Life on the Road Chords by The Kinks

[A] Ever since I was a child [C#] I loved to wander wild [F#m] through the bright city [B] lights
and find myself a [E] life I could call my [D] own.
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[Bm] It [A] was always my ambition [C#] to see Piccadilly
[F#m]
ramble and [B] roam around Soho and [E] Pimlico and Savile Row.
[D] I [A] walked out [Bm] _ [A] _ [E] so I saved all [D] my money
[E] and packed up [D] my clothes [F#m] and I said goodbye to my friends and my [E] folks back home.
_ _ [D] I [B] left [E] for a [F] life [F#m] of my own.
[D] _ _ I [B] left for [E] a life [A] on the road.
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_ _ [E] _ _ [A] I'm a real [E] hungry type [A] and I know [E] what I like [A] and I [E] know where I'm going [A] to those [E] bright city lights.
[D] Oh [D#m] yeah, oh [E] yeah, it's [F] time I'm gonna [F#m] get there.
[D] _ _ [D#m] I'm bound [E] for a [A] life on the road.
[E] Give [A] me life on the road.
[E] I [A] said life on the [E] road.
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[E] When I arrived in [F] Houston [F#m] I was [D] little more than a [D#] child
[A] and I [E] didn't know then that the dives and the [D] dance would kiss a vulgar and [A] wicked and wild.
Mama [E] always told me [F#m] the city ladies were [D] bawdy and bold.
[A] So I searched night [E] and day to catch a kiss
of the [D] lady but all that I [A] caught was a [D#] cold.
[E] Castle stuck up [D] city ladies [E] didn't notice [D] me walk by.
[F#m] Now I've got holes in my shoes because I've been walking the [E] streets all night.
_ [D] When [B] I'm [E] living [F] _ [F#m] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [D#m] _ [E]
life [A] on the road.
[E] I said [A] life on the road.
[E]
I want [A] life on the road.
[E] _ [A] Life on the road.
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_ _ [A] I was standing with [E] the pumps in Great Street [F#m] when a muscle [D] man came my way.
[A] He said hey are [E] you gay can you come out and [D] play and like [A] a fool I went and said okay.
[E] Ever since I was knee high [F#m] I thought the city [D] was made with gold [A] but I've seen so many [E] losers
and down and up [D] losers who [A] were tired of being bought and sold.
[E] City women [D] are a tease
[E] but I'd really [D] love to please.
[F#m] Now I've got bloodshot eyes because I've been walking the [E] streets all night. _
[D] And it [B] sure [E] knocks you [F] out.
[F#m] _ _ [D] _
When I'm [B] [E] living [A] life on the road.
[E]
[A] I said life on the road.
[E] _ [A] Life on the road.
[E]
I want [A] life on the road.
[E] _ _ _ _ [A]
One of these [C#] days I want to go [F#m] home visit my [B] friends
see all the places [E] that I used to [D] know.
[A] _ Say [C#] goodbye to a world that's too [F#m] real.
Bye to [B] a world that's forgotten how to [E] feel.
_ [D] _
[Bm] [E] And it's slowly [D] using me [E] and there's no [D]
security.
Sometimes [F#m] I hate the road but it's the only [E] life I know.
_ [D] That I'm [B] living [E] the [F] life [F#m] that I [D] chose.
_ So I'll [B] live that [E]
life [A] on the road.
_ [E] _ [A] Give me life on the [E] road.
[A] I said life on the [E] road.
[A] I said life on the road.
[E] _ [A] Give me life on the road.
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