On The Road Again chords by Katie Melua

• Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
E          E*     X4

Verse 1:
          E5                         E5               E*        E5
Well, I'm so tired of cryin' but I'm out on the road again,
          E5                         E5               E*        E5
well, I'm so tired of cryin' but I'm out on the road again,
        Bm7                Bm7             E*          E5
I ain't got nobody just to call my special friend.

Verse 2:
             E5                     E5                  E*      E5
You know the first time I travelled out in the rain and snow,
             E5                     E5                  E*      E5
you know the first time I travelled out in the rain and snow,
         Bm7                  Bm7              E*      E5
I didn't have no payroll, not even no place to go.

Interlude:
E5          E*     X4

Verse 3:
       E5                  E5               E*      E5
And my dear mother left me when I was quite young,
       E5                  E5               E*      E5
and my dear mother left me when I was quite young,
          Bm7              Bm7          Em*        E5
she said "Lord, have mercy on my wicked one".

Solo:
Em               Em             Em             Em7
Am7              Am7            Am7            Am7
Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7  Bm7 Am7 Em7    Bm7            B5

E5               E5             E5             E*

Verse 4:
      E5                         E5                      E*    E5
Well, take a hint from me, mama, please don't you cry no more,
       E5                  E5                      E*    E5
take a hint from me, mama, please don't you cry no more,
            Bm7              Bm7               E*      E5
'cause it's soon one morning down the road I'm gone.

Verse 5:
      E5                    E5                               E*   E5
But I ain't going down that long and lonesome road, all by myself,
      E5                    E5                               E*   E5
no, I ain't going down that long and lonesome road all by myself,
       Bm7                Bm7                 E*      E5
if you ain’t coming with, gonna take somebody else.

Solo:
Em               Em             Em             Em7
Am7              Am7            Am7            Am7
Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7  Bm7 Am7 Em7    Bm7            B5

Em               Em             Em             Em
Em               Em             E*             Em
Bm7              Bm7            E*             Em
Em               E*             Em             Em

Verse 6:
          E5                         E5     E*     E5
Well, I'm so tired of cryin' but I'm out
             E5    E5    E*     E5
on the road again,
        Bm7                Bm7             E*      E5
I ain't got nobody just to call my special friend.
        Bm7                Bm7             E*      E5
I ain't got nobody just to call my special friend.
        Bm7                N.C.
I ain't got nobody just to call my special Outro: friend.

Outro:
E*       X3

N.C.

Em