Brothers Of The Road chords by Hank Williams

Brothers Of The Road


Intro:

G  D  G


Verse:

G
We all go on a two month tour
D                          G
Nearly work ourselves sick
     C
Now we don't know were all the money goes
       G          D         G
But we sure ain't gettin' rich
     C
I think the fat men in New York and L.A.
G                 D          G
Are givin' us the old run around
G

You bring fifty thousand home and he says your overdrawn
      F          C          G
It'll just about get you down
F          C          D
Just about get you down


Chorus:

       C               G       C
But we keep on pickin'(Keep on pickin')
                 G
And we keep on singin'(Keep on singin')
         D                                       G
And we try and try to get high so we can keep on grinin'


Verse:

G
Oh you wish you had a home and someone of your own
                                  C
to love you when you get back in town
                            G
But this kind of life don't cotton to a wife
           F     C         G
It'll just about get you down
F          C         D    C
Just about get you down


Break:

                 G
Keep on pickin'
D       G        D   G  C
Keep on singin'
                 G
Keep on pickin'
D       G        D   G
Keep on singin'


Verse:

G
Yeah you got fortune and fame and a well known name
        D               G
Oh your really flyin' high
D            C
Whether your rock or country or blues or funky
      G                        D
We're all made the same inside
C
Livin' in fear of the later years
              G
When nobody's gonna want you around
D       G
Yes the brothers of the road all share the same load
          F          C         G
and it'll just about get you down
       F            C           D
If you let it it'll bring you down


Chorus:

                  C
You gotta keep on pickin' (Keep on pickin')
          G              D        G
You gotta keep on singin' (Keep on singin')
           D
And you try and you try to stay high
                    G
so you can keep on grinin'


Verse:

                        D         G              D
You spend a lot of time alone and talkin' on the phone
       G           D           C
to the latest love that you've found
G        C            G
Then cry over the girl you really wanted in your world
      F          C         G
It'll just about get you down
       F            C           D
If you let it it'll bring you down


Chorus:

     C
Just keep on pickin' (Keep on pickin')
               G
Just you gotta keep on singin' (Keep on singin')
D
You gotta try and try to stay high
                    G
So you can keep on grinin'


Verse:

G
Livin' in fear of the later years
                                 C
When nobody's gonna want you around
                        G                       D
Yes the brothers of the road all share the same load
          F          C         G
And it'll just about get you down
          F         C       D
Lord it's got a lot of us down


Chorus:

           C
But I will keep on pickin' (Keep on pickin')
                G
I'm gonna gonna keep on singin' (Keep on singin')
D                                                    G
I'm gonna try and try to stay high so I can keep on grinin'
F                 C
I'm gonna keep on pickin' (Keep on pickin')
                 G      D         G
Boy just keep on singin' (Keep on singin')
          D
You gotta try my music keeps me high
                   G
I'm gonna keep on grinin'
                  C
I'm gonna keep on pickin'


Ending:

C
Keep on grinin'
G               D        G
Keep on singin' (Keep on singin')
                D
I don't have to try and try to stay high
                            G