Chords for Jethro Tull: Rocks on the Road

_ _ _ We'll leap ahead about two decades all the way to
92 or thereabouts.
This is a piece of music kind of bluesy thing
One that talks about the suffering of poor itinerant musicians wandering around the planet in search of an honest crust
It's a piece of music called rocks on the road
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ [G] _ [Cm] There's a [Bb] black cat [Ab] down on the [C] quayside
_ _ [Cm] Ships [Bb] flies green eyes [F] clone in the dark
_ [Cm] _ to [Bb] young cops [Ab] handing [C] out a big
_ [Ab] No, [Eb] _ [Fm] [Eb] how to hurt me [G] no mark
_ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] Down in the [Ab] hobbit [Cm] bar of the hotel
_ _ There's a [Bb] car for the last [F] round of the day
_ _ [Fm] Push back the stoop make that [Ab] elevator right father [Bb] better kick my [C] shoes away
[Cm] Kick my [Ab] shoes away
_ _ _ [Fm] _ [Bb] _ Rocks [Cm] on the road
_ _ [Gm] I'm [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [Cm] safe [Bb] of the [Ab] wild sound [C] of the city
_ [Cm] The air is [Bb] hot for the young boys [Fm] heading for a fight
_ Long distance telephone you [Ab] train and engaged wonder who [Bb] you're talking [C] with tonight
[Cm] Talking [Ab] with tonight
Who are you talking [F] with tonight?
_ [Bb] Rocks [C] on the road
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [C] _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [Cm] I
[Bb] From it [Ab] waits [Cm] me in the morning
_ Shaw [Bb] runs hot runs [F] cold playing with me
_ [Cm] I'm [Bb] up for the [Ab] dance [Cm] line lights off.
[Ab] It's not Lets Me
[Eb] Trouble shank some apples [G] from my tree
_ [Cm] Have [Bb] the paint [Ab] on the vent above our man
[C] _ _ [Cm] Itemized _ [Bb] on pill [F] hold below a [Fm] woman
How about [G] some heavy [Ab] rolling movies?
[Bb] Rocks on [C] the road, _ [Cm] on [Ab] the road, _ rocks [F] on the road. _
[Bb] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _ [Ab] _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ [Gm] _ [Ab] _ [Gm] _
[Fm] _ _ Crumbs on the [Eb] breakfast table, _ [Bb] _
[Fm] and a million other little [Eb] things to spoil [G] my day. _
[Bb] _ Well how about a little [Db] light music?
_ You're [F] chasing all the way, you're chasing [Dm] all the way. _ _
[F] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
There's a black [Bb] cat [Ab] down on the [C] quayside, _ _ [Cm] _
ships [Bb] fly, green eyes clung [F] in the dark. _ _ _
[Cm] [Bb] Two young cuffs [Ab] handing out [C] a big [Cm] thing, [Ab] _ _
[Eb] no heartache hurt, leave no [G] mark.
[Gm] _ _ [Cm] _
[Bb] Now them [Ab] half-wit borrow [Cm] the hotel, _ _ and [Bb] call for the last round [F] of the day. _ _ _
[Fm] Push back the stoop, [Gm] take that [Ab] elevator out, fall in bed [Bb] and pick my [C] shoes away.
_ [Cm] Pick my shoes [Ab] away, _ [Eb] take my [F] shoes away, [Bb] rocks on [C] the road.
_ [Cm] Pick my shoes [Ab] away, _ take my [F] shoes away, [Bb] rocks [C] on the road.
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_ _ [Bb] _ [Ab] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
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[Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
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_ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ [Ab] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ [Ab] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ [Ab] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
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