I Sang The Song chords by Mac Wiseman

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 4th

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: E MajorE

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
FF Am7Am7 G+G  C majorC

Verse 1:
     C majorC   FF    C majorC
I could hear the highway callin'
    FF          C majorC
Long before the road ran through
       FF        Am7Am7
Dreams are free and not much else is
      G+G       C majorC
What else can a poor boy do?

Verse 2:
     C majorC     FF     C majorC
Calais, France, the Cliffs of Dover
    FF       C majorC
Name a city, I been there
    FF        Am7Am7
Women laughin', babies cryin'
      G+G       C majorC
Sounds the same most anywhere

Verse 3:
     C majorC   FF     C majorC
Baptized in the old South River
       FF        C majorC
Three times forward I been blessed
    FF        Am7Am7
Just another young hillbilly
         G+G            C majorC
Who would have thought, who could have guessed?

Instrumental:
C majorC  FF C majorC  FF  C majorC  FF  Am7Am7  G+G  C majorC

Verse 4:
    C majorC     FF   C majorC
Gordon Lightfoot, A.P. Carter
    FF         C majorC
Mother Maybelle, June and John
      FF        Am7Am7
It ain't braggin' if you've done it
     G+G         C majorC
Name the tune, I sang the song

Verse 5:
      C majorC    FF   C majorC
And now I'm old, no way to hide it
     FF        C majorC
Wouldn't care to truth be told
    FF        Am7Am7
Once a man and twice a child
      G+G       C majorC
Well, I've got a hand to hold

Instrumental:
C majorC  FF C majorC  FF  C majorC  FF  Am7Am7  G+G  C majorC

Verse 6:
     C majorC   FF    C majorC
I could hear the highway callin'
    FF          C majorC
Long before the road ran through
       FF        Am7Am7
Dreams are free and not much else is
      G+G       C majorC
What else can a poor boy do?
       FF        Am7Am7
Dreams are free and not much else is
      G+G       C majorC
What else can a poor boy do?

Outro:
G+G C majorC