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