Chords for David Ackles - Road To Cairo 1968

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_ _ _ [F] fella told me _ [Abm] _ this here road [Eb] leads to Cairo _ [Gb] _ _ I got to get me _ [F]
right _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ I [F] got to go back, [Abm] go _ back to [Eb] my children _ _ [Gb] _
I _ _ got to see my [F] little bride _ _ _
I've _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] been traveling, _ _ [Bb] _
_ gone _ a long, long _ time [Bbm] _ _ Don't [Eb]
know what I'll [Bbm] find, scared _
_ [Eb] of what I'll find
[D] I _ just [G] got to see them _
_ [Bbm] again
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Hey, [F] thanks for stopping _ Are [Abm] you headed down [Eb] to _ Cairo?
_ [Gb] _ _ _ I wrecked my Lincoln _ in [F] St. _ _
Joe _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ _ [F] That's a little old [Abm] Cairo
_ _ No _ [Eb]
special _ reason [Gb] _ _ _
Look up some folks I _ [Bbm] used to _ know _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] Me, I travel _ so [Gb] _ _ _
Have [Ab] my share of _ [Gb] fun
_ Now [Ab] that's the life a man [F] can _ live
_ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] Sure, I've played and [Gb] lost _ _ _ [Ab] But who minds the _ [Gb]
cost?
You got [Ab] to take more [F] than you _ _ _ give
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Hey, [F] you got another cigar?
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_ _ Son, I [Eb] sure like this call
[Gb] _ _ _ Oh, from your daddy _ _ [F] as a gift
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_ _ _ [F] Say, on second thought _ [Abm] _ _ _ There's [Eb] gifts I haven't bought
[Gb] _ _ _
Just drop me here, _ [Bbm] thanks for the lift _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Ab] Yes, I've traveled [Gb] some _ _ _ [Ab] Yes, I've been a bum
_ _ _ [Ab] Never had the [Bb] time for shame _ _
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I left [Ab] to make my way [Gb] _
For _ [Ab] her I can't _ [Gb] stay
To see [Ab] my children _ [Bb] for a sin
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_ _ _ [F] I know this _ road [Abm] _ It leads straight [Eb] into _ Cairo
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _
Twenty-two miles [F] straight _ _ ahead _ _ _ _
_ [Bbm] _ _ I can't, [F] _
_ I can't [Ab] walk down [Abm] this [Eb] road to _ Cairo
[Gb] _ _
_ _ They're better _ thinking _ [Bbm] I'm [F] dead
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_ _ [Eb] I've been [F] traveling _ _ a long, _ [Eb] long _
_ _ [Bbm] time
_ _ Don't [F] know what I'd [Bbm] find _ _ _
[F] Scared [Eb] of what I'd find
[Dm] _
I _ can't, I just [G] _
can't walk down _ this _
[Bbm] _ road _ _ _ _ _
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