Chords for Follies (New Broadway Cast Recording) - 12. The Road You Didn't Take
Tempo:
123.7 bpm
Chords used:
F#
E
G
G#m
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D#]
You're either [Cm] a poet or [D#] you're a lover or you're [Cm] the famous Benjamin [B] Stone.
[D#]
You take one road, you try one door.
[G#] There isn't time [Dm] for any more.
[G#] One's life consists of [G] either or.
One has regrets, which one forgets.
And as the [D] years go on, [F#] the road you didn't [B] take hardly comes to mind, does it?
[F#] The door you didn't [E] try, [F#] where could it have [C#] led?
The [F#] choice you didn't [E] make never [G] was defined, [F#] was it?
[D#m] Dreams you didn't [E] dare are [D#m] dead.
Were they ever [E] there?
Who [G#m] said, I [B]
don't remember, [E] I don't [D#] remember [C#m] at all.
Here you go.
Keys to the old jalopy.
Thanks.
You need a couple of bucks?
I'm fine.
Come on, it's only money.
What does it matter?
[G#m] You wouldn't [C#m] understand.
[G#m] [F#] The books I'll never [B] read wouldn't change a thing, would they?
[F#] The girls I'll never [E] know I'm [F#] too tired for.
The lives I'll never [E] lead [F#] couldn't [Bm] make me sing, could they?
Could they?
Could [G] they?
[D#m] Chances that you'd [E] miss, ignore [D#m]
[E] ignorance's bliss.
What's [B] more, you won't remember, [E] you [G#m] won't remember [C#m] at all.
[G#m]
Borrowed money, borrowed car.
Someday I'm going to have the biggest goddamn limousine.
We've got each other, Ben.
What difference does it make?
All the difference.
You yearn [C#m] for the women, long [G#m] for the money,
envy [C#m] the famous [E] Benjamin Stones.
You take [A] your road, [E] the [A] decades fly.
The yearnings fade, [F#] the longings die.
[A] You learn to bid them [F#] all goodbye.
[G#m] And oh, the peace, the blessed peace, [D] at [F#] last you come to know.
[G] The roads you never take [F] [G] go through rocky ground, don't they?
The choices that [Dm] you make aren't [G] all that grave.
The worlds you never [Dm] see [G] still will be around, [C] won't they?
The Ben I'll never be [G] who remembers [C] [G] him.
[C] [G]
[Dm] [C]
You're either [Cm] a poet or [D#] you're a lover or you're [Cm] the famous Benjamin [B] Stone.
[D#]
You take one road, you try one door.
[G#] There isn't time [Dm] for any more.
[G#] One's life consists of [G] either or.
One has regrets, which one forgets.
And as the [D] years go on, [F#] the road you didn't [B] take hardly comes to mind, does it?
[F#] The door you didn't [E] try, [F#] where could it have [C#] led?
The [F#] choice you didn't [E] make never [G] was defined, [F#] was it?
[D#m] Dreams you didn't [E] dare are [D#m] dead.
Were they ever [E] there?
Who [G#m] said, I [B]
don't remember, [E] I don't [D#] remember [C#m] at all.
Here you go.
Keys to the old jalopy.
Thanks.
You need a couple of bucks?
I'm fine.
Come on, it's only money.
What does it matter?
[G#m] You wouldn't [C#m] understand.
[G#m] [F#] The books I'll never [B] read wouldn't change a thing, would they?
[F#] The girls I'll never [E] know I'm [F#] too tired for.
The lives I'll never [E] lead [F#] couldn't [Bm] make me sing, could they?
Could they?
Could [G] they?
[D#m] Chances that you'd [E] miss, ignore [D#m]
[E] ignorance's bliss.
What's [B] more, you won't remember, [E] you [G#m] won't remember [C#m] at all.
[G#m]
Borrowed money, borrowed car.
Someday I'm going to have the biggest goddamn limousine.
We've got each other, Ben.
What difference does it make?
All the difference.
You yearn [C#m] for the women, long [G#m] for the money,
envy [C#m] the famous [E] Benjamin Stones.
You take [A] your road, [E] the [A] decades fly.
The yearnings fade, [F#] the longings die.
[A] You learn to bid them [F#] all goodbye.
[G#m] And oh, the peace, the blessed peace, [D] at [F#] last you come to know.
[G] The roads you never take [F] [G] go through rocky ground, don't they?
The choices that [Dm] you make aren't [G] all that grave.
The worlds you never [Dm] see [G] still will be around, [C] won't they?
The Ben I'll never be [G] who remembers [C] [G] him.
[C] [G]
[Dm] [C]
Key:
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E
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G#m
B
F#
E
G
[D#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
You're either [Cm] a poet or [D#] you're a lover or you're [Cm] the famous Benjamin [B] Stone.
[D#]
You take one road, _ you try one door.
_ [G#] There isn't time [Dm] for any more.
_ _ _ [G#] One's life consists of [G] either or.
_ One has regrets, _ which one forgets.
And as the [D] years go _ on, _ _ _ _ [F#] the road you didn't [B] take hardly comes to mind, does it?
[F#] The door you didn't [E] try, [F#] where could it have [C#] led?
_ _ The [F#] choice you didn't [E] make never [G] was defined, [F#] was it?
[D#m] Dreams you didn't [E] dare are [D#m] dead.
Were they ever [E] there?
Who [G#m] said, I [B]
don't remember, [E] I don't [D#] remember [C#m] at all.
Here you go.
Keys to the old jalopy.
Thanks.
You need a couple of bucks?
I'm fine.
Come on, it's only money.
What does it matter?
_ [G#m] You wouldn't [C#m] understand. _
_ _ [G#m] [F#] The books I'll never [B] read wouldn't change a thing, would they?
[F#] The girls I'll never [E] know I'm [F#] too tired for. _ _
The lives I'll never [E] lead [F#] couldn't [Bm] make me sing, could they?
Could they?
Could [G] they?
[D#m] Chances that you'd [E] miss, ignore [D#m] _
[E] ignorance's bliss.
What's [B] more, you won't remember, [E] you [G#m] won't remember [C#m] at _ all.
_ [G#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ Borrowed money, borrowed car.
Someday I'm going to have the biggest goddamn limousine.
We've got each other, Ben.
What difference does it make?
_ All the difference.
_ _ _ _ _ You yearn [C#m] for the women, long [G#m] for the money,
envy [C#m] the famous [E] Benjamin Stones.
You take [A] your road, [E] the [A] decades fly. _
The yearnings fade, [F#] the longings die.
_ [A] You learn to bid them [F#] all goodbye.
_ [G#m] And oh, the peace, the blessed peace, [D] at [F#] last you come to know. _ _ _ _ _
[G] The roads you never take [F] [G] go through rocky ground, don't they?
The choices that [Dm] you make aren't [G] all that grave.
_ _ _ The worlds you never [Dm] see [G] still will be around, _ [C] won't they?
_ The Ben I'll never be _ [G] who _ _ _ _ remembers _ _ _ [C] _ [G] him.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
You're either [Cm] a poet or [D#] you're a lover or you're [Cm] the famous Benjamin [B] Stone.
[D#]
You take one road, _ you try one door.
_ [G#] There isn't time [Dm] for any more.
_ _ _ [G#] One's life consists of [G] either or.
_ One has regrets, _ which one forgets.
And as the [D] years go _ on, _ _ _ _ [F#] the road you didn't [B] take hardly comes to mind, does it?
[F#] The door you didn't [E] try, [F#] where could it have [C#] led?
_ _ The [F#] choice you didn't [E] make never [G] was defined, [F#] was it?
[D#m] Dreams you didn't [E] dare are [D#m] dead.
Were they ever [E] there?
Who [G#m] said, I [B]
don't remember, [E] I don't [D#] remember [C#m] at all.
Here you go.
Keys to the old jalopy.
Thanks.
You need a couple of bucks?
I'm fine.
Come on, it's only money.
What does it matter?
_ [G#m] You wouldn't [C#m] understand. _
_ _ [G#m] [F#] The books I'll never [B] read wouldn't change a thing, would they?
[F#] The girls I'll never [E] know I'm [F#] too tired for. _ _
The lives I'll never [E] lead [F#] couldn't [Bm] make me sing, could they?
Could they?
Could [G] they?
[D#m] Chances that you'd [E] miss, ignore [D#m] _
[E] ignorance's bliss.
What's [B] more, you won't remember, [E] you [G#m] won't remember [C#m] at _ all.
_ [G#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ Borrowed money, borrowed car.
Someday I'm going to have the biggest goddamn limousine.
We've got each other, Ben.
What difference does it make?
_ All the difference.
_ _ _ _ _ You yearn [C#m] for the women, long [G#m] for the money,
envy [C#m] the famous [E] Benjamin Stones.
You take [A] your road, [E] the [A] decades fly. _
The yearnings fade, [F#] the longings die.
_ [A] You learn to bid them [F#] all goodbye.
_ [G#m] And oh, the peace, the blessed peace, [D] at [F#] last you come to know. _ _ _ _ _
[G] The roads you never take [F] [G] go through rocky ground, don't they?
The choices that [Dm] you make aren't [G] all that grave.
_ _ _ The worlds you never [Dm] see [G] still will be around, _ [C] won't they?
_ The Ben I'll never be _ [G] who _ _ _ _ remembers _ _ _ [C] _ [G] him.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _