Main Roads chords by Lucinda Williams

Key: C

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



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

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


Instrumental:
| Em7    | Em7    | Cadd9   | Cadd9   |
| Em7    | Em7    | Cadd9   | Cadd9   |


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


Instrumental:
| Em7    | Cadd9   | Em7    | Cadd9   |
| Em7    | Cadd9   | Em7    | Cadd9   |


Bridge:
Em            Em
 Ghost tracks, water towers
G             G
 Picnics in a haunted roost
Am              Am
 Horses waiting to be groomed
C              C
 Need a little sugar too
Em          Em
Train game, moss monster
G                    G
 Playin' down in the woods of bamboo
Am               Am
 Mr. Black Snake ate all the bad snakes
C                   Em
 Mr. Black Snake'll eat you too
Cadd9           Em7
Games turn into life
F                    Em
 Once a tomboy now a tomwife


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


Outro:
| Em7    | Cadd9   | Em7    | Cadd9   |
| Em7    | Cadd9   | Em7    | Cadd9   |