Life On The Road Chords by The Kinks

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