Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Difficulty: Novice
Verse 1:
C majorC DmDm FF C majorC
No money in my pocket but a cigarette in my mouth
C majorC A minorAm D7D7 G7G7
No fixed destination cept some vague direction south
FF G+G C majorC E minorEm A minorAm
Bedroll on my shoulder a guitar for company
C majorC G+G FF C majorC
Some Woody Guthrie songs and the road in front of me
C majorC G+G FF C majorC
Verse 2:
C majorC DmDm FF C majorC
Didn't need to hear a freight train to know Sonny Terry's harp
C majorC A minorAm D7D7 G7G7
Was an aching cry for freedom whistling in my dark
FF G+G C majorC E minorEm A minorAm
A augmentedA simple leap of faith that reason can't erode
C majorC G+G FF C majorC
Grabbed my coat and my guitar and headed for the road
C majorC G+G FF C majorC
Verse 3:
C majorC DmDm FF C majorC
At night my coat a pillow, I lay memorising stars
C majorC A minorAm D7D7 G7G7
Like some deserted lover my arm around my guitar
FF G+G C majorC E minorEm A minorAm
Promises get broken, reason searches rhyme
C majorC G+G FF C majorC
Conscience held to ransom, hostage to the road and time
C majorC G+G FF C majorC
Verse 4:
C majorC DmDm FF C majorC
Below the lies of heaven a frightened world must spin
C majorC A minorAm D7D7 G7G7
Discerning between things you're taught and what you learned within
FF G+G C majorC E minorEm A minorAm
The evening sky is fading to the colour of my jeans
C majorC G+G FF C majorC
I'm writing with my finger in the dust that falls from dreams
C majorC G+G FF C majorC
Verse 5:
C majorC DmDm FF C majorC
Beyond the endless night, I glimpsed infinity
C majorC A minorAm D7D7 G7G7
I shivered at the joke until the rain soaked into me
FF G+G C majorC E minorEm A minorAm
And woke me at the roadside just as the day was dawning
C majorC G+G FF C majorC
Grabbed my guitar and my coat and walked into the morning
C majorC G+G FF C majorC
Grabbed my guitar and my coat and walked into the morning