Chords for Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream)
Tempo:
84.85 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
Bm
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] [G]
[D] [F#m]
[G] [D] [G#]
[E] [D]
We're back in my memory [G] there, sitting at [D] our car, [A] of a little run down [D] canyon road.
Well my daddy never promised [G] that our blue [D] would turn gold,
[A] but he played awake nights wishing [D] that he would.
And when the world was on our radio, [G] heart was [D] on our minds,
[A] we'd get dark day to day and [D] play dirt and ashes.
Old overalls and cotton [G] bows all strapped [D] across your back,
[A] man it's hard to make believe [Em] ain't [D] nothing wrong.
[Bm] Mama kept the bible [G] read and daddy kept our family [D] fed,
and somewhere in between I [A] must have grown.
[Bm] Cause someday I was dreaming [G] that a song that I was singing
[D] takes me down to where I [A] want to go.
[Bm] I know [A] it's [D] a long hard road.
[G] [D] [A]
[D] Sometimes I remember [G] when I stood [D] late at night,
[A] when old Sue came and we [D] got up and went.
And in the shadows of work and [G] debt our moonlight never [D] spent,
singing [A] songs along with grandma [D] on the radio.
Down beating down an old blacktop [G] road, sleeping [D] in a sack,
[A] the rhythm to those memories [D] all night.
Those city lights ain't all that [G] bright,
but I'm prepared to [D] waste life,
[A] to see the lightning bolts go dancing [D] in the rain.
[Bm]
Made the [D] guitar [G] then and daddy made the soft lead [D] bend,
and raindrops played the tin roof [A] like a drum.
[Bm] But I just kept on dreaming [G] that a song that I was singing
[D] takes me down the road where our [A] name is known.
Now [Bm] I'm gone, [A] and it's a [D] long hard road.
[C#m] And did [Bm] I know [A] it's a [D] long hard road.
[G] [D] [A]
[D]
[G] [D] [A]
[D]
[G] [D] [A]
[D]
[G] [D] [A] [Bm] [C]
[A] [D] Thank
[Dm] you.
[E]
[D] [F#m]
[G] [D] [G#]
[E] [D]
We're back in my memory [G] there, sitting at [D] our car, [A] of a little run down [D] canyon road.
Well my daddy never promised [G] that our blue [D] would turn gold,
[A] but he played awake nights wishing [D] that he would.
And when the world was on our radio, [G] heart was [D] on our minds,
[A] we'd get dark day to day and [D] play dirt and ashes.
Old overalls and cotton [G] bows all strapped [D] across your back,
[A] man it's hard to make believe [Em] ain't [D] nothing wrong.
[Bm] Mama kept the bible [G] read and daddy kept our family [D] fed,
and somewhere in between I [A] must have grown.
[Bm] Cause someday I was dreaming [G] that a song that I was singing
[D] takes me down to where I [A] want to go.
[Bm] I know [A] it's [D] a long hard road.
[G] [D] [A]
[D] Sometimes I remember [G] when I stood [D] late at night,
[A] when old Sue came and we [D] got up and went.
And in the shadows of work and [G] debt our moonlight never [D] spent,
singing [A] songs along with grandma [D] on the radio.
Down beating down an old blacktop [G] road, sleeping [D] in a sack,
[A] the rhythm to those memories [D] all night.
Those city lights ain't all that [G] bright,
but I'm prepared to [D] waste life,
[A] to see the lightning bolts go dancing [D] in the rain.
[Bm]
Made the [D] guitar [G] then and daddy made the soft lead [D] bend,
and raindrops played the tin roof [A] like a drum.
[Bm] But I just kept on dreaming [G] that a song that I was singing
[D] takes me down the road where our [A] name is known.
Now [Bm] I'm gone, [A] and it's a [D] long hard road.
[C#m] And did [Bm] I know [A] it's a [D] long hard road.
[G] [D] [A]
[D]
[G] [D] [A]
[D]
[G] [D] [A]
[D]
[G] [D] [A] [Bm] [C]
[A] [D] Thank
[Dm] you.
[E]
Key:
D
A
G
Bm
E
D
A
G
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _
[E] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ We're back in my memory [G] there, sitting at [D] our car, [A] of a little run down [D] canyon road.
_ Well my daddy never promised [G] that our blue [D] would turn gold,
[A] but he played awake nights wishing [D] that he would.
_ And when the world was on our radio, [G] heart was [D] on our minds,
[A] we'd get dark day to day and [D] play dirt and ashes.
_ Old overalls and cotton [G] bows all strapped [D] across your back,
[A] man it's hard to make believe [Em] ain't [D] nothing wrong.
_ _ [Bm] Mama kept the bible [G] read and daddy kept our family [D] fed,
and somewhere in between I [A] must have grown.
_ [Bm] Cause someday I was dreaming [G] that a song that I was singing
[D] takes me down to where I [A] want to go.
[Bm] I know [A] it's [D] a long hard road. _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ Sometimes I remember [G] when I stood [D] late at night,
[A] when old Sue came and we [D] got up and went.
_ And in the shadows of work and [G] debt our moonlight never [D] spent,
singing [A] songs along with grandma [D] on the radio.
_ Down beating down an old blacktop [G] road, sleeping [D] in a sack,
[A] the rhythm to those memories [D] all night.
_ Those city lights ain't all that [G] bright,
but I'm prepared to [D] waste life,
[A] to see the lightning bolts go dancing [D] in the rain.
_ _ [Bm] _
Made the [D] guitar [G] then and daddy made the soft lead [D] bend,
and raindrops played the tin roof [A] like a drum.
_ [Bm] But I just kept on dreaming [G] that a song that I was singing
[D] takes me down the road where our [A] name is known.
Now [Bm] I'm gone, [A] and it's a [D] long hard road.
[C#m] And did [Bm] I know [A] it's a [D] long hard road. _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [A] _ [Bm] _ [C] _
[A] _ [D] _ _ _ _ Thank _
_ [Dm] _ _ you.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _
[E] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ We're back in my memory [G] there, sitting at [D] our car, [A] of a little run down [D] canyon road.
_ Well my daddy never promised [G] that our blue [D] would turn gold,
[A] but he played awake nights wishing [D] that he would.
_ And when the world was on our radio, [G] heart was [D] on our minds,
[A] we'd get dark day to day and [D] play dirt and ashes.
_ Old overalls and cotton [G] bows all strapped [D] across your back,
[A] man it's hard to make believe [Em] ain't [D] nothing wrong.
_ _ [Bm] Mama kept the bible [G] read and daddy kept our family [D] fed,
and somewhere in between I [A] must have grown.
_ [Bm] Cause someday I was dreaming [G] that a song that I was singing
[D] takes me down to where I [A] want to go.
[Bm] I know [A] it's [D] a long hard road. _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ Sometimes I remember [G] when I stood [D] late at night,
[A] when old Sue came and we [D] got up and went.
_ And in the shadows of work and [G] debt our moonlight never [D] spent,
singing [A] songs along with grandma [D] on the radio.
_ Down beating down an old blacktop [G] road, sleeping [D] in a sack,
[A] the rhythm to those memories [D] all night.
_ Those city lights ain't all that [G] bright,
but I'm prepared to [D] waste life,
[A] to see the lightning bolts go dancing [D] in the rain.
_ _ [Bm] _
Made the [D] guitar [G] then and daddy made the soft lead [D] bend,
and raindrops played the tin roof [A] like a drum.
_ [Bm] But I just kept on dreaming [G] that a song that I was singing
[D] takes me down the road where our [A] name is known.
Now [Bm] I'm gone, [A] and it's a [D] long hard road.
[C#m] And did [Bm] I know [A] it's a [D] long hard road. _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [A] _ [Bm] _ [C] _
[A] _ [D] _ _ _ _ Thank _
_ [Dm] _ _ you.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _