Chords for David Ackles - Road to Cairo

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_ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ A [F] fella told me _ [Abm] this here road [Eb] leads to Cairo _ [Gb] I _ got to get [Ebm] me [F] right _ _
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[F] got to go back, [Db] go back [Eb] to my children _ _ [Gb] I _ got to see my little [F] bride _
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[Eb] I've been traveling _ _ [Bb] a _ [Eb] long, long, long [Bbm] time _ Don't [Eb] know what I'll [Bbm] find _ _
[Eb] Scared of what I'll [Dm] find But I just got to [Cm] see them [Bbm] again _ _
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Hey, [F] thanks for stopping [Abm] Are you headed [Eb] down to Cairo?
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I wrecked my Lincoln in [F] St. _
[Fm] Joe _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
Why, [F] it's a little old Cairo
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No [Eb] special reason [Gb] _ _
Look up some folks I [Bbm] used to _ _ know
_ _ [Gb] We _ _ [Ab] are travel so _ [Gb] _
Have [Ab] my share of _ [Gb] fun
Now [Ab] that's the life of me [F] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ Sure _ [Ab] I've played and [Gb] lost _
But [Ab] who minds the [Gb] cost _ You got [Ab] to take more [F] than you _ [Fm] give
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Hey, [F] I got another cigar _ [Abm] Son, _ [Eb] I sure like this car
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From your daddy _ [F] as a gift _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
[F] Say, on second thought
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[Eb] There's gifts I haven't [Gb] bought Just drop me here, [Bbm] thanks for the lift
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[Ab] Yes, I've traveled so [Gb] _ _
Yes, [Ab] I've been a [Gb] fool _
Never [Ab] _ had the [Bbm] time for gin _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] I _ [Ab] left to make my _ [Gb] way
I _ [Ab] _ can't stay [Gb] _ To see [Ab] my children [Ebm] [Bbm] worry and sin
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know [F] this road _ [Abm] It leads straight [Eb] into _ Cairo
[Gb] _ Twenty _ -two miles [F] straight _ ahead
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ I [F] can't _ _ [Abm] walk down this road [Eb] to Cairo
[Gb] _ They're _ better thinking [Bbm] out there
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] I've _ [Bbm] _
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_ [Eb] been traveling _ [Bbm] _ _
all [Eb] along your [Bbm] time _
So what I find, scared _ [Eb] of what I [Dm] find
I can't, I just [Cm] can't walk down this [Bbm] _ road _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] I can't, [Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] I just can't walk [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] down _
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this _ road _ _ _ _
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