The Route That I Took chords by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: A

Intro:

A E F#m D
A E D E

Verse 1:
A                             E
Without really knowing I took all the wrong routes
F#m                           D
The misguided monster in the Doc Marten boots
A                                E
In the wrong directions against all of the grains
            D                              E
Got off at all the wrong stops, back on to all the wrong trains
           A                                E
When holy hell just broke loose, to cut it out shut it down
                F#m                    D
There was the substance abuse running rampant through town
               A                        E
And when the trouble I had at the back door of the Channel
           D                        E
A steady headache and a handful it was  .

Chorus:
               A   E               F#m  D
Too hard to handle
Too hard to handle
        A           E           D            E
Time I took a good look at the route that I took

Verse 2:
           A                                E
Without a drop of the sense that God had gave to a stone
          F#m                          D
But in my own self defense well I was not all alone
            A                                E
I had the partners and colleagues and the cohorts in crime
        D                               E
Heaven sent to me hell bent to be one hell of a time
              A                            E
There was a swift sudden shift and way to many went south
           F#m                           D
The deadly God given gift to junkies I kept my mouth shut
         A                            E
While I made up my mind I had some choices to make
                D                   E
Should I leave Hell far behind me just  .

Chorus:
              A   E               F#m D
For Heaven's sake
For Heaven's sake
        A           E           D            E
I just took a good look at the route that I took

Bridge:
F#m              D   F#m           E
    I took them all
can you recall
F#m              D                  E
    the concert hall down at the Bradford Ballroom
E
I was tripping pretty hard I had dropped what I had copped down on the Boulevard

Instrumental:
A E F#m D
A E D E

Verse 3:
A
Without suggesting to you the routes I took were never wrong
                                                      D
I took a look and still I took and somehow I stayed strong
             A                            E
And I just stayed on the course with very few deviations
       F#m                       E
One of two situations some other odd altercations
             A                        E
And when my days were too dark well I had something to sell
           F#m                        D
I am the carnival barker with some stories to tell
               A                      E
There'll be apologies made at every fork and each bend
             D                       E
And I'm so glad that I stayed and I will  .

Chorus:
           A      E            F#m    D
Stay till the end
Stay till the end
        A           E            D           E
Glad I took a good look at the route that I took
           A      E            F#m    D
Stay till the end
Stay till the end
        A           E            D           E
Glad I took a good look at the route that I took