a senseless life

Chorus:
    A   G  D         A
It's a long, hard road I'm traveling on
     G       Em  E
Seems forever I've been gone
       A  G   D         A
Yeah, it's a long hard road I'm traveling on
    G            Em   E
Lord I need to find my way back home

Verse 5:
      G    D        A   G
Drank to forget and I've drank to remember
          Em           Am
And I've drank for love and I've drank for hate
       G      D       Am   G
I've danced alone with a full moon up above me
       Em        A
Lighting the way to heaven's gate

Chorus:
    A   G  D         A
It's a long, hard road I'm traveling on
     G       Em  E
Seems forever I've been gone
       A  G   D         A
Yeah, it's a long hard road I'm traveling on
    G            Em   E
Lord I need to find my way back home

Verse 6:
        G    D        A  G
I've felt the love of Jesus shining on me
       Em       Am
I've felt the devil's wicked ways
        G     D     Am    G
Prayed for forgiveness, prayed for redemption
        Em          A
Prayed just to make it through the day

Chorus:
    A   G  D         A
It's a long, hard road I'm traveling on
     G       Em  E
Seems forever I've been gone
       A  G   D         A
Yeah, it's a long hard road I'm traveling on
    G            Em   E
Lord I need to find my way back home