Main Roads chords by Lucinda Williams

Chords with lyrics

Key: C majorC

Intro:
Bb majorBb        G+G
 On The Red River, on Bayou Pierre


Verse 1:
E minorEm
 Rosalee worked in White's Grocery
C majorC
 I'd get in trouble for goin' down there
E minorEm              C majorC
 She'd give me corn pops for free

Chorus:
G+G
 Little red bike out on the main road
C majorC
 Lucky little girl
G+G
 Little red bike out on the main road
C majorC
 Lucky little girl


Instrumental:
| E minor 7Em7  | E minor 7Em7  | Cadd9Cadd9  | Cadd9Cadd9  |
| E minor 7Em7  | E minor 7Em7  | Cadd9Cadd9  | Cadd9Cadd9  |


Verse 2:
E minorEm                   C majorC
Early in the mornin' brother and sister off at school
E minorEm          C majorC
Mama sent me for wild flowers
G+G             C majorC
 Buttercups in the mornin' dew
 G+G                  C majorC
A augmentedA little red bike out on the main road too


Instrumental:
| E minor 7Em7  | Cadd9Cadd9  | E minor 7Em7  | Cadd9Cadd9  |
| E minor 7Em7  | Cadd9Cadd9  | E minor 7Em7  | Cadd9Cadd9  |


Bridge:
E minorEm      E minorEm
 Ghost tracks, water towers
G+G       G+G
 Picnics in a haunted roost
A minorAm       A minorAm
 Horses waiting to be groomed
C majorC       C majorC
 Need a little sugar too
E minorEm     E minorEm
Train game, moss monster
G+G          G+G
 Playin' down in the woods of bamboo
A minorAm        A minorAm
 Mr. Black Snake ate all the bad snakes
C majorC          E minorEm
 Mr. Black Snake'll eat you too
Cadd9Cadd9      E minor 7Em7
Games turn into life
FF          E minorEm
 Once a tomboy now a tomwife


Chorus:
G+G
 Little red bike out on the main road
C majorC
 Lucky little girl
G+G
 Little red bike out on the main road
C majorC
 Lucky little girl
C majorC
 Lucky little girl


Outro:
| E minor 7Em7  | Cadd9Cadd9  | E minor 7Em7  | Cadd9Cadd9  |
| E minor 7Em7  | Cadd9Cadd9  | E minor 7Em7  | Cadd9Cadd9  |