Chords for Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity - Road To Cairo - 1968 45rpm

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[Ebm] I'm gonna get me [Cm] a ride.
[F] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
[F] I've got to go [Abm] back, go [Eb] back to my children.
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[Eb] I've got to see [F] my children.
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I've [Eb] been traveling, _ [Bbm] _ _
gone a long [Bbm] time. _
[Eb] Don't know what I'm for [Bbm] and scared [Eb] of what I'm [F] on.
But I [Eb] just hope to see them [Bbm]
again.
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_ Hey, [F] thanks for stopping.
[Abm] Are you [Eb] headed down the choir [Gb] road?
I [Ebm] rake my Lincoln [C] in St.
Joe.
[Fm] _ _ _
[Bbm] _ Why, it's a little [F] old cow.
_ [Abm] Oh, no special [Eb] reason. _
_ [Gb] _ Look up some folks I used to know.
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[Bbm] _ [Gb] _ _ [Ab] Me, I've traveled some.
[Gb] _ _ [Ab] Had my share of fun.
[Gb] _ See, [Ab] that's the life [Bbm] that I chose to be. _
_ [Gb] _ Sure, [Ab] later in [Gb] life,
I [Ab] heard who mine could come.
[Gb] _ You've [Ab] got to take much more [Fm] than you give. _ _
_ [Bbm] _ _ [F] Hey, could I try your [Abm] cigar?
_ [Eb] Mmm, not sure I like your [Gb] car.
[Db] Bought from your daddy [C] as a [F] gift. _
_ [Bbm] _ Say, [F] on such a [Abm] thaw,
_ [Eb] you say I am [Gb] bored.
You can [Bbm] drop me here, thanks for the [Eb] lift.
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_ [Gb] _ _ [Ab] Yes, I've traveled [Gb] some.
_ [Ab] Yes, I've been [Gb] a bum.
[Ab] I've never [Bbm] been for keys. _ _
_ [Gb] _ I [Ab] left _ [Gb] me, told [Ab] him _ _ I'd leave
to see [Ab] my children [Fm] who has seen.
_ [Bbm] _ I [F] know this road, I [Abm] know this road
that leads [Eb] straight into Cairo.
[Gb] _ _ [Ebm] Only 22 miles [C] straight ahead.
[F] _ _
_ [Bbm] But I [F] can't, I can't, [Abm] _ this [Eb] road to Cairo.
[Gb] _ _ [Bbm] They're better thinking _ I'm [Eb] dead.
They're better [Bbm] thinking [Eb] _
I'm [Bbm] dead.
_ [Bb] I've been traveling _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Bbm] _ _ [Eb] the night.
_ [Bbm] _ Can't [Eb] tell what I'll [F] find.
But [Dm] I can't, no I [Eb] can't, _ _ _ _ this _ road [Eb] _ _
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_ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Bbm] to Cairo. _ _
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