The Road Chords by Frank Turner

[N] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] To the east, [C] to the east, [G] the road [Am] beneath my feet.
To the west, [C] to the west, [G] but I haven't got there yet.
And [C] to the north, [G] to the north, [F] never [C] to be caught.
[F] To the south, [Em] to the south, [G] my time is [Am] running out. _ _
_ _ Ever since my childhood I've been scared, [G] I've been afraid
[C] of being [G] trapped by circumstance, staying [D] in one place.
[Am] So I always [Em] keep a small bag full of clothes [G] carefully stored.
[C] Somewhere secret, [G] somewhere safe and somewhere close [Am] to the door.
_ _ _ Well I've travelled [Em] many countries, I've washed my feet in [G] many seas.
I've [C] drunk with griffiths [G] in Vienna [C] and with punks in [D] old DC.
[Am] And I've driven [Em] across deserts driven by the [G] irony
that [C] only being [G] shackled to the road could ever [Am] I be free.
To the east, [C] to the east, [G] the road beneath [Am] my feet.
To the west, [C] to the west, but I haven't got [Am] there yet.
And [C] to the north, [G] to the north, [F] never [C] to be caught.
[F] To the south, [C] to the south, [G] my time is [Am] running out. _ _
_ I've felt old before my time, but now I'll keep the [G] age away.
[C] By burning [G] up the miles in [F] the air, by filling [D] up my days.
[Am] And the nights, a [Em] thousand nights, I've played a thousand [G] more to go.
[C] Before I take a [G] breath and steel myself for the next one [Am] thousand shows.
To the east, [C] to the east, [G] the road beneath [Am] my feet.
To the west, [C] to the west, [G] but I haven't [Am] got there yet.
And [C] to the north, [G] to the north, [F] never [C] to be caught.
[F] To the south, [C] to the south, [G] my time is [Am] running out.
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[D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _ _
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[D] _ [Am] Yes, I'll settle [Em] at your house just [F] now and keep your [G] blooded right.
[C] Because the truth is, you won't be here [F] long, yes, soon you're [D] gonna die.
[Am] To the heart, [C] to the heart, there's no time for you to waste.
You'll find your precious chances now [F] by staying [D] in one place.
Yeah, [F] by giving [D] up your chains.
[Am] To the east, to the east, [G] the road [Am] beneath my feet.
To the west, to [C] the west, but I [Am] haven't got there yet.
[C] And to the north, [G] to the north, [F] I never [C] will be caught.
To the south, to the south, [G] my time [Am] is running out.
[F] Yeah, to the south, [C] to the south, my time [Am] is running out.
Yeah, to the south, [C] to the south, my time is running [A] out.
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I face [C] the horizon everywhere I [F] go.
I face the [C] horizon, the horizon is my home.
[F] _
I face [C] the horizon [G] everywhere that I [F] go.
I face the horizon, the horizon is my